A VERY BREEZY, WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY.

SUNDAY 15^th/ JULY 2018.

We had a nice lie in this morning as the village is very quiet after last night’s big party down in ‘Castillo de la Duquesa’ at the Rock Concert & Feria, today it’s more of the same with the firework display at the end of the night, then at the end of the month it’s our turn here in sunny Manilva, finally at the end of August it’s the ‘Sabinillas Feria’!

The Sardines are nearly ready!

‘Prince Paddy & Chico’ had a nice ‘ cool’ night on the tiles ! They both slept all night, this morning ‘Paddy’ came on the bed for his cuddles and then ‘ Chico ‘ lay on his favourite wicker mat for his! We then took them both for their first walk of the day down to the ‘ Mirador’ keeping to the shady side of the street, it’s ‘ Chico’s’ last day with us here in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ as he’s being collected on Monday morning, we love having him, he’s such a friendly dog and great company, next week on Wednesday we have a new dog with us ‘ Comeboy’ for a short holiday ( 5 days)  - as well as ‘Reina’ for her usual 2 days, watch this space.

Overnight the breeze was ‘ rather windy’ to say the least, everything was rattling, very un-seasonal to say the least, it’s what’s making it a little cooler than normal at this time of the year, the sun is out early and the sky is bright blue, as there is still a ‘ stiff breeze’ blowing, keeping it pleasant on the shady side of the street, it’s still due to reach 32 degs+ by this afternoon, next week is going to be very warm & sunny, not as hot as normal, hovering in the mid to high 30s, overnight on the 21 degs mark, watch this space.

On the sports front today;  it’s the ‘Men’s Final ‘ of the Tennis at Wimbledon, at the same time it’s ‘Stage 9 ‘ of the “ Tour De France “ from Arras to Roubaix over 15 cobbled stages, of the 157 kms route, as you can see below. On Monday it’s a ‘Rest-Day’ before three days in the ‘French Alps’!

                                                                                     A " HELLUVA " STAGE!

Then it will be time for the ‘ Final ‘ of the “ World Cup Football “ from  Russia, in Moscow, as France play Croatia.

At lunchtime on our walk we stopped at ' Bar Castillo' for a nice cool and ended up having a ' Tapas' of the ' House Paella '


This evening on our walk with both of the dogs, again, we bumped into the folks that are staying at the ' Manilva Green Aparthotel' -that we helped the other night in 'Bar Castillo' - Marie and her son Bobby, her mother Anna and 'Auntie' Mary ! They are now regular customers of ' Bar Castillo' - I gave then a programme of the local events for the week ahead! Nice to see you all and enjoy the rest of your holiday's.

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For our supper this evening we are having a small joint of ‘ Roasted Loin of Ham’ – which we are trying for the first time, from ‘ Mercadona’ – which I will carve, cold, and have with a selection of Brenda’s famous salads, next week we are taking it one day at the time on the menu front! Watch this space.

This evening after supper we will be watching the next episode of “ Poldark “

Thoughts for the Day; See above.