A VERY ' CRISP' & SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY.

THURSDAY 30^th/ NOVEMBER 2017.

We managed a little lie in this morning, Brenda then had a quick shower, I’m having mine later, for our breakfast we had a ‘ treat’ of ‘ Crispy Smoked Bacon Butties’ – open on brown for Brenda, with mugs of tea, to set us up for another day down here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol ‘ We then sorted out the shopping list for tomorrow morning when I’m out on my travels, down to Sabinillas, on the local bus, for the weekly shopping.

Yesterday afternoon saw the last of the rain, overnight it stayed dry and this morning we awoke to bright blue skies and the sun out, it’s still very ‘ crisp’ especially in the shade. It looks like the ‘ wet-stuff’ has blown over, for now, tomorrow is forecast to be dry & sunny but only reaching 17 degs, overnight down to 3/5 degs, cold for the time of the year, over the weekend it’s staying the same and next week is now looking dry, settled, hovering on the 16/17 degs mark, 6/7 degs during the night, hopefully keeping the wet stuff away next Friday/ Saturday  for the ‘ Manilva Gastronomic Food Festival’! Watch this space

Our friend Araceli has just dropped off five beautiful ‘ Pointsettia’s’  for inside(3) & outside(2) - they come from her charity stall, it’ means that we will start on the ‘Xmas’ decorations this weekend, including putting up our new tree, over in Everett, Ontario, Canada, Sandra & Bill ( the Lumberjack!) are going out into the woods to find theirs!


See the ' Pointsettia's' below!

I have just been along to the local cash machine at the bank and on the way back took the rubbish sack down to the waste bins down at the junction at the start of ‘Calle Mar’ - as our nearest underground waste bins are now taped off, it’s in the middle of all the works, this morning the ‘Contractors’ have a mini’-digger levelling off yesterdays ‘JCB’ work and exposing all the man hole/drain covers along the street, the final stretch down, from in front of ‘ Bar Rojas’ to the junction is due to be finished later. 

I also called into ‘ Bar Rojas ‘ at the top of our street and introduced myself to the new tenants, Juan & Monica, they are planning to open tomorrow evening and there is a ‘free’ Paella ‘ on Saturday night! Watch this space.

For our supper this evening we are having the rest of the ‘ Beef & Mushroom Curry’ with Basmati Rice and twice-cooked ‘ Chips’ Friday evening is going to be a homemade ‘ Fish n’ Chip Supper’ and on Saturday, as usual we will treat ourselves to our regular ‘ Steak Night’ – this Sunday we are back to ‘roasting’- a ‘ Chicken’ with all the trimmings!

Last night after supper we watched ‘ MasterChef: The Professionals’  before the next very exciting episode of ‘ Peaky Blinders’ – an unusually soulful, sexual episode! ‘Polly’ professed her desire to get back on the ‘ game, Tommy started to ‘ flirt’ with the lady union leader and then ended up underneath the arches by the canal for a ‘ romantic tryst’ with ‘Lizzie’ – meanwhile ‘Arthur’ ‘dispatched two more ‘ Mafioso’ in a vat of car paint! The sting in the tale came at the end when ‘Polly’ met up with ‘ Charngretta’ this seasons villain, to try and set up the ‘ Don’ – he, ominously, hinted that he was one step ahead! Watch this space.

Thought for the Day; See above.

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