A VERY ' CRISP ' & NOW SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY.

SATURDAY 31^st / MARCH 2018.

We had a little lie in this morning and then after a quick freshen up we took ‘Bo’ out for his first walk of the day, down to the fields below the village, he sleeps all night in his bed down in the lounge and then comes and lets us know when he’s ready to go out! He’s settled in very well and is eating all his meals of ‘ Poached Chicken, Rice & Biscuits’ that come ‘ ready-prepared ‘ with him! He’s due to be collected at lunchtime on ‘ Easter Sunday’

When we returned we had for our breakfast, the rest of the ‘ Hot Cross Buns’ toasted, with mugs of steaming tea, before getting the day on the go, Brenda is ‘pottering’ and as usual I’m up in the office/studio on the ‘WWW’ before typing/ posting today’s Blog.

I have just posted below all the pictures from yesterday evenings two ‘Seman Santa’ processions through and round the village, as you can see below, when we were out at lunchtime with ‘ Bo’ when we bumped into Mario, the Mayor, on his way back from the Church, with his wife and younger son, he told us that the two processions had been reinstated as the weather had changed, the rain had been blown away and the sky was clearing, the sun broke through later, but there was still a stiff breeze, so we wrapped up and went and followed them, they took their usual route, until they came to the top of ‘ Calle Mar’ where they then turned right down the narrow ‘ Calla Duquesa’ and came out by the ‘ Pensioners Club ‘ into ‘ Calle Iglesia’- then back down to the ‘Perruquia de Santa Ana Church’ 

All the village follows the processions, the Ladies in their Black ‘Mantillas’ include the Mayors wife, friends and family members that we know, Valentina, a old friend and ‘ Marta’ the oldest daughter of our neighbours, who we watched grow up, she also plays the clarinet in the village Brass Band, as does her cousin, Mario’s youngest son, his oldest son Mario Jnr, is carrying one of the ‘ Tronos’ along with many other locals that we know, the second Tronos’ is controlled by our neighbour, who is in charge of the Brotherhood, finally all the local ‘Councillors’ that we have known for many years along with the ‘ Chief of Police’

This morning it’s as forecast, dry & sunny, the clouds are clearing and the blue sky is coming out, there is still a stiff breeze, but at least it’s dry, reaching by this afternoon 18 degs+ - tomorrow on ‘ Easter Sunday’ it’s staying dry but cloudy, meaning that the two final parades of the ‘ Semana Santa’ celebration will take place, next week is now looking a little bit more settled, with patchy rain and longer periods of sunshine, hovering on the 18/19 degs+ mark! Watch this space.

So for this evenings supper we are having an old favourite of my version of the classic ‘ Tournedos Rossini’ – the ‘Fillet Steaks’ are wrapped in Smoked Bacon, then seared on a very hot griddle-plate, then baked in a hot oven ‘Med-Rare’ – Pink, no blood!- then left to rest, they are served on a toasted ‘ Croute’ and topped with a quenelles of ‘Iberican Pate’ and surrounded with a pool of a rich ‘ Red Wine Glaze, garnished with Seared Asparagus Spears & Button Mushrooms, Whole Baby French Green Beans and the classic, twice-cooked ‘ Stringfellows’ Frits served in Baskets!

On the sports front this weekend; Over in the ‘ Premier League  today Liverpool travel down the ‘M1’ to play Crystal Palace and Everton welcome Manchester City, here in ‘La Liga’ Barcelona are down here to play Sevilla and Real Madrid travel across to Las Palmas, this afternoon the ‘ National Hunt Jump Racing ‘ is from Kempton Park & Musselburgh.

This evening after supper we will settle down to watch, hopefully, the next two-part, back to back, episodes of the Danish crime drama ( with sub-titles)  ‘ Below the Surface’ – which last week was cancelled?!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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