Sexton's Travels: July 2019

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

THOUGHTS FOR TODAY IN SUNNY MANILVA;

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A VERY HOT AND NOW 'CLAMMY' SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY 31^st/ JULY 2019.

We managed a nice lie in this morning after another very hot night, after freshening up as I was on the breakfast rota I had my now famous ‘Toasted Crispy Smoked Bacon Butty’ – smothered in ‘HP’ Brown sauce, open on brown for Brenda, with mugs of strong ‘ PG’ Tips tea, to set us up for the day ahead.

‘Chispa’ called in early, ‘Scruffy’ is back with us this afternoon, Adrian’s radiotherapy treatments finish after next Tuesday, ‘ fingers-crossed’ – ‘Chico’ is due to arrive for his extended holiday on Thursday evening, then on Friday morning little princess ‘Reina’ is with us for a sleep-over until Saturday evening.

Yesterday evening Lee called and re-set the ‘IPTV’ system, we also arranged to pay the account, later in the month, as well as a couple of other technical problems, watch this space.

Brenda then popped along to our ‘ Chemists’ in ‘Calle Mar’ for some of our prescription tablets etc, we missed the gas-bottle man, so we will try on another day.

The sun was out early, again, this morning, overnight the breeze got up, so it’s a little cooler to start, with patchy clouds, but still a blue sky, by lunchtime up to 28 degs+ - tomorrow the same, by then from Friday and over the ‘Festival’ weekend it’s going back up to 32/33 degs+ - at the start of next week up to 34 degs+ and by Tuesday 36 degs+! – the rest of the week and over next weekend hovering in the low 30s, watch this space.

For our supper this evening we are now having ‘ Steak Sandwiches’ – made with slices of ‘Entrecote of Beef’- seasoned and smeared with ‘Dijon Mustard’- then ‘ flash’ seared on a very hot griddle-plate, left to rest for a minute, then placed in-between toasted/buttered white bread, cut into triangles and garnished with a little salad! Tomorrow evening the staff have been given the night off!

Yesterday evening after supper we settled down and watched the second episode of “ Keeping Faith” – which is season two, we missed season one! ‘Faith’ played by Eve Myles, is a small-town family solicitor in a local practise, who ends up defending a local lady prosecuted for murder of her husband, there are lots of sub-plots, her family problems, with three children, with a live-in male carer, her husband in prison, after he vanished, he was a solicitor in the same practise, who got mixed up in drugs etc, a local ‘ Female Gang Boss’ blackmailing her, her fellow lady solicitor up to no good, a ‘Hot-Shot’ London Detective chasing the truth, at the end a surprise, as two door are opened, but the people outside are at the wrong houses, or are they, as well as them opening the doors! All this takes place in South Wales and around Carmarthen!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY FROM A VERY HOT & SUNNY MANILVA;

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A VERY,VERY HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY.

TUESDAY 30^th/ JULY 2019.

We were both up early this morning and after a quick freshen up we grabbed a fresh fruit, toast and tea before, little ‘ Miss Bella & Nacho’ arrived for the day, at the same time, with us in ‘ Doggy World Heaven ‘ ‘Chispa’ has just called in to see her new friends, so we have had a ‘mad’ house! This afternoon ‘ Scruffy’ is back with us for a few hours, this coming Friday/Saturday little princess ‘Reina’ us also here, for a sleep-over, on Thursday evening ‘ Chico’ arrives for his nearly three week holiday!

Watch this space.

Yesterday the ‘IPTV’ system would not connect, I tried all the tricks to re-load, with no luck, so this evening Lee is calling in to help re-set the system, hopefully!

Last night we ended up back on the ‘Spanish’ TV system, I found on ‘TVE2’ a very good film, in English, with a little Spanish commentary, “ Maigret Sets a Trap “ with Rowan Atkinson in the title role( Surprise!) - he really gets into the skin of Maigret, with a recreation of Paris back in the 50s, as the famous fictional detective is tracking and setting a ‘trap’ for the serial killer of several women, with no relationship between them except the color of their hair. With an excellent support cast of, Lee Staar, Shaun Digwell, Colin Mace and including Fiona Shaw ( the third woman in Killing Eve) as a possessive mother, along with a possessive wife of the deranged killer( Rebecca Night) Maigret’s wife is played by the excellent Lucy Cohu. Catch it if you can!

This morning the breeze is very light, the sun was out early and the sky is nearly clear, with just a few patchy clouds, so by lunchtime it’s due to reach 32 degs+! Over the next few days back down to the high 20s, then from Saturday back up to 33 degs+ as well on Sunday, next week is also looking very hot & sunny, mainly in the low 30s! Watch this space.

This afternoon I have to go down to the main ‘ Medical Centre’ in Sabinillas for my emergency appointment with our Doctor, Natalia, for a review/check up with my ‘Blood/Glucose & Insulin’ readings/injections, the main problem will be the ‘heat’ and finding somewhere to park, at this time of the year!

For our supper this evening we are having ‘ Escalope’s of Chicken Breast’ – seasoned and ‘flash’ cooked on a very hot griddle-plate, with a squeeze of Lemon Juice, then finished with a knob of Butter and a dash of Balsamic Vinegar, with seared & diced Button Mushrooms, French Green Beans and more Baby New Potatoes in their skins, with a sauceboat of Tomato sauce on the side. Wednesday menu is still TBC, then on Thursday we have given the staff the night off, no doubt they will be hitting the town (village) for a nice cold drink and a light ‘ Tapas’ supper! Watch this space.