A ' CRISP' & SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY. " BOXING DAY " 2018.

WEDNESDAY 26^th / DECEMBER 2018.  “  BOXING DAY “ 

We had a little in this morning after a ‘ Helluva’ day, both the dogs slept all night, after freshening up Brenda took them out for the first walk of the day, when she returned we had our usual toast & tea, I then shot out to drop the car at the Garage, as Pedro is taking it across to the ‘ ITV-MOT’ station in Estepona for it’s ‘ free-re-take’ – fingers crossed! Watch this space.

On ‘ Christmas Day’ morning we called Norah & Jenny first, on the ‘ Skype’ landline, then later Sandra & Bill called on the ‘Skype’ video, a surprise call as they got up, later in the evening we called them back as all the family were just opening all their presents, including for all the ‘ children’ in their stocking, lots of ‘ goodies’ for their trip to Spain next October 2019! We spoke to all of them, before the party got going, sadly Sandra’s cards have still not arrived, also she was very upset as she has sent a package/envelope to Brenda, which has not arrived here yet, I’ve just called into our local ‘Sub-Post Office’ and asked the post lady to chase up/look out for it!  Watch this space.



RESULT;  While we were sat outside ' Bar Rojas' for our Boxing Day drink our local Postmistress dropped off the package !! 

Later in the afternoon we called Tim & Thea up in Mojacar, they have rented an apartment for the week while Jo and Ben are over for Christmas, Tim & Ben where out so we had a nice cat up with Thea & Jo, the folks are coming down to us this Sunday and are staying until the Wednesday, 2^nd January 2019 – when it’s Tim’s Birthday!

See all the  Moffatt’s below;

Yesterday lunchtime after we had finished preparing the ‘ Banquet’ we popped along ‘ Calle Mar’ to ‘ Bar Castillo ‘ and were able to sit outside for our first ‘Xmas Drink’ of the day! Later in the afternoon when Andy arrived we had a nice bottle of chilled ‘ Cava ‘ -  followed by more drinks/wine etc, after our ‘ Christmas Supper’ we settled down to watch some TV, the night before we caught the classic ‘Xmas Day Turkey ‘ episode of the “ The Royal Family “ and last night it was an excellent documentary on “ Tommy Cooper “

This morning, as usual, it’s started a little grey and overcast, with a slight breeze, by lunchtime it’s due to clear and sun will break through, reaching 16/17 degs+ - over the next few days we are in for more of the same, the ‘ wet-stuff’ could return on Sunday, on one of the forecasts it’s showing rain for all to the ‘ New Years ‘ week ahead, but on all the others it’s still sunny with patchy clouds, hovering in the high ‘ Teens’ – watch this space.

We have decided to give this a miss, see below!

Today, by tradition, over in the UK it’s a big sports day; in the ‘Premier League’ Everton have the short journey to Burnley, Liverpool are at home to Newcastle Utd and Manchester City travel down the M6 to play Leicester City, this afternoon we will be watching the ‘National Hunt Racing’ from Kempton Park as it’s famous “ King George VI Chase “

For our supper this evening we are going ‘ Cold Turkey ‘ for a change, as we normally have  ‘ Roast Rib of Beef’ – which we are now saving for over the ‘ New Year’s Weekend’ when the  Moffatt’s are joining us! With the ‘ Roast Turkey’ - which was very tasty, moist and delicious, we are having all the left-over Vegetables & Potatoes, the rest of the week we are taking one day at the time, watch this space.

The rest of the day and week we are taking things very easy as we prepare for the ‘ State Visit’ of the folks at the weekend, I will be out on Friday morning on my travels down to Sabinillas to stock up the larder & wine cellar! 

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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