A CALM AND DRY SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY;

WEDNESDAY 15^th/ APRIL 2015.

We were up at the crack of dawn this morning and after a quick cup of tea & a ‘Weetabix’ we shot out along the coast road past a fairly calm Mediterranean to the ‘Costa Del Sol’ hospital on the far side of Marbella for Brenda’s appointment with the Eye Consultant for a checkup; after the tests he confirmed that everything is OK and there is no need for another checkup until January of next year!  Result!!

At midnight last night the Atlantic storm that was forecast came rolling in with very loud thunder and bright lightening, but no rain or wind, it carried on past us here in sunny Manilva and hit ‘Mijas Pueblo’ 70kms down the coast, with the full works! This morning it’s calm & dry and by mid morning the sunshine had broken through and it was warm and sunny as we came out of the hospital. The forecast for the next few days into the weekend is for more sunshine, getting warmer and no breeze.

On the way back we called into ‘Leroy Merlin’ in Marbella for a new shower curtain and bath mats, what we need now is for our maintenance man to come and fix the taps in the bathroom as we have no hot water (Cal) and the toilet is not working correctly, its also due for its annual ceiling re-paint (Damp) - we have been waiting now for 4 weeks since we renewed the contact and I rang and complained on Monday! Our hot water gas boiler also needs a service at the same time (Cal again)! Watch this space.

The water in sunny Manilva has a very high ‘Cal’ content and keeps the local plumbers in business all year round. We have not seen the workmen on the demolition site next to our house for over four weeks, we think that they are also working on the Councils ‘Casa de Torres’ development in the next street at the same time?!

We called into the garage in Sabinillas for a top up with petrol and gave the car a good jet wash , back at the house I checked the oil & water and Brenda gave the inside a good brush and touch up! The ‘Red Limousine’ is ready for business!! All we need now is for our family & friends to come on over, we are taking bookings, all you need is to fly into Gibraltar, the rest is in our hands and is easy!

‘Chispa’ came running up the street as we returned to the house and is now playing under my feet up in the office; we had a very nice, well earned,’ Bacon Butty’ using English Smoked Back Bacon, with a mug of steaming tea to set us up for the day ahead, for supper this evening its pan-seared ‘Calves Liver (local Spanish) English Pork Sausages, more of the English Bacon, sautéed Spanish Onions (of course) with Brenda’s famous Mashed Potato ( local spuds)! and Cabbage with Alselgas from our neighbors Campo!

                                                   
                                                                  Now that's what you call a sausage!

So this evening after supper we catch up with the news, sport and weather updates before finding something to watch.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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