A STILL OVERCAST BUT VERY WARM & NOW SUNNY MANIVA ON SUNDAY.

SUNDAY 26^th/ AUGUST 2018.

 

We managed another nice long lie in this morning as the church bells didn’t start ringing until later, Brenda grabbed a quick shower and is then after breakfast washing/shampooing her hair, I’m showering later, we then had our light breakfast of ‘ Weetabix’ fresh fruit, toast & tea, before getting the day on the go.

I’m now up in the office/studio on the ‘WWW’ checking the E-Mails, Facebook messages etc, catching up with all the overnight news/sport and reading the online newspapers that I follow, checking the various weather reports at the same time, I then prepare today’s Blog by writing notes, downloading pictures etc, at the same time listening to ‘ Castle Radio FM 89.2 & Online on the WWW’ via the second screen, the Blog is typed on ‘Microsoft Word ‘ – then ‘proof-read’ by Brenda, saved & copied and then posted onto my ‘Blog Control Page’ to be posted!

This morning the sun broke through earlier but it’s now a little gray & overcast, as a light breeze has blown in the clouds, by lunchtime, no doubt, it will be warm & sunny, yesterday it ended up very hot & close with no air, even the locals were complaining, it’s due to reach 31 degs+ today - overnight 23 degs, next week is starting to settle down, with more of the same, partly cloudy at times, but still hovering in the low 30s, with just a very slight possibility of the ‘ wet-stuff’ over the ‘Vendemia Wine festival’ weekend, very unusual for the time of the year, watch this space.

See below the view of the Mediterranean with a yacht passing, earlier this morning.

All along the news ‘ Calle Mar ‘ most of the house’s/buildings have been re-painted/updated White, after the ‘Council’ did the Town Hall, making it the ‘ White House’ – it looks like it will all be finished by Friday just in time for the big weekend of celebrations!

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Just a quick update on the sports results; Everton gave away a 0-2 lead to draw 2-2, Liverpool went top of the ‘Premier League’ with a 1-0 win, meanwhile over on a terrible pitch Barcelona won 1-0. Lewis Hamilton beat rival Vettel to a sensational pole position in a thrilling chaotic race in the rain, on his final lap of qualifying for the ‘Belgian Grand Prix’

At the start of ‘La Vuelta 2018’ the Australian rider Rohan Dennis claimed the leader’s ‘ Red Jersey’ as he won the Time Trail, his speciality, going into today’s ‘Stage 2’ from Marbella to the ‘Caminito Del Ray’ over 163 kms with a climb to the finish, see below.

At lunchtime I will be marinating the ‘ Spanish Chuleta’s – Lamb Cutlets ‘ in a marinade of Virgin Olive Oil, Mixed Herbs with Tarragon & Lemon Juice, to ‘ Flash-Grill ‘ this evening on a very hot griddle-plate, garnished with seared Button Mushrooms and served with a small selection of Brenda’s favourite, local, fresh Vegetables and my famous ‘ Rissoles Potatoes’ – boiled & diced new potatoes tossed in foaming ‘Parsley Butter’ until crisp & brown all over, not forgetting the special ‘ Mint Sauce’ made with Malt Vinegar & Sugar!

Yesterday afternoon/evening I was using the new ‘ IPTV’ system for the first time, it has over 3,000 channels, including all the live sport, films etc, as well as the all the ‘English’ terrestrial/regional channels, we are very impressed, so far, especially as it costs only 50 Euros per year! Watch this space.

                                                                                           " OVER IN THE UK " ! 

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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