A VERY COLD & ' FRESH' SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY.

SATURDAY 12^th/ JANUARY 2019.

We had our first proper lie in this morning, after nearly four weeks, as we have been very busy in ‘ Doggy World Heaven ‘ over the Xmas & New Year’s period, the village is even quieter than normal, as the ‘ cold-snap’ settles in, ‘Charlie’ was collected yesterday lunchtime, a day earlier than we thought, by Brian, he went wild when he saw him ( Charlie not Brian!) – the folks have had a ‘ Helluva’ honeymoon over in Barbados, we are already missing him, the house is very quiet, he’s such a lovely character and great company.

After freshening up, Brenda was on the breakfast rota so we had her famous ‘ Campo Poached Eggs on Toast ‘ – Boiled with Brown Toast Fingers for her, with mugs of strong Tea, to set us up for the day ahead. I then put the gas bottle out to be exchanged later by the gas bottle delivery man. Brenda is washing/shampooing her hair and I have retired upstairs to the office/studio to go on the ‘ WWW’ and then type/post today’s Blog.

The sun is just breaking through and the clouds are clearing, as there is slight breeze blowing up from the Mediterranean, by lunchtime it will be only 14 degs+ - down to overnight 6/7 degs! Tomorrow and on Monday it’s going a little warmer, then the rest of the week and over the following weekend it will drop back down again, hovering in the mid/low ‘teens’ – with the threat of the ‘ wet-stuff’ in the air, all the time, it looks like the ‘ cold-snap is going to be with us for a while, watch this space.

On the sports front this weekend; over in the ‘Premier League’ Liverpool have the long journey down to Brighton, Everton welcome Bournemouth, who have the long journey up to play them, Manchester City are at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers, meanwhile here in ‘ La Liga’ Barcelona are at home to Eibar & Real Madrid travel to Seville to play Real Betis. The ‘ National Hunt Racing this afternoon is from Warwick.

For our supper this evening we are having a large ‘ Grilled Rib of Beef – on the Bone’ – cooked on a very hot griddle-plate ‘ Med-Rare’ – then left to rest, before slicing it into fingers ‘ French ‘ style, garnished with seared Asparagus Spears & Button Mushrooms, with whole ‘ French’ Green Beans and for a change, requested by Brenda, my famous ‘ Pont-Neuf ‘ ( Parisian Fried Potatoes) – thick-cut ‘ doorstep’ Chips, served at the now closed ‘ Chez Clovis’ – next to the ‘ Pont Neuf Bridge ‘ ( New Bridge ) in Paris – in fact the city’s oldest one! Not forgetting another classic - ‘ Bearnaise ‘ sauce on the side with ‘ Dijon’ Grain Mustard.

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Tomorrow evening we have arranged a ‘ Skype’ video link-up with Sandra & Bill over in Everett, Ontario, Canada. It will then be time, after supper, to settle down to channel hop and find something to watch from our multi-channel ‘ IPTV’ system.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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