A VERY 'CRISP' & COLD SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY - ' NEW YEARS EVE ' 2017.

SUNDAY 31^st/ DECEMBER 2017.   “ NEW YEARS EVE 2017 “  

We had another nice lie in this morning before the church bells started calling the faithful; after showering we had our regular breakfast of fresh fruit, toast & tea before getting the day on the go.

‘ Chispa’ has been in & out over the past couple of days, we had not seen her over Christmas as Isobel has not been very well , so was not letting her out, yesterday Brenda took her for a walk (Chispa!) down to the local post office to post a card, this evening ‘ Reina ‘ is with us as Daniela’ has a ‘ gig’ down in ‘Puerto de la Duquesa’ – she’s being collected later. Then tomorrow evening we have ‘ Scruffy’ back with us for the evening, as Adrian & Rose are going to a party. Next week, at the moment ‘ Reina’ is with us for her normal four days from Tuesday.

On Tuesday morning I’m going down to Sabinillas to the ‘English Bookshop’ for a wedding card as some friends here in the village, James & Michala, are getting married over in Gibraltar, later in the week, they have been together for nearly 15 years, their two sons go to the local school, they are coming back to the village and having a little ‘ do’ in one of the local bars, it also happens to be on the same day as the ‘ Three Kings – Fiesta de los Reyes ’ celebrations, we are waiting to hear if/where the traditional procession is taking place this year?! Watch this space.

On the way back I’m calling into the garage to see Pedro, as he’s going to check the car out, as we are not very happy with a noise, from the front end, after the repairs etc, watch this space.

This morning has started a little cooler than yesterday, it’s overcast & cloudy and there is a stiff breeze, making it ‘ crisp’ to say the least, by lunchtime it’s forecast to only reach 17 degs+! Tomorrow and over the next few days we will be back to normal, warm & sunny hovering on the 20 degs mark, then next weekend we are in for a ‘ cold snap’ with the temperatures dropping down to as low as 11 degs, overnight 6 degs by Saturday/Sunday, with some of the ‘wet stuff’ still in the air! Very low and not normal for the time of the year. Watch this space.

See below a picture of the ‘Royal Liver Building’ at the Pier Head in Liverpool.

For our supper this evening we are having seared ‘ Medallions of Pork Fillet’ accompanied with a creamy ‘ Green Peppercorn Salsa ‘ with finely sliced Green Beans & ‘Pommes de Tere Rissolees’  – ‘ French Browned Potatoes ‘ – par-boiled then diced and sautéed in foaming Butter until crisp & brown all over!For our ‘ New Years Day’ roast we are having a ‘Topside of Beef’ from the English Butchers, with of course Yorkshire Puddings and ‘ Goose Fat ‘ Roast Potatoes along with a selection of vegetables.

This evening we will be celebrating two ‘ New Years Eves’ as usual, first we see in the ‘New Year’ here in Spain, we will watch the celebrations from the main square in Madrid, then an hour later, when we are tuned into “ Jools’ Annual Hootenanny ‘ to welcome in the New Year over in the UK,  we have just spoken to Lyn & Jack over in Melbourne to wish them a ‘ Healthy, Wealthy & Happy ‘ 2018, they were just going across to the residents club to see in the New Year over in Australia.

Tomorrow we are calling Sandra & Bill over in Everett, Ontario, Canada, to also give them our love and best wishes for 2018, we are expecting to hear that it’s very cold with lots of heavy snow, as on the news today it’s showing that ‘ Niagara Falls ‘ are freezing over, not very far from where they live!!





See below 'Everett ' today !! 

Thoughts for the Day ;  See above.

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