A VERY HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON FRIDAY AT THE START OF A ' HELLUVA' WEEKEND.

FRIDAY 16^th/ JUNE 2017.

I was up first this morning and welcomed back little princess ‘ Reina’ for the day, I then had a quick freshen up and shot off on my travels, but not in the car, it’s jammed in the small square by a strangers car, not a local, so instead of making a fuss I decided to catch the local community bus, on the pensioners rate, down to Sabinillas, as usual when you wait for the bus to arrive outside the ‘Wine Museum’ somebody comes along, from the village, who knows you and gives you a lift down, this morning it was our friend Jan, ‘ Charlie’s’ mum, she also booked him in with us for the start of September! Thanks!!

I then collected the local English newspapers from the ‘ English Bookshop’ before doing the main shop in a now busier ‘ Mercadona’ – at the check-out they called for a Taxi, which arrived in a minute, back at the house we un-loaded and had nice cup of tea and toast, before getting our day on the go!

This weekend it's the first 'Gay Pride ' celebration here in the village & down in Sabinillas and Puerto de la Duquesa.

We are in for a very hot weekend, the sun was out early and the sky is bright blue, there is just a little breeze but it’s already hot & sunny and by lunchtime it will reach 28/29 degs+ - over the weekend we are in for more of the same, it’s also getting warmer during the night 21/22degs+ -next week we are expecting it to get hotter and by next Friday it will be 31/32degs+! Watch this space.

See below the spectacular view from the award winning ' Best Restaurant ' in Liverpool - " Panoramic 34 " it's 300 feet above sea level on the 34th floor of the ' West Tower ' 

This evening for our supper we are having for a change, fresh, local ‘Gambas a la Plancha’ – cooked on ‘Sea-Salt’ on the griddle plate, with a nice Mixed Salad on the side and Brenda’s famous homemade ‘ Marie Rose’ sauce. 


See the fish counter display below;

On Saturday we are having ‘ Grilled Fillet Steaks’ with all the trimmings, then on Sunday it’s going to be a ‘Roast Chicken’ from the local ‘Rotisserie in Calle Mar, with a nice Mixed Salad with fresh Beetroot etc.

On Sunday in the village along Calle Mar it's the annual festival of ' Corpus Christi' at lunchtime when the whole village parades in their finest to celebrate the ' Last Supper ' - the street is decorated with flowers & wreaths and flower petals are thrown.

Last night after supper we watched another good film from 2016 “ The Accountant “ – a American crime-thriller with Ben Affleck in the title role, a small-town Ilinois certified public accountant with high-functioning autism, who actually makes his living un-cooking the books of dangerous criminal organizations around the world that are experiencing internal embezzlement! Catch it to find out what happens next!!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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