A VERY WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY.

TUESDAY 15^th/ MAY 2018.

We managed a little lie in this morning before we freshened up and had a quick toast & tea, Brenda is in her ‘ ing’ mode catching up with the chores around the house, meanwhile I shot down to Sabinillas to call into the main ‘Medical Centre’ to arrange an appointment to have my first monthly ‘ Vitamin B-12’ injection, they gave me one for ten minutes later so I had to shoot back up to the house to pick up the injection capsules, as I walked back in the Male Nurse, that I know, called me straight in! Now that’s ‘ Service ‘!

The sun was out early this morning and the sky was bright blue, again, as I shot down through the vine fields, it’s already hot & sunny and by lunchtime we will be in the mid 20s+ - the rest of the week and over the weekend is staying the same, with a few occasional clouds on the horizon, there will be just a light breeze, making it rather pleasant for the time of the year, next week is now looking warm & sunny, but on the long-range forecast there is still the threat of some of the ‘ wet stuff’-  watch this space.

This evening for our supper we are keeping it simple; ‘ Pan-Seared Fillets of Chicken Breast’ – flattened and finished in foaming Lemon & Balsamic Vinegar Butter, with finely sliced French Green Beans and thick-cut slices of Baked Potato sautéed until crisp & brown in Parsley Butter. On Wednesday we are going to have ‘ Grilled Gammon Steaks’ with all the trimmings and of course twice-cooked ‘ Chips’ – Thursday is find something in the fridge day and then on Friday we will be having a ‘ Fish n’ Chip ‘ supper, as usual Saturday will be ‘ Steak Night’ – all depending on when we are going to meet up with our friend Joyce Baby’ – Sunday is still TBC – for the same reason, watch this space.

Just a quick update on the ‘ Moffatts’ Tim & Thea, over in Old Colwyn, North Wales, they have been spotted in the beautiful old city of Dubrovnik, in southern Croatia, fronting the Adriatic Sea, they are there as a ‘ Birthday ‘ present from Jo, their daughter, for Thea’s 60^th birthday back in January!

See below;

                                                                        Just a little lunchtime 'snack' to keep him going!

At lunchtime we went for a short walk and ended up sat outside ' Bar Castillo ' for the first time this year, sat in the warm sunshine with a nice breeze, on the new ' Calle Mar' -  as we took in the sights & sounds of sunny Manilva, as we had our cool drinks and some Tapas.

This afternoon we will be catching up with the ‘Giro d’Italia’ on Stage 10 from ‘ Penne to Gualdo Tadino ‘ as the tour crosses the ‘Appennines’ over 244 kms, the longest stage of the Grand Tour, as Simon Yates, the British rider, leads the tour in the ‘Pink Jersey’ – he won yesterdays mountain top stage, when sadly Chris Froome fell behind and lost more time.

See the route map below;

This evening after supper we will be watching the second episodes of the four-part series, over the next three nights of “ Innocent “ – the main character is unexpectedly acquitted after serving seven years for the murder of his wife, lots of ‘telltale signs’ that hint at more to follow, and if so who was the killer, the sister and or her husband, an old friend, who was having an affair with the wife, or somebody from her past?! Watch this space.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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