A WARM & SUNNY MANILVA, AT THE MOMENT, ON THURSDAY.

THURSDAY 10^th/ MAY 2018.

We all had a little lie in this morning, ‘Charlie’ slept all night on the rug & ‘Chico’ was in his bed, ‘Charlie’ lets us know when it’s time to go out, by tapping you with his paw, we then freshen up and get dressed, the two dogs wait, very patiently, on the wicker mat in the office/studio, were they have a good roll & scratch! Brian & Jan arrived home late last night so they are picking ‘Charlie’ up this afternoon, ‘Chico’ is due to be collected on Saturday morning, we then went for our first walk of the day around the bottom of the village, when we returned we had our regular light breakfast of ‘ Weetabix’ fresh fruit, toast & tea.

We then put together the shopping list for tomorrow morning when I’m out on my travels down to Sabinillas for the weekly shopping, we have another ‘ Helluva’ weekend, on Saturday evening, after supper, we are going down to the new Bar for the ‘ Blues/Harmonica ‘ Gig ‘ – on Sunday we are out & about on the ‘ Costa del Sol ‘ meeting our friend Joyce, for ‘Sunday Lunch’ and now on Monday we are shooting across to Fuengirola to meet up with our friend Julie & her family, since we last met her she’s married, had three children, her oldest daughter is just about to go to University to become a Doctor, and in Llandudno she has busy life as a local Councillor ( Conservative/Independent) – so lots of news/gossip to catch up with! Watch this space.

As we were out this morning for the first walk of the day it was cloudy, grey & overcast with storm clouds, rain in the air, very unseasonal, by lunchtime the sun is still forecast to break through, but the threat of the wet stuff is still hanging around, still 21 degs+ Then from tomorrow and over the weekend it’s getting warmer, keeping dry & sunny and next week is now looking dry, warm & settled, hovering on the 24/25 degs+ mark at times, watch this space.

See below ‘ Llandudno Pier ‘ & Colwyn Bay Piers’ yesterday !

At lunchtime Brenda popped along to the Chemists in 'Calle Mar' for our prescription tablets, the work at the top end of the street is nearly finished and is looking rather grand, we then went for a walk with both of the dogs, I called into the local Bank to pay another electricity bill and then on the way back we called into ' Bar Castillo' for a cool drink & Tapas, Paqui had just made a 'Potaje' - with Broad Beans, Potatoes & Artichokes' - delicious! 

For supper this evening we are having the rest of the ‘ Chicken & Mushroom Curry’ with a ‘Timbale’ of Basmati Rice and twice-cooked Chips! On Friday it’s a ‘ Fish Supper’ depending on the local market selection, then on Saturday we are going to have an early ‘ Minute Steak ‘ & ‘Frits’ before going out, on Sunday we are looking forward to our ‘ Roast Lunch’ out down in ‘ Castillo de la Duquesa’! ( Chef’s day-off!)

Just a quick update of the sports results from last night; Manchester City won 3-1, Real Madrid lost 3-2 & Barcelona won 5-1 and moved to within two games of an unbeaten ‘ La Liga’ season!

Today at the ‘ Giro d ‘Italia’ it’s Stage 6 from Caltanissetta to Etena over 164 kms, when Chris Froome is expected to make a challenge on the steep climb to the finish, watch this space.

See the stage/route map below;

Yesterday afternoon/ evening we caught up with two old Quiz Shows; ‘ The 100K Drop ‘ with Davina McCall and the later ‘ Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ with Jeremy Clarkson, the only thing to say is that the ‘General Knowledge’ of the British public, especially the younger ones, has deteriorated, on both shows the contestants came away with the minimum amounts after answering basic questions wrong!!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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