A OVERCAST START TO TUESDAY IN SUNNY MANILVA;

TUESDAY 28^th / JUNE 2016.

I was up first this morning and after seeing ‘ Reina’ back with us for the day I took ‘ Scruffy’ for his first walk; I then shot off in the car down to the surgery and made two appointments for Friday morning for our six month check up’s. I then dropped the car off at the garage and Pedro has taken it off for the ‘ ITV – MOT ‘ in Estepona, fingers crossed and watch this space.

" RESULT "

It failed on the first test for Hand Brake tension so Pedro brought it back, fixed it, then took it back and it passed! That's what you call service !!

When I came back to the house Brenda was waiting with a ‘ Sausage Butty’ and a mug of steaming tea to start the day off in the right fashion! For our supper this evening we are having  ‘ Grilled Gammon Steaks ’ with Garden Peas & twice-cooked ‘ Frits’ – the Gammon topped with ‘ Campo ‘ Fried Eggs!

This morning has started grey & overcast but still warm, all over the country they are having thunder storms and heavy rain but down here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol ‘ we are just about missing it, by lunchtime its due to reach 27 degs as the sun brakes through, like yesterday, tomorrow its getting hotter, 32 degs and rising!

Last night we watched the Spain v Italy match on Spanish TV, sadly it was the end of the era as Italy played very well and deserved the 2-0 win, Lee when he collected ‘ Reina’ showed me how to watch on ‘ First Row Sports’ the live football, by blocking the ‘ Addblock’ system, this meant we were able to watch the England v Iceland game, which was a pity, as they played terribly and lost 2-1, ( see above ! ) - the England manager then resigned after the game and the team walked off the pitch to boos after being humiliated! See the picture below of ' Conwy Castle' in North Wales bathed in ' Red' for a victory in Wales next game against Belgium.

We are just coming up to next round of our monthly ‘ Pension ‘ transfers, after the ‘ Britexit’ result the Euro/Pound has dropped to its lowest level in over 30 years, this means that we will be down nearly 45% on the same time last year, it could get even worse, we will have to just wait and see. The main problem for us, as well as the Pension rates, is our ‘ Spanish Health Care ‘ cover which after the two year leaving process will be no longer valid, the Spanish Government has said they  are standing by their commitments for now, over the weekend the second General Election in six months, took place here in Spain with the same result , no clear winner and another ‘ Hung ‘ Parliament’ with no coalition government possible?!

We are now actively considering applying for ‘ Spanish Citizenship/ Nationality ‘ and have started to ask the questions and seek help in the right quarters, it looks and sounds like a complicated process but after our first enquiry’s we seem to meet most of the conditions, we are now going to take the process to the next level, we need a lawyer, two ‘ Spanish Citizens ‘ to speak for us and proof of our finances and integration into the local community etc. This is to secure our future here in Spain and give us peace of mind going into old age, especially with proper health cover. if needed!  WATCH THIS SPACE.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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