A BREEZY BUT STILL VERY HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON FRIDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEKEND.

FRIDAY 29^th/ JUNE 2018.

We were both up very early this morning and after a quick freshen up, Brenda took ‘Paddy’ for his first walk of the day, he slept most of the night on the marble floor, after his cuddles before going to bed, he then had some more this morning, I went and collected the car from the underground car park and picked Brenda up at the bottom of our street, we then shot down to Sabinillas to the main ‘ Medical Centre’ as Brenda had her appointment for her blood test etc.

She’s back next Friday morning to see our Doctor, Natalia, for the results before we go across to the ‘ Costa Del Sol Hospital’ on the following Tuesday lunchtime for her appointment with the ‘ Kidney Consultant’  for her six month review/check up.

I carried on to ‘ itZabar ‘ for my toast & tea, Brenda joined me later for an orange juice before ‘ Mercadona ‘ opened, after doing our main weekly shop, Brenda picked up the local newspapers from the ‘ English Bookshop’ – before on the way back up the hill we called into ‘ Super Sol’ for the English’ essentials, after un-packing back at the house I put the car away, for another week.

This morning the sun was out first thing and the sky was bright blue as there is a light breeze blowing down from the mountains behind the village, overnight it kept things just a little cooler, it’s still very hot in the sunshine, but in the shade it’s very pleasant, by lunchtime it will be 30 degs+ - over the weekend we are in for more of the same, if a little  cooler at times, in the high 20s, next week is going to be a hot-one, to say the least, hovering into the low to mid 30s, watch this space.

See below the new ‘ BBQ Pit Boats ‘ that the Council have placed on the beach down in Sabinillas for the locals & holiday makers to use – free! ‘ ‘BBQ’s’ are not allowed on the beaches and in the country at this time of the year due to the fire risk.

Last night we had our ‘Tapas’ supper up at ‘ Bar Rojas’ – sat inside as the sun was too bright to put the large screen ‘TV’ outside, we had the TV to ourselves, as the locals were not interested in the game, as England played Belgium, they lost 1-0 , but progress to the ‘knockout stages’ next week when they play Colombia, we had a small selection of light Tapas, then Brenda had the ‘ House’ Croquettes & I had the ‘Chicken Fillets a la Plancha’ with ‘ Patatas Fritas’ and two ‘ Campo’ Fried Eggs!

This evening for our supper we are keeping things very simple, ‘Pan-Seared Tail-End Fillets of Salmon’ finished in a foaming Lemon Butter Salsa, with Broccoli Florets & Garden Peas with ‘ Parsley New Potatoes’ On Saturday evening we are having ‘ Grilled Fillet Steaks’ with all the trimmings and of course twice-cooked ‘ Chips’ For Sunday we are going to pick up a ‘ Roast Chicken’ from the local ‘Rotisserie’ in Calle Mar’ to have with a Mixed Salad selection.

It’s a big sports weekend around the World, which we will be following, but tomorrow here in sunny Manilva the local ‘Manilva Cycling Club’ have arranged a street race around the village in all the narrow streets,later this evening/night, last year it passed our front-door, watch this space.

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This evening we will be watching the final episode of the ‘ Swedish/Danish ‘ police crime drama, with sub-titles, “ The Bridge “  after we catch the penultimate episode on the  ‘BBC I Player’ this afternoon, we missed last week’s episode, as we were out for Brenda Birthday supper!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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