SUNNY AND A VERY HOT MANILVA ON SATURDAY

SATURDAY 24^th/ AUGUST 2013.

We had a little lie in this morning, well I did as Brenda took Derek out for his walk before it gets too hot; he is no problem, he follows Brenda everywhere and is having a ‘Helluva’ holiday with us dining A La Carte! At the moment Brenda has a brush in her hand and is working her way around the house, I feel a mop and bucket is at any time going to attack me so I have retired to the office!

This morning they are working on ‘Plaza de la Vendimia’ at a furious pace obviously trying to get it ready in time – 7 days and counting! Pictures to follow later.

SPORTS NEWS UPDATE;

At the Oval in London England are struggling against the Aussies with possible rain forecast, well it is a Bank Holiday over in the UK!No play before lunch and a washout for the rest of the day. Later it’s the qualifying for both the Motor GP and Grand Prix which I will catch on the Spanish Sports channel before watching the first stage of the ‘Vuelta 2013’ taking place in Galicia, this year there are 6 flat stages,13 stages and high mountains,1team time-trial and 1 individual time trial stage as they criss-cross Spain!Its on this evening at 7-00pm on TVE1.

The first stage of the 'Vuelta 2013' made a spectacular from the port of Vilanova De Arosa as the team time-trial was started on a glass floating landing stage as you can see in the pictures above; Vincenzo Nibali's 'Astana' won and put Janez Brajkocic into the race leaders RED jersey! Nibali is the favourite to win the tour after winning the 'Giro d'Italia earlier in the season!

Cal Crutchlow from Britain took the pole position at the Motor GP and Lewis Hamilton stole the pole position in the very last seconds from the two Red Bulls with a stupendous drive, stunning and in the wet!

Over the weekend in the football Everton are at home to West Brom,Liverpool are away at Aston Villa and Manchester City are down in Cardiff tomorrow; here in ‘La Liga’tomorrow Malaga host Barcelona and Granada welcome Real Madrid – no pressure there then!! Everton could only manage a draw at home - oh dear Big Bri over in Pori will not be a happy bunny! Liverpool is a late kick off. They won 0-1 with another Sturridge winner!

This evening for a change we are having ‘Escalope of Turkey Breast’ cooked in foaming Lemon Butter with savory Basmati Rice, diced Green Beans and a creamed Mushroom sauce as we have moved our ‘Steak Night’ to Sunday so as Mano can join us after his sleep, its also his day off so we are going to give him the full-works, Steak a la Plancha, sautéed Mushrooms and Onions, finely sliced Green Beans, grilled Tomato and Bell Green Peppers, his favorite, Baked Potato and crisp Chips and on the side ‘Béarnaise sauce’ !!

After we will catch up with all the sports news and then find a film to watch.I found a neo-noir crime drama about card sharks and 'Grifters; called " Shade" from 2003 - with Gabriel Byrne,Stuart Townsend, Thandie Newton,Sylvester Stallone,Melanie Griffiths and Bo Hopkins - you have to pay attention !!

Thought for the Day; See above.

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