A GREY & OVERCAST DAMP SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY;

THURSDAY 2^nd/ FEBRUARY 2017     “ HAPPY FRIENDS DAY “

I was up first this morning to welcome back ‘ Reina’ for the day, we then freshened up and had a quick breakfast, Brenda has shot down to the surgery, without an appointment, to try and arrange a quick blood test, yesterday afternoon the hospital rang with an appointment, which we have been waiting for since Xmas, for her to see the ‘Kidney Consultant’ in two weeks time on the same day as she's due to see the ' Heart Consultant' – which just fits in, half an hour between, one journey less! Watch this space.

RESULT;  Our Doctor, Natalia, took Brenda in and arranged for the Blood Test next Tuesday morning, at the same time she gave her a check up and adjusted her prescriptions.

This morning it’s grey & overcast, the clouds are dark and it looks like the rain is going to hit us at any moment, as forecast, over the next few days and into next week its now looking very unsettled, cloudy, windy, damp and a little colder, this week has been very mild, so far, the overnight temperatures have even been in double figures, normal for the time of the year.

See the picture below of the beach down in Sabinillas this morning as the sun came up over the ‘Mediterranean’

This evening for our supper we are having the rest of the ‘ Cottage Pie ‘ with a fry-up of the leftover vegetables, last night’s ‘ Dutch Calves Liver ‘ was very tasty, soft & succulent, expensive but nice! Tomorrow morning I’m out on my travels down to Sabinillas for the weekly shopping, I will pick up some fresh fish from the excellent ‘ Fish Market’ in ‘Mercadona’ for our supper, on Saturday we will be having a ‘ Steak Night’ and then on Sunday it’s going to be my famous ‘ Smoked Chicken & Three Green Bean Risotto ‘

Just a quick update on the news about the Pier in Colwyn Bay, the Council are checking the structure and are saying the demolition people are going to take it down, back to the main building, before another storm hits it in the next few days.

See the pictures below taken this morning;

Yesterday afternoon/evening we channel hopped, we watched our regular Quiz Shows before catching Michael Portillo on his ‘Great American Railroad Journeys’ – he was in Colorado Springs –he went on the highest railway in the World, the famous “ Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway “ It’s a Abt rack system cog railway, standard gauge, over 14.3kms to the top!

See the picture below;

Back now to my Liverpool nostalgia; Today the pictures below show the ‘ St John’s Beacon ‘ ( now Radio City Tower !) that I watched being built back in the late 60s when I was the Manager of the ‘ Stork Hotel ‘ in Queens Square, opposite the site, its 452 feet tall and was opened by the Queen in 1969, I watched as the workmen walked along the ‘T-Crane’ to fix it together, I also went up the tower before it was finished to do the ‘Topping Out’ ceremony, ‘ Moet Chandon & Canape’s’ for the VIPs & ‘ Watney’s Red Barrel & Sausage Rolls’ for the workers!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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