A CLOSE AND NOW WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY.

THURSDAY 30^th/AUGUST 2018.

I was up early this morning to welcome back little princess ‘Reina’ for the day, she shot upstairs onto her duvet, as usual, she’s back on Monday for a sleep-over until Tuesday evening, ‘Percy’ is arriving on Tuesday for his three week holiday, no doubt ‘ Chispa’ will be calling in to see her old & new friends, as usual, she in & out all the time.

We then all had a little lie in, after all the excitement of being out & about on the ‘ Costa Del Sol ‘ yesterday, the ‘ Duty Breakfast Chef’ then made his famous ‘ Toasted Crispy Smoked Bacon Butties’ – smothered in ‘HP’ Brown sauce- open on brown for Brenda, with mugs of strong ‘ PG’ Tips tea, to set us up for the day ahead, we got the shopping list ready, for tomorrow morning, when I’m out on my travels, down to Sabinillas, for the weekly shopping, once again braving the holiday hordes & traffic!

Overnight it was very hot & clammy, hovering on the 23 degs+ mark, this morning has started a little overcast and very close, the sun will break through later, it’s forecast to be a little cooler, as there is a light breeze coming along, over the weekend, keeping it warm & sunny, with patchy clouds, hovering on the 27/28 degs mark, now and for the ‘Vendemia Wine Festival ‘ weekend!  Next week is now looking the same, with the threat of the ‘ wet-stuff’ blown away, for now, watch this space.

See below this morning’s and yesterdays'  pick of the ‘Moscatel’ grapes, a great crop this year!

At lunchtime we went for a walk to check out how all the preparations are going on for the ' Festival' weekend; The 'Plaza de la Vendimia' wall has been re-painted, as well as the stone parapet along the terrace, where the new flagging is nearly completed, the main ' Rock' stage in the square is being set up,meanwhile at the entrance to the new ' Call Mar' they have erected a new illuminated arch,along the street, the bunting has gone up and they are stringing new white lights between all the lamp posts, finally the 'Sombrajo' - for the 'Council' has appeared!

We then had a cool drink and some Tapas sat outside ' Bar Castillo'


See below; It's all coming together !!

This evening for our supper, as the ‘Head Chef & Staff’ had their night off on Tuesday, we are having ‘ Grilled Gammon Steaks ‘ – topped with seared Pineapple Rings and ‘ Campo’ Fried Eggs, with Garden Peas and twice-cooked ‘ Chips’ On Friday it will be a ‘ Fish Night’ – then over the ‘Festival’ weekend I’m making a large pan of my famous ‘Chicken & Mushroom Curry’

Today’s Stage 6 of the “ La Vuelta 2018 “ goes from Huercal-Overa to San Javier- Mar Menor, over 155 kms, see below;

This evening we will be channel hopping on the new ‘IPTV’ system to find something to watch.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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