A VERY HOT & STICKY SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY;

WEDNESDAY 13^th / JULY 2016.

I was up as usual first this morning to see ‘ Reina’ back with us for the day, ‘ Chispa’ came calling  at the same time, after freshening up we had breakfast, ‘ Toasted Smoked Bacon Butties ‘ with mugs of steaming tea, I then went along to the ‘ Tabac’s’ to top up our Mobile Phones, they are ‘ Pay As You Go ‘ and we get a 50% bonus when we charge then up!

This morning its very close & sticky, its still very warm and there is just a small breeze making it a bit more comfortable, yesterday afternoon it reached 41 degs+ and we made the National Weather News! In the evening it was still 37/38 degs at 9-00 pm, overnight was the hottest so far, it hovered on the 31 degs mark! A long and ‘ sticky’ night followed! Today is going to be a little cooler, tomorrow is staying the same but on Friday its going hotter in time for the weekend. Some friends from North Wales are in Llangollen this morning sat besides the River Dee, as you can see in the pictures below.

This evening for our supper we are having ‘ Grilled Cumberland Sausages’ with Crispy Smoked Bacon & sautéed Baby Mushrooms, Garden Peas & Baked Potatoes, on the side a sauceboat of my ‘ Charcutiere Sauce ‘ – on Thursday evening its the ‘ Chef’s Night Off ‘ so we are going along to Bar Castillo’ for a ‘ Tapas’ supper before we go down to the Cultural Centre ‘ Casa Del Torres’ to watch the ‘ Tango Concert ‘

Today’s ‘ Stage 11 ‘ of the “ Tour De France “ is from Carcassonne to Montpellier’ over 162 kms,  as you can see in the route map below, its going to be a sprint finish but it depends on how the main sprinters are feeling after the mountain stages in the  ‘ Pyrenees ‘ as too who wins, watch this space.

In a surprise move with 15 kms to go the World Champion Peter Sagan broke away and Chris Froome with his fellow rider Geraint Thomas joined him, the rest of the contenders and sprinters were left behind, much to their surprise, Sagan won and Froome was second and made more time in the general classification, he made the move after being told over the team radio that tomorrows classic stage has been cut short, due to high winds & snow, it will now finish several kilometres down the mountain ' Mont Ventout' at ' Chalet Reynard ' 

On Thursday they arrive in the Alps and the classic and fearsome climb from Montpellier to the top of ‘ Mont Ventoux ‘ on ‘ Bastille Day ‘ – the final race result could be decided, as too who wears the Yellow Jersey, in Paris in two weeks time! Watch this space.See above ! 

Yesterday afternoon & evening we were back to our ‘ Quiz’ watching,  ‘15 to 1, Countdown, Pointless and Eggheads ‘ followed by ‘Only Connect’  ( The hardest one ! ) with Victoria Coren Mitchell and University Challenge, Mastermind starts this evening.

After supper we found over on ‘ BBC FOUR ‘ a live programme hosted by Peter Snow ‘ Trainspotting Live ‘ – its as you guessed about spotting trains! On Monday it was about the ‘Flying Scotsman’s’ route around the country, last night it was the classic ‘ Inter City 125 ‘  including the famous ‘ Flying Banana ‘ train sets ‘   ( One passing through Colwyn Bay Railway station last night !) and  even the ‘ Holy Grail ‘ of 125s – the ‘ British Racing Green ‘ train set! The ‘Trainspotter’s’ are all passionate & enthusiastic, using pencils & notebooks ( Classic ) – they go into raptures about the ‘ Train Numbers ‘ and of course the ‘ Name Plates  ‘ -  Online Digi- Cameras ‘ ( New age ! ) and even one Grandfather, with his young Grandson, recording all the different sound for posterity! See the picture below;

They show pictures & video’s sent in ‘live’ to the show, last night they showed the classic  ‘Red Royal Mail Trains ‘ that are still running around the country,  Classic British TV at its best!!

It brought back many happy memories of my time as a Train Spotter with my Dad, we used to go to all the main stations in Liverpool, ‘ Lime Street, Exchange & Central ‘ and out and about local down at the ‘ Aintree Sorting Sidings & Sheds ‘ – I later progressed to ‘Plane Spotting’ at ‘ Speke Airport ‘ !!

PS; See below the new office/studio front of ' Castle Radio FM 89.2 '

Thoughts for the Day, See above.

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