A VERY HOT AND SUNNY MANILVA ON FRIDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEKEND;

FRIDAY 8^th/MAY 2015.      “ VE DAY 70TH ANNIVERSARY ”

We were up early this morning and after a quick breakfast we shot down to Sabinillas for our weekly shopping; the sun is out, the sky is blue, there is a little breeze and its getting hotter as the day goes on – 31degs – over the weekend and into next week we are in for more of the same and getting even warmer – 33degs!

I called into our bank first for some cash, next Brenda went into the English Bookshop for the papers and post some birthday cards – watch out it could be you?! We then did our main shop in ‘Mercadona’before picking some fresh flower & plants from the local market on the far end of the promenade, on the way back up the hill we dropped into ‘Super Sol’ for some English essentials.

When we got back to the house ‘Chispa’ came running up the street to greet us; the workmen are very busy on the development erecting the steel foundations, last night I managed to catch the local Architect and tried to confirm some of the details. I was pointing out that at the moment the most important job is for damp proof coursing next to the two main walls of our house, also I enquired how high is the development going to be,again,it sounds like Brenda is going to loose her roof terrace! Watch this space.

Last night later on I watched the start of the ‘BBC TV 1’ election coverage upstairs in the office on the large PC,during the night I came back to it and then this morning I followed the latest results; as usual the BBC coverage was very good and the surprise result as it developed was rather special. I’ve just come back from the shopping and the forecast is looking like the Conservative Party will have a small overall majority!! They are also saying that the Labour leader, the Lib De leader and the UKIP leader are all resigning ?! In the last hour they have all resigned.  Politics is a brutal business!!

Meanwhile up ‘north’ in Skelton the rumor was false of the fire in the local Polling Station but much later there was reports of the sounds of lots of crying & wailing coming from the local parties ‘Hut’ next to the church!! No doubt the ‘Queen & her Consort’ will not now be knocking nails into any coffins!! Sorry, there’s always another day in five years time!!!

We are taking things easy today as we have a busy weekend ahead; this evening we have been invited to the ‘Manilva Compromiso’ Party Election meeting down at the ‘Duquesa Golf Club’ them tomorrow it’s the turn of the ‘PP’ Party & ‘ASM’ Party before we go to the ‘IU’ Party meeting in the ‘Plaza Pozo del Rey’ on Sunday evening, no incentives have been offered by any of the parties including food or/and drink! I have to declare that we have received one umbrella and one pen!!

Another little bit of nostalgia from 1956 back in Liverpool showing the 'Overhead Railway' passing the Pier Head, also the Green bus's on which I used to go to school on! See below;

After the meeting we are going for a late supper as it’s the ‘Chef’s & Staff’ night off; watch this space
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Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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