A WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY.

SUNDAY 24^th/ SEPTEMBER 2017.   “ MALCOLM’S BIRTHDAY “

We had a little lie in this morning before the ‘ Birthday’ Boy ‘ was up to check out all his messages on Facebook etc! I tend to still get rather excited by all the new technology!!

After our regular breakfast of ‘ Weetabix’ toast & tea, we sorted ourselves out for the day ahead, we are getting ourselves slowly freshened up as we are going out at lunchtime, down to ‘ Castillo de la Duquesa’ for our ‘ Sunday Roast Lunch ‘ at the ‘ La Taberna 2 ‘ as it’s the ‘ Head Chef’s’ day off along with all his staff! ‘Mano’s son is the new ‘ Bar Manager’ so he will look after us, this morning I have just spoken to Mano, he’s back over here with Anna, for a couple of weeks on business before going back to the UK.

As we arrived  Carlos greeted us and led us to a nice outside table under a umbrella, our drinks arrived and we then ordered, Brenda had the Salmon & Prawn Surprise ( filled with a soft Cheese) and I had the Cod & Prawn Fish Cake, for our main course Brenda had the Roast Shoulder of Lamb and I had the Roast Sirloin of Beef, they came with a nice selection of seasonal vegetables. For dessert we shared the Homemade 'Bakewell' Tart with double cream & ice cream. Everything was just right and the 'star' was the Tart, made by the owners wife!  


See the pictures above.

We have been ‘ tracking’ Sandra & Bills flight from Toronto to Madrid, they have just sent us a message to say that they have arrived, safe & sound, and parked their car at the hotel ‘ Catalonia Puerto De Sol’ in the centre of the city, they are going for a walk, as their room is not ready until 2.00 pm, they are then going to have a sleep and get into ‘ Spanish ‘ time, we are calling them later after we return from lunch.

PS; Sandra has just phoned us, so are Mobiles are connecting, they have been out for their first ' Tapas' lunch in the warm sunshine! 

The sun was out early this morning and the sky has cleared already, by lunchtime it’s due to reach 28/29 degs, overnight the temperatures have dropped a little making is easier to sleep, 16/18 degs! Next week is looking a little warmer, in the high 20s,/low 30s,the following week when all the folks are here is now looking more settled & dry, the threat of the wet stuff has gone away, for the moment, watch this space.

See below a spectacular picture taken last night looking up the River Mersey and out to the Irish Sea.

Just a quick update on the football results; Everton won 2-1, Liverpool won 2-3 & Manchester City won 5-0! Over here Real Madrid won 1-2 & Barcelona won 0-3.

Yesterday evening we watched the first live show on ‘ Strictly Come Dancing’ before and as we were having our supper, we then turned over to ‘BBC TV’ and watched the 25^th Anniversary gala concert of ‘ Later... with Jools Holland ‘ – live from the ‘ Royal Albert Hall’- with his usual ‘ eclectic’ mix of groups/singers, ‘Foo Fighters, Dizzee Rascal, Sinhoy Blues, K T Tunstall, Camille and our favourite Van Morrison with a backing/joint singer from the past, that we just about recognized, Chris Farlow, ( and the Thunderbirds) who sang “ Out of Time “  

                                                            “ COUNTDOWN TO SATURDAY “  7 DAYS TO GO !!

At the moment he is playing ' Loud ' - " Boogie Woogie Woman " by Joe Bonasmassa !  ' Lady' Brenda sent in a request !! He also played a request sent in by Andrew Charles, the owner of the station of my old favourite " Buena Sera Signoria " by Louis Prima, from 1956!!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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