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Sunday, June 30, 2019
A EVEN HOTTER AND VERY SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY.
SUNDAY 30th/ JUNE 2019.
We had another very hot and uncomfortable
night, this morning after a little lie in with treated ourselves to a ‘ Tasty’
Breakfast, I had my favourite ‘ Crispy Smoked Bacon Butty ‘ on buttered White Bread
and Brenda requested ‘ Mushrooms on toast ‘ ( Brown) – which I sliced and
cooked in the Bacon juices, topped with a dash of ‘HP’ Brown sauce, with mugs
of strong tea, to set us up for the
long, hot, day ahead.
Last night, after watching the ‘Glastonbury
Festival ’ – various a bands, finishing with
“ The Killers “ – from the USA, on the ‘Pyramid Stage ‘
See below;
As were going to bed, late, I, as usual,
checked out the ‘ WWW’ – there was a ‘Facebook’ message from Leah, little ‘
Miss Bella’s’ mum, she was at the new ‘La Linea Hospital’ with her son, who had
a nasty accident, earlier, while riding a ‘Segway’ – he’s broken his arm/wrist
in three places, so she was asking us if we could look after ‘Bella’ – she has
just been dropped off by a family friend, this morning, so we are waiting to
hear for how long, as she was due back with us for two days, from tomorrow, she’s
settled in and is her usual ‘ Happy’ little self, watch this space.
This morning has started very hot &
sunny, down here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ – the sun broke through earlier and it’s
cloudless, with a bright blue sky, just a very light breeze, making no difference,
so by lunchtime it’s due to reach 32 degs+ - the hottest so far this year, next
week is looking the same, very hot & sunny, hovering in the low 30s, only
down to 18/19 degs during the night, with a few patchy clouds at times, watch
this space.
The ‘ Muscatel Grapes ‘ are nearly ready
for picking! See below.
Over in Canada, Sandra & Bill, with friends, have been
visiting ‘Lanner’ over in Lexington, Ottawa, where she lives, works and goes to University, over the weekend,
see below.
More sport watching this afternoon; Tennis,
Ladies Football, Basketball from London, the ‘Grand Prix’ over in Austria etc,
as well as all the usual Sunday programmes.
At lunchtime we will be listening to the ‘Pete
Black Retro Roadshow’ on ‘ Castle Radio FM 89.2 & Online on the WWW’ as
Brenda tries to win this month’s ‘Mug’ on the ‘ Film Quiz’ Watch this space.
For our supper we are still keeping it as simple
and as plain as possible, during the hot weather, with Brenda still on the ‘ Head
Chef’s’ rota, this evening we are having ‘Slices of Beef Entrecote’- seasoned and smeared
with Dijon Mustard- flash-cooked on a very hot griddle-plate, with seared
Button Mushrooms, a Baked Potato and a little Mixed salad.
After supper last night we watched the next
exciting episode of “ Killing Eve “ with only two killings this week, tonight we
are going to watch the new series ‘Beecham House’ on ITV, we will tomorrow afternoon
then catch the pen-ultimate episode of “ Gentleman Jack “ on the ‘BBC I-Player’
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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Saturday, June 29, 2019
A " VERY " HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY.
SATURDAY 29th/ JUNE 2019.
After a very hot night we had a nice, long,
lie in this morning, after freshening up, Brenda was on the breakfast rota so I
had her famous ‘ Campo’ Poached Eggs on toast, boiled with brown toast fingers
for her, with mugs of strong/hot tea.
Today we are taking things as easy as
possible, basically doing nothing, relaxing, keeping cool and drinking lots of
cold water, we are not venturing out, I’m on more antibiotics/prescription
tablets then ever in my life, as well as a soothing cream, Brenda is the same,
as she now has a ‘ Water Works’ problem to deal with as well!
See below a different view of sunny
Manilva.
Yesterday evening, at the top of our
street, in front of the Town Hall, in ‘ Calle Mar’ there was a “ Trail Nocturno – Night Time Race “ – for
the first time, with all the runners using ‘ head-lights’ as they ran the route
around the hills, behind the village, see below a small selection of some
pictures.
Not surprisingly we didn't make the start!!
This morning has started very hot &
sunny, the sky is blue & cloudless, with a very slight breeze, meaning that
we are in for a ‘ hot-one’ later today, reaching 29 degs+ - tomorrow even
hotter and the next week it’s going to be a ‘ Scorcher ‘ – hovering in the low
30s, by next weekend up to 33 degs+ - watch this space
On the sports front this weekend we will be
following the ‘ Ladies World Cup Football ‘ over in a very hot France, England
beat Norway last night and the play the ‘Champions’ USA, next week in the
Semi-finals! The Ladies Tennis, final, is from Eastbourne, as Wimbledon starts
on Monday. The ‘ Cricket World Cup ‘ is ongoing and the ‘Horse Racing’ on the
flat, is from Chester, later today, finally over in Austria, it’s the ‘Grand
Prix’ – with Lewis Hamilton going for another win at the ‘Red Bull Ring ‘ in
Spielberg, in the ‘Styrian’ mountains.
Over in Liverpool yesterday the cruise
liner, the “ Black Watch’ berthed at the Pier Head, for the second time this
year, see below also a picture from back
in 1965, of the “ Empress of England “ at the Princes Landing Stage, bringing
back many happy memories of my Uncle who used to work on the liner, in the restaurant
as the ‘ Head Carver’ – as well as on the “ Empress of Canada “ as she leaves on her way to !!??
Last night for our supper Brenda pan-seared
a ‘Fillet of Hake ‘ for me and a ‘Fillet of Pink Sea Trout’ for herself, with a
little Green Vegetables and Parsley Potatoes, this evening she is keeping it
simple, again, with ‘Escalope’s of Chicken Breast’ with Vegetables and Parsley
Potatoes!!
Later this evening we will settle down to
watch the next exciting episode of ‘Killing Eve ‘
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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Friday, June 28, 2019
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