A GREY & OVERCAST AND VERY COLD AND WET SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY.

TUESDAY 14^th/ MARCH 2017.

I was up first this morning to see ‘ Reina’ back with us for the day, she shot upstairs and came back on the bed with us for a nice lie in for all of us before disappearing  into her duvet later, after freshening up we decided to have fresh Orange Juice with ‘ Crispy Smoked Bacon Butties ‘ and mugs of strong tea, as it’s definitely a stay at home day, it’s grey, cold & wet!

Last night as we were going to bed the rain arrived, it’s not stopped all night and this morning it’s still raining heavy with a cold wind, as forecast, down in the valley below the village and in Sabinillas it’s already starting to flood again, we are in for more of the same over the next few days, then on Saturday and over the weekend we should be back to normal for the time of the year, warm & sunny, watch this space.

Just as we came upstairs to bed the ‘ Skype’ video came online, it was Jack & Lyn over in a very hot & sunny Melbourne, it was 12-30am here and 9-30am over there, we had a very nice, long, catch up with all their news as well as ours, Jack is looking very well, he’s still on the oxygen during the night and when he needs it during the day, Lyn is fine and they were both full of the joys of spring( Summer for them!)We were talking about travelling to the hospital, 50kms away, they laughed because over there that’s just a stone’s throw, they had just been out for a ‘drive’ – 600 kms !!

We had been watching ‘Pointless’ earlier on BBC TV when a question came up on ‘Food & Drink ’about Bundaberg in Australia, what is it famous for?! The answer was ‘Rum’ –  known as ‘ Bundy’ - we told Jack & Lyn and they turned around and brought out a bottle of the famous golden nectar, all the family like it especially Jeff & Annette who live in Brisbane near to the distillery! It’s a small World!!

See below.- " Bundy ' rules!

We will be watching the ‘Cheltenham Festival ‘ coverage on ITV this afternoon, the main race today is the ‘ Stan James Champion Hurdle’

This evening for our supper we are having ‘ Pan-Seared Calves Liver’ with a rich Onion Gravy, Carrots a la ‘Flamande’ ( with Peas)  and Brenda’s famous Mashed Potato. On Wednesday its going to be a ‘ Chicken & Mushroom Tarragon Casserole.

After supper last night we settled down to watch the next episode of ‘ Broadchurch’ – Infidelity, Pornography and Rape – every man in the town was lying, hiding dirty secrets, even the teenage son of the lady detective! 50 male guests at the party, all either secretive, unsavoury, chauvinist or liar’s capable of violence?! The victim was not talking and has lots to hide, new suspects emerged, alibi’s were false, but in the end still no further to uncovering the rapist, watch this space.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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