A STILL CRISP BUT WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON MONDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEK.

MONDAY 1^st / MAY 2017.   “  MAY DAY - LABOUR DAY “

We had another nice lie in this morning as the village is very quiet, the ‘Bank Holiday’ here is celebrated as ‘ Labour Day – May Day’ over in the UK. We had our usual breakfast of toast, fresh fruit and tea, ‘ Chispa’ came calling just as we finished, she’s been in & out all weekend, ‘Reina’ is back with us from tomorrow  morning here in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ for four days this week.

On Tuesday morning I’m taking the car in for a check up to our local garage, on Wednesday morning Brenda is going down on the bus to Sabinillas as she has an appointment at her Hairdressers for the full works, then on Thursday morning I’m down at the surgery for a check up/review with our Doctor, Natalia, in the evening our friend Andy is joining us for supper, he did some work on the computer system the other day, as usual on Friday morning I’m out on my travels for the weekly shopping, then on Saturday morning I’m taking our Swedish friend, Lillemor, across to the airport in Malaga for her flight home to Gothenburg, finally on Sunday we are planning to go out for lunch at our favourite restaurant ‘ Kokomo ‘

We have a glorious sunny day down here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ – the sun broke through earlier, the sky has cleared and there is just a light breeze, by lunchtime it will be 20 degs and the forecast for the rest of the week and over the weekend is for more of the same, getting a little warmer each day, hovering in the low 20s, watch this space.

At lunchtime we went up to ' Bar Castillo ' for a cool drink & Tapas, we sat in the warm sunshine taking in the sights, sounds and aromas of sunny Manilva, we joined a Swedish friend, Axel, and then two English friends came along.

This evening for our supper we are having ‘ Escalopes of Pork Schnitzels’ – using breadcrumbs from our local Bakery, I cook them on the Griddle Plate, then I finish them ‘ Holstein’ style –  coated with a Lemon & Parsley Butter salsa,  topped with a ‘ Campo’ Fried Egg criss-crossed with Anchovy Fillets & Capers, on the side we are having ‘ Spaghetti Milanese ‘- tossed in my famous Tomato Sauce with strips of Smoked Ham, and finally sliced Green Beans and lots of Lemon Wedges!


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Last night after supper we settled down to watch the final episode of ‘ Line of Duty ‘ –  Guns blazing, plot twisted to perfection, it went out with a bang, but leaving loose ends to be wrapped up in the next series!

 A “ Balaclava Man ‘ was shot, it turned out that there are more than one, anonymous pawns, used by a gangland overlord at his bidding! Most of the action took place in the main office of ‘AC-12’ – a trademark interview taking up nearly half the episode, the team had chased down all the clues & evidence and finally put the case together.

‘ Roz’ the lady detective played by Thandie Newton, confessed to the killing of her colleague, manslaughter, as it was an accident in self defence, her solicitor who she had asked for to be present, was then unmasked by her, as part of the criminal conspiracy, shrugging off the charges against her to expose the crooked brief but at the same time the rackety Assistant Chief Constable Hilton, who then committed suicide with a shot gun!

Then in another surprise the disgraced new boy at  ‘AC-12’ – who was framed by a colleague, blundered into the trap, with a gun, and revealed himself as another conspirator, he was then arrested, the young boy and the husband, all framed, were then released.

Then in the last scene the ‘ AC-12’ Superintendent Hastings, played by Adrian Dunbar, was keen to stress that the ‘H’ stood for ACC Hilton who was found dead from shotgun wounds, apparently self-inflicted, the shadowy master villain that they had been looking for.

Perhaps the ‘Super’ was a little too eager, given that his surname shares the same initial?! Watch this space for the next series!! 

PS; The " Film On " TV System that we watch the English TV & Sports on, via my large PC has gone off, its now encoded, this means that we need the new ' Black Box ' system 'ASAP' despite the ' Fiber Optic' still not being installed, watch this space.

Thoughts for the Day, See above.

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