FRIDAY 19th/ OCTOBER 2018.
We were both up early this morning and
after a quick freshen up we set off on our travels down to Sabinillas, as the
sun was trying to break through above the Mediterranean. We had arranged to
meet Sandra & Bill at ‘ ItZabar ‘ for his excellent ‘ Full English
Breakfast ‘ – with Fried Eggs, English Back Bacon & Black Pudding, English
Pork Sausage, Tinned Plum Tomatoes, Hash Browns & Baked Beans, all with
toast, tea/coffee and Scrambled Eggs on toast with Bacon for Brenda!
The folks then joined us for the main shop
in ‘ Mercadona’ - which they are now
using, we then popped along to the ‘ English Bookshop’ to introduce them to
Steve, as he gave Sandra our address, as the final part of her finding Brenda. We dropped down into the ‘ Puerto de la Duquesa
Marina’ to call into the ‘English Butchers’ - before shooting along to the
local market, at the far end of the promenade, for our fresh flowers & wall
plants, after dropping them back at their apartment, we shot back up the hill
to unload back at the house, just about beating the rain, which followed us
around on our travels!
Yesterday we both beat the rain, as at
lunchtime it was warm & sunny, the folks walked along to ‘Puerto de la
Duquesa’- buying an umbrella on the way, as we were sat outside ‘ Bar Rojas’ –
later another storm hit us, then it went dry but colder, the coldest/wet
October in the past ten years, it’s forecast to stay dry later, hovering on the
20 degs mark, then tomorrow and on Sunday we are in for more of the ‘ Wet-Stuff’
– getting heavy at times, as the ‘Atlantic’ front crosses over us, Next week is
starting with more of the same, but getting warmer & sunny by Tuesday, back
into the mid 20s, meanwhile over in Everett, Ontario, Canada, it’s snowing heavy,
so Sandra has asked a friend to re-set their air heating, back at the house, for
when they return! Watch this space.
See below the sun set over Gibraltar.
This evening we are taking things easy, the
folks are relaxing at their apartment and we are taking things easy, back at
the house, we are having a light/simple supper of ‘Grilled Fillets of Hake’
with Broccoli Florets and Garden Peas & Parsley New Potatoes, before catching
up with all the news on the TV.
On Saturday evening we are joining Sandra
& Bill for our ‘ Steak Night’ down on the promenade at the “ Restaurante El
Estribo “ – the ‘Argentinean Steakhouse’ – then on Sunday the folks are joining
us for our famous ‘ Roast Sunday Supper ‘ – when we are having, at their request,
‘Roast Leg of Spanish Lamb ‘ - studded
with Garlic Cloves & Rosemary, the ‘ Second Chef ‘ is preparing Florets of
Broccoli & Cauliflower in a three Cheese sauce, Glazed Carrot Batons with
Ginger, Whole ‘ French’ Green Beans and Garden Peas, and with her help I will
preparing my now famous ‘ Boulangere’ Potatoes and ‘ Hasselback’ Potatoes, not
forgetting the finger-licking Pan Gravy, and at Bill’s request ‘ Mint Jelly
& Redcurrant Jelly’!
To start we will have a small selection of ‘Tapas’
– with a glass of chilled ‘ Torres Vina Sol ‘ which Sandra has acquired a taste
for, with the main course we will have a fine ‘Rioja Reserva’ and for our
dessert it’s going to be ‘ Crepes of Choice’ served with a special ‘Pudding
Wine’ – a “ Vidal Icewine “ from the ‘Lakeview Cellars’ on the Niagara Peninsula!!
Next week’s agenda is still TBC – weather
permitting, we will try to go to ‘Cadiz & Sanlucar de Barrameda’ and on the
train to ‘El Molino Del Santo ‘ up in Benaojan, in the mountains below Ronda,
for Sandra’s ‘Birthday Lunch’ – watch this space.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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