A VERY WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON FRIDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEKEND;

FRIDAY 20^th MAY 2016.

I was up early this morning and shot off on my travels down to Sabinillas for the weekly shopping; Brenda took ‘Reina’ for a short walk and then had a quick shower before I came back, I picked up the local newspapers from the ‘English Bookshop’ before the main shop in ‘ Mercadona’ which was already busy, I then called into the local market at the end of the promenade for some fresh flowers before shooting back up the hill through the green & growing vine fields back to our house to unload.

We have another beautiful day here on the ‘Costa Del Sol’ with once again clear blue skies and the sun out early, there is a very pleasant breeze which is helping to keep it comfortable, yesterday afternoon it reached 31 degs with more to come over the weekend and into next week! Watch this space.

NEWSFLASH; “ CASTLE RADIO FM “ OFF AIR!

Sadly tomorrow show ‘ Sir Malcolm’s Saturday Classic Show’ on ‘ Castle Radio FM 89.2 & Online on the WWW’ is not able to be broadcast ‘live’ from  ‘Studio 1’ down in ‘ Castillo de la Duquesa’ as the work on the installation & re-sighting of the mast on the ‘ Manilva Green Aparthotel’ here in the village has hit some minor technical problems so the station is off air for the moment, watch this space for more news; my show will return next Saturday, same time, same place!! See the pictures below of the mast and the view from the top of the hotel this morning!

PS; This morning the electricity people are installing new 'Online' metres in the house along ‘Calle Mar’ -  we are due ours sometime in the next few weeks.

On the menu front for the weekend we are having this evening ‘Grilled Dover Soles’ which I bought from the new fish market in ‘ Mercadona’ this morning, they take off the ‘Black’ skin and of course clean and gut them, they will be garnished with some fresh, local & large ‘Gambas’  and served with Garden Peas, Broccoli Flortes, Asparagus Spears and ‘ Pommes Vapeur’ – steamed and then skinned New Potatoes tossed in Parsley Butter.  See below the before & after!

Tomorrow night its ‘ Grilled Entrecote Steak ‘ cut ‘ French’ style and then on Sunday we are having my ‘ Smoked Chicken & Three Green Bean Risotto’

This afternoon I’m taking the car into the garage to have a new battery fitted, this then means that the new car has everything fixed on it ready for the next ‘ ITV- MOT’ in June. ‘ Pedro Senior’ gave the car a good check this morning, oil, water, transmission & brake fluids, fan belt & plugs etc and  ‘Fingers’ crossed it will pass first time, watch this space.

On the ‘ Plaza de la Vendimia’ this morning they have erected marquees as there is a ‘Wine  Convention’ in the theatre and then a wine tasting of local wines produced here in the village and the region, the ‘Tio Pepe’ lady & gent are pouring the Manilva Wine ( Sherry?!) as you can see in the picture above.

We are having a nice quiet weekend relaxing here in sunny Manilva, a little reading, watching TV, ‘ Gourmet ‘ eating and no doubt a cool drink and a glass or two of wine to help things along!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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