A VERY ' BRISK' & SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY.

TUESDAY 29^th/ JANUARY 2019.

I was up early this morning, after a quick freshen up I shot down to our car in the underground car park to collect all our documents, that I keep in the car in case we are stopped by the ‘Guardia Civil’ – I then called into the ‘ Town Hall’ to have them all checked & updated, as by the end of the month they need to be in order, in time for the local elections later in the year, and for the ‘ Brexit’ problems etc.

Nest week there is a Seminar, on Wednesday afternoon, arranged by the Council, with various Politian’s etc taking part, speaking and answering questions!

See below.

At the entrance to the new ‘ Calle Mar’ the contactors were installing three automatic bollards to control the traffic passing through the street, when needed, at the moment the local Police put up light fences, which are moved aside by the locals!  Pictures to follow when they are working!!

I also popped into the local ‘ Sub-Post Office’ to thank the post lady for the very quick delivery of the Norah’s birthday card to the UK, as I was coming back Monica, from ‘ Bar Rojas’ stopped in her car to tell me that she is closing, due to financial problems and opening a new business in ‘ Calle Iglesia’  - near to our local Butchers (see below)  – we wish her ‘ Good Luck’ – she has always looked after us and her food was also very good, watch this space.

When I returned, as I was on the breakfast rota, so we had my now famous ‘ Toasted Crispy Smoked Bacon Butties’ – smothered in ‘ HP’ Brown sauce - open on brown for Brenda, with mugs of hot/strong ‘PG’ Tips Tea, to start the day in the right direction!  

While I was getting ready earlier I was, as usual, listening to the ‘ Andrew Charles Breakfast Show’ on “ Castle Radio FN 89.2 & Online on the WWW’  as this week’s ‘ Music Quiz’ came on, it was a classic ‘8’ second track of “Supertramp “ from 1974 with ‘ Dreamer ‘ – I’m in the draw, again, on Friday morning! Watch this space.

This morning the sun broke through earlier and the sky is cloudless & blue, there is a stiff breeze blowing, so by lunchtime it will only reach 15/16 degs, with sunshine, but still very ‘fresh in the shade, tomorrow and the next couple of days it’s now showing that the ‘ wet-stuff’ is going to hit us, for the first time this year, as the breeze stiffens, by the weekend its going be very windy and colder, but dry and sunny, next week is looking more settled, dry and sunny with patchy clouds, hovering in the mid/high ‘ teens’ – watch this space.

See below sunny Manilva – looking ‘ Mucho Frio ‘!

Brenda has just been along to the local Chemists in ‘Calle Mar’ for some of our prescription tablets, she checked out ‘Calle Iglesia’ and the premises by the Butchers is being smartened up, it’s owned by friends, Juan & Amelia, it looks like it could be a ‘Fruit & Vegetables Shop’ that Monica is opening( see above) Watch this space.

For our supper this evening we are having ‘ Grilled Gammon Steaks’ -topped with seared Pineapple Rings and ‘ Campo’ Fried Eggs, with Garden Peas and for a change ‘ Beef Dripping’ Roast Potato slices! Tomorrow morning I’m making a ‘Casserole of Sliced Beef ‘ in a rich Mushroom & Onion Salsa, with a dish of Brenda’s famous ‘ Mashed Potato! On Thursday it’s going to be ‘ Omelette’s of Choice’ with Baked Potatoes.

Last night after supper we settled down to watch the first part of ‘Silent Witness – the second and final part is this evening – it started with a very graphic car bomb exploding, it’s all to do with old, retired ‘IRA’ terrorists settling old scores!

Before we caught the next episode of ‘ Great Canadian Railway Journeys’ with Michael Portillo, as he explored Winnipeg, the capital of Manitoba, this evening he strikes west into the province of ‘ Saskatchewan ‘ across the ‘Great Plains’- on Thursday he reaches ‘ Alberta’s’ second city Edmonton, where Jeff & Annette, from Brisbane,  daughter Kate and her partner, live & work, finally on Friday he’s back in the ‘Rocky Mountains’ in the glacier at Athabasca, as his journey reaches a dramatic scenic conclusion!  

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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