FRIDAY 6th/ JULY 2018.
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We were both up early this morning and I
grabbed a quick freshen up and then shot out with ‘Paddy ‘ for his first walk
of the day, down the shady part of the street to the ‘ Mirador’ – he had slept all night on the marble floor, meanwhile
back at the house Brenda was getting herself ready. I then collected the car
from the underground car park and picked Brenda up at the bottom of our street,
we then shot down to Sabinillas through the ever growing ‘Green’ Vine Fields,
on our travels for the weekend shopping.
I dropped Brenda off at the main ‘ Medical
Centre’ for her appointment with our Doctor, Natalia, for her review/check up,
I carried on to ‘ itsZabar’ for a quick
toast & tea, before ‘Mercadona’ opens at 9-00 am. As I was finishing the
shopping Brenda came along, she had called into the ‘Ferreteria’s’ for a couple
of things, before stopping at the ‘ English Bookshop’ for the newspapers and a birthday
card.
Our Doctor, Natalia, was very happy with
all her tests, all her readings are showing a steady improvement, she adjusted
her medication tablets a little, she checked her lungs and gave her the ‘thumbs
up’ – this is a great “ RESULT’ as she goes across to the ‘ Costa Del Sol
Hospital’ on Tuesday lunchtime for her appointment with the ‘ Kidney Consultant’,
watch this space.
We then carried into the local market, at
the far end of the promenade, for some fresh flowers & wall plants, finally
on our way back up the hill we called into ‘ Super Sol’ for the ‘English’ essentials,
after un-loading back at the house I put the car away in the garage.
The sun was out as we set-off down to
Sabinillas, above a sparkling Mediterranean, the sky was clear & blue and
the breeze had dropped, we are in for a hot weekend, hovering on the 30 degs+
mark, overnight 20/21 degs, next week the ‘ Sahara Heat Wave ‘ is due to hit us
on Monday, on top of the already hot weather, so it’s now forecast to go up to
40 degs+ - in places 45 degs! Watch this space.
Yesterday evening, on the ‘ Head Chef &
Staffs’ night-off, turned out to be a ‘ Helluva’ night! We went along to ‘ Bar
Castillo’ – which was very busy, for our ‘Tapas’ supper, we found a nice table
and settled down to take in the sights & sounds of sunny Manilva.
Our drinks arrived as we bumped into some
friends, Adrian & Rose ( Scruffy!) and Lllona, from Dublin, with her two
small children and her grown’ up daughter, her husband Mick had gone back to
Dublin for work, they have a house in the top of the village, then one of our
neighbours, Encarna, from our street, joined us to show us some pictures from a
wedding over the weekend, our local shopkeeper’s daughter was married in a mountain
village behind Rhonda.
We then ordered a small selection of ‘Tapas’
to start, followed by two ‘ Combo- Platters’ – Lamb Steak, Fried Egg &
Frits for Brenda and Pork Loin a la Plancha, with Green Pepper, Fried Egg &
Frits for me! Our friend Andy then arrived and joined us for a drink, followed by
some of his local Spanish friends, who we know. ‘ Let the Party Begin’! Then ‘
Big Brian & his Dad, the ‘ Duke of Runcorn’ came along and joined in, they
had been out all day down in Sabinillas and after a small ‘ Siesta’ were back
out on the town!
‘Paddy ‘ loves being out especially when he’s
the centre of attention, everybody loves him, he sits on our knees taking in
all the admiration! He’s a little ‘ Star’!
We then had two surprise guests come along,
Mano & his son Carlos, Carlos had just finished work down at ‘ La Taberna 2
‘ in ‘Castillo de la Duquesa’ where is the duty manager, so they called in for
a cool night-cap, with all of us, the ‘Guerrero ‘ boys soon had the party in
full-swing, we left at 1-00 am as it was getting rather loud!! All three of us
had a ‘ hot’ but good night’s sleep.
For our supper this evening, as the ‘ Head
Chef & his Staff’ are back on duty, we are having ‘Pan-Seared Fillets of
Haddock’ – a la Meuniere style, with Broccoli Florets & Garden Peas with
Parsley New Potatoes, on Saturday it’s going to be ‘ Grilled Sirloin Steaks’
with all the trimmings, on Sunday we are waiting for the ‘ Head Chefs’
suggestion watch this space.
This afternoon/evening we will be watching
the ‘Tennis ‘from Wimbledon and then the first two Quarter Final matches of the
‘ World Cup Football’ from Russia, as Uruguay play France and then Brazil take
on Belgium.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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