A VERY WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY.

SUNDAY 10^th/ JUNE 2018.

We all had a little lie in this morning as the village is very quiet, they are  all down in the valley at the ‘ Romeria Festival ‘ – singing, dancing & eating!

We took  ‘ Paddy ‘ out for his first walk of the day, he sleeps all night on our bed, he’s eating well and is into the routine and going ‘ regular’!  He enjoys being out & about and this lunchtime he’s coming up with us to ‘Bar Rojas’ for a nice cool drink ( water only!) His Mum & Dad have arrived safely in the USA and he has just sent them a ‘ Welcome’ message!

See him below in his designer ‘ Ray-Bans ‘ – the ‘ Coolest’ little ‘ Doggy’ in sunny Manilva!

After a quick toast & tea we got today’s ‘ Roast’ on the go, the last one for a while, as it gets hotter.

This morning the sun broke through earlier and the sky has cleared and is now bright blue, by lunchtime it will be hovering around 23/24 degs+ next week starts the same and then gets warmer by next weekend, reaching 29 degs+ overnight 18 degs+  The threat of the ‘ wet-stuff’ has disappeared on all the forecasts, watch this space.


See below the beach this morning down in Sabinillas.

After getting all the ‘ Trivets’ ready in the roasting tray, including the secret ingredients, I seasoned the ‘ Loin of Spanish Pork ‘ – sadly no ‘ crackling’ – with Sea Salt, Lemon & Lime Juice, before placing it in a very hot oven to roast, the ‘Second/Vegetable Chef’ peeled the Potatoes ( sliced in half) for boiling, after shaking the pan rigorously they are tossed into the hot ‘ Goose-Fat’ ready to go in the oven this evening. I also made a savoury Mixed Herb, Sage & Onion Stuffing.

Meanwhile she has gone ‘ mad’ – Broccoli & Cauliflower Florets in a Three Cheese sauce, Cabbage with Acelgas, Glazed Whole Baby Carrots & Whole French Green Beans & Garden Peas as well as small dish of her famous ‘ Mashed Potato’! I then made my famous ‘ finger-licking’ Pan Gravy, which will be served along with a ‘ Bramley Apple ‘ sauce.




At lunchtime we went up to 'Bar Rojas' with 'Paddy ' for a nice cool drink and some Tapas, sat under the unbrella's in the warm sunshine, with a light breeze blowing, making it very pleasant, the ' Boquerones Fritos - Deep-Fried Anchovie Fillets  ' were excellent, see below.

Just a quick update on the sport; ‘Simona Halep’ won her first ‘ Grand Slam’ in Paris at the ‘ French Open’ Tennis, Lewis Hamilton could only manage 4^th on the grid for today’s ‘ Canadian Grand Prix’ – over in the ‘ Criterium Du Dauphine’ Britain’s Geraint Thomas increased his lead in the ‘ Yellow’ Jersey, we also caught some International Test ‘Rugby Union’ as Wales beat Argentina in San Juan 10-23 and over in Johannesburg, in a 10 try thriller, England lost to South Africa 42-39!

Last night after supper we settled down to watch over on ‘ BBC Four’ the new series of the dark psychological thriller “ Hidden’ filmed in North Wales, manly in Welsh (with sub-titles) – as the main Lady Detective leads the investigation into a young girls body, after it’s found in a mountain lake in Snowdonia, it turns out that she disappeared five years ago and there are signs that she had been held somewhere for all that entire time?!

We soon found out who the killer is, with an abusive mother, a young girl in their house who could be either his next victim or his daughter,  but there is student who self-harms herself, a district nurse who is being stalked, as the plot thickens, then the Lady Detective discovers another missing girl, watch this space!!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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