A VERY WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY.

SATURDAY 2^nd / JUNE 2018.

We had a nice lie in this morning, as we are ‘ Doggy-Free ‘ this weekend, only ‘ Chispa’ calling in at different times of the day to see us, as usual, the village is very quiet, Brenda was on ‘ Campo Poached Egg ‘ on toast, with mugs of strong tea ‘duty’ to set us up for the day ahead, basically we are doing nothing, because we can!

The sun broke through first thing and the clouds have cleared, the sky is bright blue and there is a slight breeze, making it very pleasant, by lunchtime it’s forecast to reach 22 degs+ - tomorrow on ‘Corpus Christi Sunday ‘ we are in for a hot one, very warm & sunny raising to 26/27 degs+ by the time of the procession along ‘ Calle Mar ‘ at mid-day.  

See the sunrise this morning over the ‘ Mediterranean’ and the coast below the village

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Next week is now looking very warm & sunny, with a few clouds at times, hovering in the mid 20s, just right for the time of the year, not too hot with a little breeze, and not a lot of holiday makers, especially as we have Jason & Donna visiting us on Thursday, by next weekend it’s due to go up to 28/29 degs+ - overnight 16/17 degs. Watch this space.

This evening for our supper we are having a ‘ Grilled Rib of Beef ‘ on the bone, cooked on a very hot griddle-plate ‘ Med-Rare’ and then left to rest, before taking it off the bone and carving it into fingers ‘ French’ style, garnished with Seared Asparagus Spears, Button Mushrooms & Shallots, served with Whole French Green Beans and of course twice-cooked ‘ Frits’ – accompanied with Dijon Mustard & the classic ‘Bearnaise’ sauce!

On Sunday it’s going to be ‘ Pan-Seared Medallions of Pork Fillet’ with all the trimmings and then on Monday ‘ Escalope’s of Pork Schnitzels’ – using the rest of the Pork Fillet, served with ‘Spaghetti Milanese’

This weekend on the sports front it’s a little different; the ‘Premier League & La Liga’ have finished and this weekend and next week we have ‘ International Friendlies ‘ as the National teams warm up before the ‘ World Cup ‘ in Russia starting in the middle of the month.

Today at/on Epsom Downs it’s the 239^th running of the ‘ Epsom Derby ‘ – over the classic course of one mile, four furlongs and 6 yards! See below:

Then from the ‘Sublime to the Ridiculous’ we will be watching the “ TT “ Motorbike Racing from the Isle of Man, over the gruelling and most dangerous 37.73 miles clockwise course around the Island, see below.

Last night after supper we caught up with the next episode of the Swedish/Danish police drama (with excellent sub-titles) “ The Bridge “ as the story got even more gruesome, a former prime suspect opted to take his own life, by shooting himself in the head, a dad was cruelly tricked into murdering his daughter, with a lethal injection, the main Lady Detective ‘Saga ‘ – who is pregnant, by her co-detective, as the plot thickened, she realised that the three killings, so far, are echoing methods of state executions, ( stoning, electrocution & poisoning ) – which means that there will be at least four more! Watch this space.




This evening we will be after supper channel hopping again to find something to watch, next week and over next weekend lots of series/dramas are returning including ‘ Poldark ‘

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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