THURSDAY 21st/ SEPTEMBER 2017.
We were both up early this morning and
after a quick freshen up we had our regular breakfast before Brenda set off to
catch the bus down to Sabinillas to go to the hairdressers for her appointment for
the full works, she is coming back up to the village on the bus at lunchtime, we
get the locals pensioner’s rate!
See the pictures below of the beach down in
Sabinillas this morning.
This morning the sun has already broken
through, the sky has cleared and there is just a very light breeze, it’s going
to be another glorious day down here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ reaching 25/26
degs by this afternoon, tomorrow is the same and then over the weekend it’s
going to be a little cooler, then next week we will be back to normal for the
time of the year, warm & sunny hovering in the high 20s, the following week
of our holiday, when all the folks are here, is looking warm & settled with
just a very small hint of the wet stuff, watch this space.
Yesterday after speaking to Kelvin, via
E-Mail we have arranged to met him & Gaye at the ‘Ke’ Bar in Sotogrande Marina,
next week, on Tuesday lunchtime, they are staying at the ‘Hotel Club Maritimo
De Sotogrande ‘ which is just opposite on the side of the marina, we are then
going out with them on Wednesday evening for a ‘ Spanish’ supper, that they
have requested, watch this space.
We caught on BBC TV 2 yesterday afternoon
the coverage of this year’s ‘ UCI World Championship Cycling‘ from Bergen in
Norway, it was the ‘Men’s Time Trial’ taking place over a 31 km course, normally
the ‘Time Trail’ racing is boring, over
a flat course, but this was the most exciting ‘Time Trail’ in the history of the
sport, the organisers had at the end of the race added a gruelling climb’ over
3 kms, up the 9% gradient of ‘ Mount Floyeno’! – in front of packed, excited
and very well behaved crowd. For the first time in the history of the sport
they allowed a bike change, swapping a heavier time trial machine for a regular
road bike for the final climb.
It all took place on a Red Carpet, at the
foot of the climb, where the rider could jump off his first bike and onto the
second, with the help of a push, some elected to do it, other didn’t! Britain’s
Chris Froome was amongst the favourites after winning two ‘Grand Tours’ this
year, it was made more exciting as the rain came crashing down near the end of
the race, as all the favourites were out on the roads, in parts of the cobbled streets
of the picturesque town, he finished third, the winner was Tom Doumoulin of the
Netherlands, he’s the new ‘ star’ of the ‘Time Trail’ and also won this year’s ‘
Giro’d’Italia. “ Breathtaking “
Staying on the sport for the moment; over
in ‘ La Liga’ Barcelona beat Eiber 6-1 with Messi scoring 4, Real Madrid were
beaten at home by Real Betis 0-1 in the 94th minute leaving them 7
points adrift of Barcelona! Meanwhile in
‘ Cup’ matches over in the UK, Leicester beat Liverpool 2-0, their fourth loss,
as Everton won 3-0 against Sunderland and Manchester City won 1-2 at West
Bromwich Albion.
This evening for our supper we are having
the rest of the ‘Casserole of Sliced Beef Steak’ in a rich Red Wine, Mushroom
& Onion/Shallot sauce, with fresh vegetables and ‘ Parsley’ New Potatoes in
their skins, on Friday it’s ‘Fish Night’ and then on Saturday it’s ‘ Steak
Night’
On Sunday it’s the ‘ Head Chefs’ birthday
so I’ve been given the day off and we are going out for a ‘ Roast’ Sunday lunch
down to ‘La Taberan 2 ‘ in Castlillo de la Duquesa, Carlos, Mano’s son, is the new
Bar Manager. It’s his apartment at the ‘Manilva Green Aparthotel’ that Sandra & Bill are staying in when
they arrive on Saturday 30th September for a week, we are going to
arrange with him for the keys etc. Watch this space.
Tomorrow morning, as usual, I’m out on my
travels, down to Sabinillas for our weekly shopping etc, today we are taking
things very easy as it’s starting to get near to our two weeks of excitement,
out & about on the ‘Costa Del Sol’ as we get ready for the arrival of all
the folks next weekend, watch this space.
Thoughts for the Day, See above.
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