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Friday, January 31, 2020
A ' CRISP' WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON FRIDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEKEND.
FRIDAY 31st/ JANUARY 2020.
We were both up very early this morning as Brenda
decided to join me on my travels, after a quick freshen up we shot off, down to
Sabinillas before the sunrise, over the Mediterranean, our first port of call
was into the main ‘ Medical Centre’ to book our appointments, with our ‘Doctor’
next week, sadly they have changed the procedure, you can now only book on the
morning of the day that you require! Watch this space.
We then went along to the ‘ Nautilus
Cafeteria Gastro Bar ‘ for our morning cafe & tostado, before ‘ Mercadona’
opened, as sadly Kevin, from ‘ItZabar’ has closed and retired! Brenda popped
along to the ‘ English Bookshop’ for the local newspapers and a birthday card,
then came back to do the fruit & vegetable shopping, while I was doing the
rest of our weekly shopping. It was then time to go down to the ‘Puerto de la
Duquesa Marina’ to the ‘English Butchers’ to stock up with their Homemade Pork
Sausages, Gammon Steaks and a boned & rolled joint of ‘
Leg of Pork’ for our Sunday Roast!
Finally we came back along to the far-end
of the promenade in Sabinillas to the local market for our fresh flowers &
wall plants. We came back up the hill around the three hairpin bends into the
village to unload back at the house, I then put the car away in the underground
car park beneath the Police Station.
Next week in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ we had
little ‘Miss Bella’ with us on Monday & Tuesday, in the middle of February ‘
Chico’ is back with us for a month’s holiday!
On Monday/Tuesday I’m going to pop across
the Estepona, to hand in the documents to the family ‘ Lawyers’ for the annual
contact negotiations for the house. We will book our appointments next
Wednesday morning, to see our Doctor, Brenda
was going to her Hairdresser, Annie, on Thursday but she is away for the week, we
are going out on Friday evening with our friends from Brighton, Kevin &
Caroline, as they are over for a few days, at their apartment on Sabinillas, as
they are having bathroom make-over, it also happens to be Kevin ‘Birthday’ on
Friday, so I’m going to book a table at ‘ La Finca Thai Fusion’ – after they
re-open tomorrow, as it’s their ‘ Music Night’!
The sky was red this morning before the sun
broke through and the clouds cleared away, as there was a light breeze, so by
lunchtime it’s due to reach 20 degs+ - over night down to 11/12 degs, going a
little warmer tomorrow, staying the same on Sunday, warm & sunny with a few
patchy clouds, next week is now looking dry & settled, with sunshine,
hovering in the high ‘ teens’ – up to 22 degs+ sometimes, watch this space.
For our supper this evening we are having
for a change, an old classic, from back in the restaurant scene in Liverpool in
the mid 60s, as the ‘Italian Trattorias’ opened, ie; ‘La Bussola’ in Bold
Street, where I was ‘Assistant Manger’ in the evenings! My recipe of “ Scampi Provencale “ is made
with finally diced Onion, Shallots & lots of Garlic, sweated off with a
dash of ‘Lea & Perrins and Tabasco’ along with a good glug of ‘White Wine’
before adding a spoon of Tomato Frito and the Plum Tomato ‘Concasse’ ( skinned,
peeled, seeded & chopped!) The ‘ Scampi’ are added after the sauce has
cooked-off, when they are then lightly cooked, it’s served on a bed of Brenda’s
famous ‘ Basmati Rice’ with finely sliced ‘French’ Green Beans on the side.
See below;
After supper this evening we will settled
down to catch up with all the news, especially about the ‘ Coronavirus’
outbreak as they are taking the ‘British’ evacuees, after landing, 180 miles up
to the ‘ Arrow Park Hospital’ on the Wirral, just around the corner from Jenny!
When Brenda was very young ( 5 yrs ) she was taken there into isolation with ‘Mastoiditis’
and caught ‘Scarlet Fever’!) - meanwhile
down here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ the authorities at Malaga Airport have let in
a party of 40+ footballers from’ Wuhan Football Club ‘ ( the centre of the outbreak)
to come down to a hotel in Sotogrande, for ‘ warm winter training’! “
UNBELIEVABLE “
We will then follow the programmes as the ‘
Brexit’ countdown hits midnight on the 21st January 2020 !! We will
have to wait until 31st December 2020, to find out what happens to
us down here in sunny Manilva ( Health
Care & Pensions!) etc, watch this space.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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Thursday, January 30, 2020
A ' FRESH' AND SUNNY MANILVA ON ' THIRTSY' THURSDAY.
THURSDAY 30th/ JANUARY 2020.
We had a nice lie in this morning after a
few early starts this week, tomorrow morning I’m going to be up very early as I’m
going down to the ‘Medical Centre’ in Sabinillas, first thing, to book our
appointments to see our Doctor, sometime next week, I will then carry on with
my travels for our weekly shopping etc.
After freshening up we called Lyn, over in
Melbourne, Australia, on the ‘ Facebook Video’ link up, she was able to see us,
for the first time in a while, so we were able to have a nice catch up with her
and get all the news about Jack, she is looking a lot better and is more
relaxed, and goes into see Jack, everyday, at the ‘Respite Home’ where he has
settled in, they have been putting family picture ‘ Collage’s’ up for him, Annette
called in to see her yesterday and they went for a swim in the ‘Village/Complex’
pool, the first time in a long while for Lyn, tomorrow Jeff is calling in to
see her, as he’s down from Brisbane on business, they are going out for lunch
and to see Jack later, at the moment over there its up 43/44 degs+!
We then had our regular light breakfast of
fresh fruit ( sliced Banana) toast & tea, as we put tomorrows shopping list
together, I’m also going to call into the ‘English Butchers’ down in the ‘
Puerto de la Duquesa Marina’ to stock up, as well as going along to the local market
at the far-end of the promenade in Sabinillas, for our fresh wall plants, the
first this year.
We have another glorious day down here on
the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ and up in sunny Manilva, the sky is blue with just a few
patchy clouds hanging around, there is ‘ fresh’ breeze, so by lunchtime it’s
due to reach 19 degs+ still warm on the
sunny side of the street, tomorrow and over the weekend it’s staying the same
and going a little warmer as the breeze drops, up to 20 degs+ - at night 12/13
degs, next week is starting very warm and sunny, up to nearly 22 degs+ by next
Tuesday, then as the next colder ‘Atlantic’ front comes in, it’s going cooler,
as the wind picks up, back down to 15/16 degs – overnight down to 10/11 degs, but
mainly staying dry with now just a small chance of the ‘Wet-Stuff’ coming back,
watch this space.
At lunchtime today we went along to the Bank to get some cash from the machine, on the way back we stopped at ' Bar Castillo' and sat outside in the hot sunshine for a nice cool drink and Tapas - excellent crispy ' Tortillitas de Camarones - thin Shrimp Fitters ' - on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday lunchtimes, we did the same, when we were out for a walk with little ' Miss Bella' !
Yesterday afternoon we finally managed to
make contact with the ‘Moffatts’ – Tim & Thea, up in ‘Magical Mojacar’ – on
the ‘ Skype’ video, we had a nice catch up with all their news, it’s Thea’s
birthday today, we sent her card (late) on Monday, from our local ‘Sub Post
Office’ – she received the card on Wednesday, at the same time Brenda posted
Norah’s birthday card (early) and she received it on Wednesday also! ( A record
for both!)
For our supper this evening we are having
the rest of the ‘ Chicken & Mushroom Curry’ – 50/50 – with ‘Basmati Rice’
and triple cooked ‘ Frits’! On Friday we
will be having a ‘ Fish Supper’ and on Saturday it’s our usual ‘ Steak Night’ –
then on Sunday we are ‘ Roasting’ -
possibly ‘Pork with Crackling’ ! Watch this space.
Last night we watched, before supper, the
latest Michael Portillo “ Great Asian Railway Journeys “ starting in Hong Kong
and moving onto Thailand, after supper we watched the ‘Red Arrows’ in the USA,
this evening it’s the next episode of “ Death in Paradise” as the main character,
played by Ardal O’Hanlon, moves on, and a new Detective takes over’?!
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020
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