FRIDAY 23rd/ AUGUST 2019.
I was up early this morning and after a
very quick freshen up I shot off on my travels down to Sabinillas for the
weekly shopping, I called into ‘ItZabar’ for my usual toast & tea before ‘
Mercadona ‘ opened, it was not quite as busy today, I then collected the local
newspapers from the ‘ English Bookshop’ – no flowers or wall plants, from the
market at the far end of the promenade today, as it’s where the fairground is set
up for the ‘Feria de Sabinillas’ over the weekend, which started last night.
I then called into ‘ Super Sol’ for all our
English essentials, before shooting back up the hill, through the vine fields,
to unload back at the house, Brenda had taken ‘ Pucci’ out for his first walk
of the day, he slept downstairs on the settees last night, he’s due to be
collected tomorrow morning, then this afternoon ‘ Sunny’ is due back with us
in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ for her weekend break.
Yesterday evening when we were out for the
supper, along at ‘ Bar Castillo’ the ‘Lavente’ breeze was blowing, up from the
Mediterranean, overnight it made the overnight temperature a little cooler,
this morning the sun was out early and the sky had cleared and was bright blue,
by lunchtime it’s due to reach 27 degs+ - over the weekend staying the same,
next week is starting on Monday with the threat of thundery outbreaks, then the
rest of the week it will be hovering on the 26/27 mark, overnight down to 21
degs, making the ‘Vendemia Wine Festival’ starting on Friday and over the
weekend, not as hot as usual, with patchy clouds and sunshine, watch this space.
On the sports front; we have been watching
the Horse Racing from the ‘ ‘Ebor’ meeting at York, yesterday ‘ Frankie Dettori’
won the ‘ Yorkshire Oaks’ on “ Enable “ – as she triumphed with her 12th
consecutive win.
Meanwhile down the road at the Third ‘Ashes Test’ match, at Headlingley in Leeds, the new England fast bowler Jofra Archer took 6 wickets for 45 runs!
Meanwhile down the road at the Third ‘Ashes Test’ match, at Headlingley in Leeds, the new England fast bowler Jofra Archer took 6 wickets for 45 runs!
Tomorrow the “ Vuelta d’España “ starts in
Torrevieja, with as usual, a ‘Team Trail ‘
For our supper this evening we are having ‘Grilled
Tail-End of Salmon’ accompanied with a classic ‘Hollandaise’ sauce, served with
whole Baby ‘ French’ Green Beans and Parsley New Potatoes, the weekend menu’s
are still TBC, watch this space.
Last night we had a nice ‘ Tapas’ supper
along at ‘ Bar Castillo’ Brenda her favourite ‘Boquerones Frito – shallow fried
Anchovies ‘ – dusted in seasoned flour, we shared a new ‘ Chicken Saffron &
Vegetable Stew’- I had the classic ‘Ensaladilla Rusa – Russian Salad’ and then
the just cooked ‘ House Paella ‘ all served in small ‘Tapas’ dishes, followed by Platters of ‘Pork (Brenda) &
Chicken( Malcolm) Fillets a la Plancha’-
with small ‘ Frits’ – Brenda’s with Juan’s own home grown Tomatoes and mine
topped with a ‘ Campo’ Fried Egg! With nice cool drinks, sat outside in the
cooler evening fresh air, as the ‘ World’ passed us by!
Today we are taking things easy, relaxing,
later we will be taking ‘ Sunny ‘out for her first walk, then later catching up
with all the ‘Quiz Shows’ that we follow, after supper channel hopping to find
something to watch.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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