SATURDAY 22nd/ DECEMBER 2018.
No lie in this morning, we were all up
early, ‘Chico’ slept all night on the duvet, at the foot of the bed and ‘
Charlie’ spent the night on the settees down in the lounge, after a quick
freshen up I shot off on my travels, down to Sabinillas, as the full ‘Red Sun’
was coming up above the Mediterranean, last night and still this morning there
was a full ‘ ‘White Moon’ on the shortest day of the Year.
Meanwhile back at the house Brenda took
the dogs out for their first walk of the day, around the bottom of the village,
they walk at our ‘ Pensioner Pace’ - they have both settled in very well and
are eating everything we give them. ‘Chispa’is calling in all the time to see
us and her friends!
See below ‘ Chico’ & ‘ Charlie’
relaxing after their walk!
I called into ‘ itZabar’ for a quick
toast & tea, before a very busy ‘
Mercadona’ opened, I then stopped at the ‘ Wholesale/Retail Market’ for their
excellent ‘ Parsnips’ – I collected the local newspapers and ‘ Xmas TV Times’
from the ‘ English Bookshop’ before stopping at ‘ Super Sol’ for the ‘ English’
essentials, yesterday Brenda picked up some fresh flowers and more Poinsettias,
from the local market down by the sports ground, after up-packing back at the
house I put the car away in the underground car park, I’m back out first thing
in the morning to go down to the ‘ English Butchers’ in Puerto de la Duquesa
Marina to collect the fresh ‘Turkey
& Pigs in Blankets’
The news on the car is OK, but not good,
it failed, on Thursday, the ‘ MOT – ITV’ on three points, light bulb not
working, a slight gas emission and the rear brake linings, all fixed straight
away by the Garage, the main problem was the ‘ITV’ Station, across in Estepona,
was very busy , all day yesterday, he tried on four occasions/trips to have the
free ‘Re-Check & Pass’ with no luck, so he brought the car back late last
night, you have a month to get the repairs done, but you are still covered, so
he’s taking it back next Wednesday morning as ‘ Boxing Day’ here is not a Bank
Holiday, ‘Fingers Crossed’!! Watch this
space.
This morning the sun was out very early
and the sky is already bright blue, the clouds have cleared away and there is a
very light but ‘ Crisp’ breeze keeping it ‘ Sharpe’ on the shady side of the
street, by lunchtime it will hovering on the 18/19 degs+ mark, overnight down
to 10/11 degs, the weekend is staying the same, next week we are in now in for
a very settled time, with sunshine and patchy clouds, going warmer, up to 21
degs, very good for the time of the Year,
with just a light breeze keeping the ‘ wet-stuff’ away until next
weekend when sadly it’s now forecasting ‘ Rain’ over the ‘ New Years ‘
celebrations, when Tim & Thea are joining us! Watch this space.
On the sports front this weekend; over
in the ‘ Premier League’ Liverpool beat Wolverhampton Wanderers last night 0-2,
today Manchester City welcome Crystal Palace and Everton are at home to
Tottenham Hotspur, here in ‘ La Liga’ Barcelona welcome Celta Vigo and Real
Madrid are in Abu Dhabi to play ‘ Al Ain’?! in the “ Club World Cup’!! The ‘National Hunt Racing’ today is from
Ascot.
For our supper this evening we are
having ‘ Grilled Fillet Steaks ‘ – cooked on a very hot griddle-plate ‘ Med
Rare – Pink no Blood’ – then left to rest, garnished with seared Asparagus
Spears, Baby Button Mushrooms &
Shallots, with a classic ‘ Bearnaise’ sauce on the side, served with whole ‘
French’ Green Beans and of course twice-cooked ‘ Chips’ Tomorrow we are going to have a ‘Roast Loin
Of Pork’ with all the trimmings, I will then later ‘Roast the Turkey’ for ‘
Christmas Day!
As the ‘ IPTV’ system is back online we
will be channel hopping to find something to watch, no ‘ Xmas Films ‘ if
possible!
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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