A VERY WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY;

SUNDAY 13^th / MARCH 2016.

A nice lie in was called for this morning as we are having a relaxing day taking things easy, after our normal breakfast of fresh fruit, toast & tea we freshened up and changed, I shot upstairs for a quick shave and shower, next week we are aiming to get Brenda upstairs and back into the routine, watch this space.

We have yet another glorious day down on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’- the sun was out first thing and the sky is now bright blue, there is no breeze and it looks like its going to continue into next week, the mountains across the valley and further on towards the ‘ Sierra Navada’ have a beautiful  ‘ Hue ‘ and the Mediterranean is calm and glistening  in the lunchtime sunshine here in sunny Manilva.

As I was starting to type the Blog Tim & Thea came online on the Skype video so we had a good catch up with all their news, they have nice weather at the moment over in North Wales, for a change, yesterday they where over in Manchester at a exhibition/show for ‘ A Place in the Sun’ as Thea is due to retire very shortly and they are then off on their travels in the motor-home across France and then down the coast towards us! Watch this space.

I’m up to date with the washing as this morning I’ve just put a ‘ Colored wash on the go, its so good drying weather! I’m also ‘ Mis en Place’ in the kitchen as I have all my ingredients ready for this evenings supper “ Smoked Chicken & Three Green Bean Risotto “ – using Broad Beans ( shelled by Brenda!) Runner Beans & whole French Beans, finely diced Onions, crushed Garlic, a slug of Brenda’s best White Wine,  a strong Fish stock, the finest Spanish ‘Risotto’ Rice from Valencia, a local ‘Rotisserie’ Smoked Chicken, grated Parmesan, a dash of Double Cream and my secret ingredients! See below;

At lunchtime I shot along to ' Bar Castillo' for a ' Take-Out-Tapas' lunch,I was made to have a quick drink with some friends before coming back to the house, see below Brenda's assorted ' Tapas' - ' Stuffed Mussels, Prawn Parcels in Filo Pastry & Skewer and my ' Paella ' 

After watching the Horse Racing from Sandown Park we then settled down to watch the England v Wales game, it was rather gripping near the end as Wales came back at England and played like they should have done in the first half, then it was time for the Everton v Chelsea   ‘FA Cup’ match which Everton won near the end of the game when ‘Lukaku’ scored the two goals, the first was just out of this world as he dribbled and fought his way past the Chelsea defenders! The two ‘ Brians’ here in sunny Manilva will be very happy, enjoy!

And two pictures taken this morning from ' Everton Brow '

See below two pictures of the “ Ferry Across the Mersey “ showing  Liverpool at its finest.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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