A FRESH, WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON FRIDAY AT THE START OF A ' HELLUVA' WEEKEND AND THE WEEK TO FOLLOW !

FRIDAY 29^th/ SEPTEMBER 2017.

I was up early this morning and after a quick freshen up I shot off on my travels down to Sabinillas as the sun was coming up over a sparkling Mediterranean, meanwhile back at the house Brenda was starting on one of her ‘ ing’ mornings! After my regular tea & toast in ‘ Itzabar’ I was first into ‘ Mercadona’ for our weekly shopping+ - I then called into the ‘ English Bookshop’ for the local newspapers and some ‘ goodies’

I spotted that the ‘ Movistar’ shop was open and managed to find a spot to park outside, the very helpful Manager, Juan, sorted out the new contract for the ‘ Fiber Optic ‘ installation, at long last ( 3 years!) at the start of the week after next, he’s cancelling the contract with ‘Jazztel’ at the same time, over the past week the engineers have been in our street installing the systems into six of our neighbours from the junction box on our wall! Watch this space.

I then carried on to the local market at the far end of the promenade for the fresh flowers and some plants, finally on the way back up the hill I called into ‘ Super Sol’ for some ‘English’ essentials, after un-packing back at the house we prepared the ‘ Welcome Pack’ etc for Sandra & Bills apartment at the ‘ Manilva Green Aparthotel’ – we then went down and checked out the apartment, left the ‘ Welcome Pack ‘ and some over goodies’- then we called into the reception to arrange the taxi’s for tomorrow night to take us down to ‘ Restaurante Macues’ for our ‘celebration’ supper, the very helpful receptionist was also booking a table for us, for next Wednesday at ‘Los Gatos’ in Malaga.

One little ‘logistical’ problem that has arisen is that on Sunday when all the folks are coming to our house for the ‘ Skype’ video call to Jack & Lyn over in Melbourne, the Council are closing ‘ Calle Mar’ for ‘ Works’ – we think that it’s the start of the new pedestrianization scheme as this morning there have been surveyoyrs along the street taking the measurements! Watch this space.

This morning the sun was out early and the sky is bright blue, there is a little ‘ Lavante’ breeze coming off the sea, making it very pleasant, it’s due to reach 25/26degs by lunchtime, over the weekend it’s staying the same and next week is going to be warm & sunny hovering on the 26/27 degs mark, watch this space.

Just as I returned from the shopping Sandra called on my Mobile phone as they were driving from Valencia to Granada, we have not heard from them for the past couple of days, they had bad ‘IT’ reception at the hotel in Valencia, they were surprised  with its culture and ‘ energy ‘ – they ended the day down on the beach, we are making contact with them tomorrow morning as they get near to us, we are going to go down to Sabinillas and meet them as they come off the A7 and show them the way up to sunny Manilva!


PS, They have just arrived in Granada, next stop " SUNNY MANILVA " 

See some picture below of Valencia;

                                           “ COUNTDOWN TO SATURDAY “  1 DAY TO GO.

Norah & Jenny set off early this morning to catch their flight from Manchester to Malaga, we have arranged to meet them at the ‘ H10 Estepona Palace’ this evening, after they have had their supper, we are going out to ‘ Marlow’s’ – the same people who own ‘La Tabena 2’ – for our ‘ Fish n’ Chip’ supper, as the ‘Head Chef & the Staff’ are on their annual weeks holiday!


PS; Norah & Jenny have just arrived and have a nice sea-view room.


PPS;We met up with the girls after they had their supper, we sat in the Bar/Lounge and had a nice glass of the excellent House 'Cava' - later the ' Cabaret ' show came on.


See the three sisters re-united !!!

See below a picture that brings back 'Happy Memories ' of how things used to be ! 

And ' Marlow's' - " Giant Haddock, Chips & Mushy Peas " 

NB;  THE ‘ BLOG’ WIIL NOT APPEAR FOR THE NEXT WEEK AS WE HAVE A ‘ HELLUVA’ ITINERARY  WITH SANDRA & BILL WHILE THEY ARE DOWN ON THE ‘ COSTA DEL SOL ‘ AND IN SUNNY MANILVA.I WILL TRY AND POST SOME PICTURES AS THE WEEK GOES ON, WATCH THIS SPACE!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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