A VERY HOT AND SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY;

SUNDAY 31^st/ AUGUST 2014.

It was another hot night so we all had a little lie in this morning before breakfast; we then prepared tonight’s special “State Banquet” – the dessert has been up graded to ‘Pineapple Flambé’!

‘Scruffy’ is being picked up early this evening and is back with us next week, possibley Friday (TBC) ‘Reina’ is here on Tuesday and Thursday; at the moment ‘Scruffy & Chispa’ are playing around my feet up in the office,

On Tuesday morning I’m dropping Josie off at the Bus Station over in Marbella to catch her flight home from Malaga. We are going to miss her & Den terribly as they have become very good friends, yesterday morning Josie dropped off her ‘Herb Garden’ for us to look after until her return so fingers crossed that it survives the next few months up on the roof terrace as we are not very ‘Green Fingered!’

Next weekend it’s the “ Vendimia Festival ” so we are starting to make plans to survive all the excitement!  On Friday it’s the ‘Flamenco Concert’ on a stage in Calle Mar and then on Saturday it the religious part of the festival with a parade of the ‘Virgin’ led by the village Brass Band and then the weigh in for the biggest bunch of grapes! Then music, singing and dancing with two bands into the wee small hours.

On Sunday it all kicks off at 1-00pm with two more bands, the ‘Andalusia Horse’ parade at 5-00pm and the ceremonial grape crushing at around 7-00pm with the partying going on till well into the next day which is a ‘ Bank Holiday’ in the village!!

Yesterday on the sports front over in England in the ‘Premiere League’ Manchester City lost at home to Stoke 0-1and did not play well but the ‘Match of the Day’ was at Everton as they lost to Chelsea 3-6 with their new signing Diego Costa scoring after 35 seconds and then on the 90^th minutes!

Down at Silverstone Marquez is on the pole position for today’s ‘British Motor GP’ Over here the ‘Vuelta’ is going from ‘Carboneras Guadazaon’ through the mountains to ‘Aramon Valdelinares’on stage 9.See the route map below.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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