FRIDAY 30th/DECEMBER 2016.
I took ‘ Charlie’ out for his first walk of
the day and then shot off on my travels down to Sabinillas for the weekly
shopping, I called into our Bank, (Cash ) first, then into the ‘ Ferraterias ‘
( Mold Spray ) before stopping at the ‘Wholesale
Fruit & Vegetables Market’ – next I collected the local newspapers from the
‘English Bookshop’ – then into the ‘ Chinese Bazaar ‘ ( Candle Lights ) before
the main shop in ‘ Mercadona ’ – I then went along to the local market for our
fresh flowers & wall plants, sadly I had to wait for the ‘Florists’ to open,
for a nice arrangement for ‘Lumy’ – to thank her for her kindness on Christmas
Day, and then lastly into ‘ Super Sol ‘ for the ‘English’ essentials before heading
back up the hill to unload back at the house.
I then carried on back down to the coast
road and shot along to Michelle’s apartment to drop the hire car back with
them, they then brought me back up to the village and dropped me off at ‘ Pedro’s’
Garage as he had rung last night to say that the parts had arrived from
Germany, by express post, and that our car would be ready this morning! He had
worked on it till the wee small hours! Now that’s service!!
Brenda had seen ‘ Reina’ back with us for
the day, she’s with us until later this evening, Lee & Daniela are going
out for dinner with their family. Matt, Michelle, Hollie & Charlie
meanwhile went off to explore the village, we arranged to meet them a little
later for a ‘ Tapas’ lunch in ‘Bar Castillo’
As I got back to the house, after dropping
the car back into the underground car park, I found Brenda on the floor
cuddling ‘ Charlie’ – he had just had one of his ‘Epileptic Seizures’ – it’s the first time in the
many years that he has been with us that he has had one, Jan had told us how to
handle him, Lots of cuddles, talk to him, hold him, and he will slowly come
around, he’s now back to normal, he is
on tablets twice a day, has ate all his lunch and came with us up to ‘Bar Castillo’
with the folks,’ Chispa’ also joined us!
We have yet another glorious day here in
sunny Manilva, the sun is out, there are light clouds with a stiff breeze, it’s
very crisp but warm on the ‘sunny side’ of the street! Over the ‘ New Years’
weekend and next week we are in for more of the same, possibly getting a little
warmer, watch this space.
We have cancelled our ‘Fish Night ‘ – we are
having the ‘Turkey & Mushroom Curry’ - instead, with Chips! On Saturday we
are having ‘ Grilled Entrecote Steaks’ cooked on the bone, with all the
trimmings, then on Sunday it’s ‘ Roast Leg of New Zealand ( South Island ) Lamb
‘ with ‘ Boulangere Potatoes ‘ – the folks are joining us.
Last night after supper we caught over on ‘
BBC Four’ “ Flying Scotsman - From the Footplate “ as it was on the ‘Severn
Valley Railway ‘ from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, it showed the skills
involved in taking control of the World’s most famous steam engine. Next there
was another excellent documentary on the “ Queen Mary: Greatest Ocean Liner “
including the exploits during ‘WW2’ - which has been classified secret for many
years, at one point in time as it was crossing the Atlantic with 15,000 ‘ GI’s’
on board, it sliced through a Destroyer, killing over 300 seaman, as it was travelling
at over 30 Knots, in a zig-zag pattern to escape the German U- Boats! Not a lot
of people know that – they do now!!
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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