A VERY WET, BUT STILL WARM SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY.

THURSDAY 11^th/ OCTOBER 2018.

I was up early this morning to see little princess ‘ Reina’ back with us for the day, she shot into her duvet, as usual, I then carried on down to Sabinillas on my travels, for our weekly shopping,  meanwhile Brenda took ‘ Chico’ out for his first walk of the day, he spent the night under our bed and then on ‘ Reina’s duvet!

Overnight the ‘wet-stuff’ hit us, this morning it started again, but only light as we both set off, I called into our Bank to thank them for the very quick response, from the ‘Fraud’ Department, to our problems over the past couple of weeks, I then had a quick tea & toast in ‘ ItZabar’ before doing our main shop in ‘ Mercadona’ – I called into the ‘ English Bookshop’ for the local newspapers, then shot along to the office of ‘Helicopteros Sanitarios ‘ to pay the half-yearly payment for our Emergency Health Care Cover, before coming back up the hill, just as a ‘ cloud-burst’ broke over sunny Manilva!

As usual, when it Rains in Spain, it “ RAINS “ – as I unloaded back at the house, even with an umbrella, I ended up like a downed rat! After putting the car away in the underground car park, even with my waterproofs on I was again wet to the skin, when I came home, the only good part is that the rain is warm ( 24 degs+) !!

The weather forecast for tomorrow and over the weekend, when the folks, from Canada, arrive on Sunday, is now looking dry, with patchy clouds, then sunny & warm, hovering in the mid 20s, overnight 16/17 degs+ - next week we are in for more of the same, with just the treat of the wet stuff, from time to time, as a light breeze brings in the various weather fronts, the following week, on the longer range forecasts is also the same, watch this space.

I have just had the Producer on from   “ A Place in The Sun “  - they are filming the episode, next Wednesday afternoon, with a new Presenter, Jean Thompson, in the ‘ Plaza de la Vendimaia ‘ in front of the ‘Grape Crushing Pit’ – which has the Mosaic Tiles of me, along with the Mayor Mario, our neighbour & Diego, the Ex-Mayor & Councillor! I will be the ‘ local with knowledge’  - A  ‘ Star ‘ is born, watch this space.

See below;

Due to the weather we are not going out this evening, the ‘ Head Chef & Staff’ night off has been cancelled, after all they have two-weeks off, starting from Sunday, we will only call on them when needed! So for this evening’s supper we are having ‘ Omelettes of Choice ‘ – three Cheese for Brenda & ‘Paysanne ‘ for me! – with twice-cooked ‘ Stringfellows ‘




'Happy Memories' from times past! 

It’s definitely a ‘stay at home day’- so will be taking things very easy, taking ‘ Chico’ out in between the showers, he’s due to be collected tomorrow evening, we are going to miss him terribly, as he’s a real character, very gentle, great company and gets on with the other dogs, he’s due back with us at ‘Xmas’ for two weeks. This evening, after supper, we will be channel hopping to find something to watch.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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