A VERY ' SHARP & CRISP' OVERCAST AND WINDY SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY.

TUESDAY 22^nd / JANUARY 2019.

We were up this morning a little earlier than normal, after a very cold night, after freshening up as I was on the breakfast rota we had my famous ‘ Toasted Crispy Smoked Butties’ – smothered in ‘ HP’ Brown sauce – open on brown for Brenda – with mugs of hot/strong tea. Brenda then shot out down to the local ‘Sub-Post Office’ to post a birthday card ( watch out it could be you?!) – on the way back she was calling into the Chemists in ‘Calle Mar’ for our prescription tablets.

While we were getting ready we were listening to, as usual, to the ‘Andrew Charles Breakfast Show’ on “ Castle Radio FM 89.2 & Online on the WWW “ as the 3 second music quiz came on, I got it straight away, it was ‘ Val Doonican’ singing ‘ O’Rafferty’s Motor ‘ ! ‘Sir’ Malcolm & ‘Lady’ Brenda are in the draw on Friday, watch this space.

As I said it’s very cold this morning with a stiff breeze blowing, it’s also still a little grey & overcast, by lunchtime it’s only going to be 13/14 degs+ - down to 7/8 degs overnight, tomorrow is the same, then on Thursday, as the breeze drops, it’s picking up a bit, by Friday the sun is due back in sunny Manilva, over the weekend it’s then going cooler, next week is starting to settle down, with patchy clouds, a chance of the ‘ wet-stuff’ and then some sunshine, by the following weekend it’s going to be down to 10/11 degs during the day, the coldest we have ever had at this time of the year, watch this space.

See below the spectacular sun rise yesterday morning after the ‘Super Blood Wolf Moon’!

This evening for our supper we are having ‘ Chicken Schnitzels’ – flattened Breast of Chicken, coated in breadcrumbs from the local Bakery, then shallow fried until crisp & golden, all over, finished ‘ Holstein’ style, topped with a ‘ Campo’ Fried Egg with Anchovy Fillets & Capers, served with finely sliced ‘French’ Green Beans and twice-cooked’ Chips.

Yesterday evening Lee called in and re-set the ‘IPTV’ system, thanks ! It meant that we were able to catch ‘ Great Canadian Railway Journeys’ with Michael Portillo, as he reached Vancouver, in British Columbia,  and then after supper we watched the first two-part episode of ‘ Silent Witness’ with two assorted tattooed body parts appearing !

Today is a stay at home day, it’s very cold out, grey & overcast with a very stiff breeze blowing, very unseasonal for the time of the year, we are wrapping up and keeping as warm as possible, the Oil Heaters only warm the lounge a little, it’s ‘Darby & Joan ‘ time, again!

Thoughts for the Day.  See above.

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