A WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY.

TUESDAY 2nd/ JANUARY 2018.

I was up early this morning to see little princess ‘ Reina’ back with us for the day, she shot upstairs and we all had a nice lie in, she then goes in her duvet, as we are freshening up before breakfast, she’s with us for four days this week, ‘Chispa’ has been in and out all morning, we had our ‘Weetabix’ toast & tea and then sorted ourselves out.

I  popped down to Sabinillas and called into the ‘English Bookshop ‘for a wedding card, on the way back I stopped at the local Garage were Pedro Snr & Jnr came for a drive in the car and straight away confirmed that the front wheel bearings need replacing, I’ve left the car with them and it will be ready tomorrow, watch this space.

I have just been along to the local bank in ‘Calle Mar’ – the Contractors workers are out in force ( 6) for a change, to pay the electricity bill, I also ordered from the local Bakery the traditional “ Roscon de Ryes “ cake to be eaten on January 6^th on the ‘ Dia de Reyes’ celebrations! Inside the cake is a small trinket ( a figurine of the Christ Child ) – whoever finds the Jesus figurine is blessed after taking it to church!!

See below a sample picture;

We have just spoken to Tim & Thea on the Facebook Messenger Video link, to wish him  Tim ‘ Happy Birthday’ up in Mojacar, we also spoke to their daughter Jo, who is with them for a couple of days, before she returns to work in Madrid later in the week.

We have another glorious day down here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ this morning, the sun was out early and the sky is bright blue, there is just a very little breeze, making it very pleasant, in the sun it’s hot, by lunchtime it’s due to reach 21/22 degs+ - the next couple of the days are the same, before the cold front comes in off the Atlantic on Friday, with some of the wet stuff, at the same time, the weekend is looking cold, next week is now forecast to be a little better, picking up as the week goes on, watch this space.

See below a picture of one of the local parks down tin Sabinillas this morning.

For our supper this evening we are having ‘ Cold Roast Topside of Beef ‘ which is ‘ Pink’ and juicy, we love ‘ Cold-Cuts’ of roast meats, I carve the joint using my finest ‘ Sabatier’ French carving knife, with a selection of fresh vegetables and the rest of the ‘ Goose-Fat’ Roast Potatoes, accompanied with Horseradish sauce. On Wednesday it’s going to be ‘Pan-Seared Calves Liver ‘ – Thursday is a ‘ Fridge’ day, on Friday, by tradition, we will have Fish, Saturday will be our ‘ Streak Night’ and on Sunday it’s still TBC, watch this space.

On Friday morning I will be out on my travels down in Sabinillas for the weekly shopping, in the afternoon we have been asked to the small wedding celebration of James & Michala, at one of the local Bars, after they are married in Gibraltar in the morning, in the early evening it’s the parade for the start of the ‘Three Kings’ celebrations, we are waiting to hear the new route, watch this space.

Last night after supper we settled down to watch the first episode of the new series on BBC TV 1 “ McMafia “ – the second episode is this evening, starring James Norton ( the new James Bond?! ) as the son of a ex Russian gangster, an international thriller, with money launderers in Dubai, global crime & corporate corruption, cybercriminals in India, black marketers in Zagreb, druglords in Colombia and Bedouin smugglers in the Negev desert, all in the first episode, not forgetting his uncles murder, by a caviar knife to the throat!  Watch this space.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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