THE RETURN OF THE SUN IN SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY.

SATURDAY 14th/ APRIL 2018.

We had a nice lie in this morning after another week of the wet & windy stuff, down here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ – we awoke to bright sunshine coming in through the shutters, for the first time in a long time! After freshening up Brenda was in charge of our ‘ Saturday morning, usual breakfast of ‘ Campo’ Poached Eggs on Toast with mugs of steaming, strong, ‘ PG’ Tips Tea, to set us up for the weekend ahead.

As I said above, the sun was out early this morning and the sky is already bright blue, with not a cloud in the sky, with just a very slight breeze, by lunchtime it will be back to 20 degs+ - more of the same tomorrow, next week is now looking dry, warm & sunny, with settled weather for the whole week, hovering on the 21degs+ mark, overnight 12/13 degs, although the threat of ‘ April Showers’ has not still gone way, watch this space.

See below ‘ Calle Iglesia’ leading down the ‘Church’ – earlier this morning.

For our supper this evening we are having a large ‘ Rib of Beef’ on the bone, cooked on a very hot griddle-plate ‘Med-Rare ‘- Pink, no blood, then left to rest, before taking it off the bone and slicing it into fingers ‘French’ style, served with seared Asparagus Spears, Button Mushrooms & Baby Shallots, accompanied with the classic ‘Bearnaise’ sauce. Keeping it simple with Whole Baby French Green Beans and of course twice-cooked ‘ Chips’

On Sunday we are not roasting this week, instead we are having, ‘ Grilled Marinated Spanish Lamb Steaks & Cutlets ‘ served on a bed of my famous ‘Boulangere’ Potatoes with a selection of fresh, local Vegetables, no doubt! Not forgetting the special ‘ Mint’ sauce on the side.

This afternoon on the sports front we will be watching; over in the ‘Premier League’ Liverpool at home to Bournemouth, then Everton down at Swansea, meanwhile Manchester City travel down the ‘M1’ to play Tottenham, over here in ‘ La Liga’ Barcelona welcome Valencia and on Sunday Real Madrid come down to play lowly Malaga. It’s the ‘ Chinese Gran Prix’ with Vettel on the pole position again, Hamilton is only 4^th!

Then later this afternoon we will be watching the rain-hit ‘ Grand National ‘ from Aintree, as three female jockeys are seeking a place in history, Bryony Frost, Rachael Blackmore & Katie Walsh.  

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This evening after supper we will settle down to watch the second series of “ Salamander: Blood Diamonds “  over on ‘ BBC Four’ of the excellent Belgian thriller, with sub-titles, as it’s in French & Flemish! Back to back episodes to start as the police investigate the assassination of a refugee, the two main cops visit the unconscious suspect in hospital and make an alarming discovery, watch this space.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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