SUNNY AND STILL WARM MANILVA ON THURSDAY;

THURSDAY 14^th/ NOVEMBER 2013.

Well the fine weather is still hanging on but it’s now forecasting that we will have some rain on Saturday and Sunday as it goes a little cold! We have just been for our walk around the village with the dog, the sky is blue and its still shirt-sleeve weather as you can see; the work on the church is still on-going, this morning they are taking down a lot of the scaffolding but the walls don’t look any different, I’am going to check as Mano says that its going to be clad in local stone, so why take the scaffolding down?

Mano and Anna have just called on their way home from Mano finishening work; earlier I made tonight’s supper ‘Albondegas – Meatballs’ in a rich Tomato & Pepper sauce, I use my Tomato salsa and add diced Red & Yellow Peppers, Onions and Mushrooms that I have sweated off in vegetable stock along with some secret ingredients! Tonight I will cook the Spaghetti and Brenda has got ready some diced Green Beans.

Tomorrow morning we are our first thing to go shopping down in Sabinillas, we have sorted out the menu’s for when Tim is here and are getting in extra Beer, Red Wine and some ‘goodies’! After talking to Mano this morning we will have to watch out on Monday morning when we go to Gibraltar to pick him up as the Guardia Civil on the border are now at different times of the day subjecting the people walking out of Gibraltar to full body searches! I have the live web-cam of the border on the PC so will be able to see what’s happening?!

Last nights film was an interesting true story called “ One Man’s Hero ”from 1999,it’s about Irish Catholic immigrants who join the American Army but are then subject to abuse by the majority Protestant officer’s; it takes place back in 1846/48 as America invaded Mexico, they desert after being flogged for no reason and are led by their Sergeant,’ Tom Riley’ played by Tom Berenger. They are formed into the “ Saint Patrick’s Battalion” and fight for Mexico against the USA ! Joaquim De Almedida and Daniela Romo also star in the tale – watch it to find out what happened ! Even today on ‘Saint Patrick’s Day’ they are still remembered in Mexico !

Thought for the Day; See above.

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