A VERY HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON MONDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEK.

MONDAY 12^th/ JUNE 2017.

I was up early this morning to welcome back little princess ‘ Reina ‘ for the day, she’s back on Wednesday for the rest of the week, on Tuesday she is at the Vets to have her toenails cut, under anesthetic, ‘ Chispa’ has been in & out all the weekend, we all then had a little lie in before getting the day on the go, after freshening up we had ‘ Crispy Smoked Bacon Butties ( open for Brenda!) with mugs of tea, it’s a quiet week ahead for us, tomorrow morning Brenda has her appointment with our Doctor, Natalia, for the results of the blood tests etc and at the same time a review/check up, then of Friday I’m out on my travels down to Sabinillas for the weekly shopping.

This week is going to be a hot one, the sun was out early and the sky has cleared, it’s bright blue and thankfully there is a little breeze, making it bearable, the hot weather is hitting us earlier than normal, it looks like we are in for another record breaking July/August, in parts of inland Spain its already in the 40s! The alerts are starting to change to ‘ Orange’ and there are warning flashes on all the news programmes, the night-time temperatures are also rising, during the day we are expecting to level out at 30 degs+ here. Watch this space.

Just a quick update on the sports results from the weekend; Rafael Nadal won his 10^th ‘ French Open Tennis’ title as he took apart Stan Wawrinka in the three straight sets, playing the best tennis in his life, Lewis Hamilton won the ‘ Canadian Grand Prix’ as he led from the start to the finish, he was untouchable. Over in New Zealand the ‘ British & Irish Lions’ won in a hard fought win over the ‘Crusaders’ In the ‘ FIFA World Cup ‘ qualifying games England has a lucky draw against Scotland and Spain won, meanwhile England’s Under-20s won the ‘World Cup’ beating Venezuela 1-0!

For our supper this evening we are  having the rest of the ‘Barnsley Lamb Chops’ with the ‘ Boulangere ‘ potatoes and a fry-up of the left over vegetables, tomorrow night it’s going to be ‘Pan-Seared Calves Liver’- the rest of the week is TBC, watch this space.

Our ‘ Pensions’  transfers cycle has started this morning, into our Spanish bank account, the ‘ Euro’ is at it’s lowest in nearly 8 years, so this morning’s was the lowest ever, not good news with more transfers to come over the next few weeks! Watch this space.

Last night after supper we settled down to watch the first episode of Poldark’ – he’s back, his smoulder is older but our hero is no less bolder! It all took place under a full-moon eclipse, a bolting horse, a curse by candlelight, two deaths and the arrival of two brothers, of Demelza,  the birth of a baby, a  surprise marriage that was not consummated, a new governess, a happy Bank Manager, the mine is prospering, the land thrives and finally a pregnancy! All in the first episode!

See below an aerial view over Liverpool showing all the landmarks.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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