THURSDAY 27th/ FEBRUARY 2020.
I was up early this morning, for the last
time this week, after a quick freshen up I shot off on my travels, down to
Sabinillas, through the vine fields, as the blinding sun was rising above a
calm Mediterranean, for our weekly shopping, as tomorrow it’s the “ Dia de
Andalucia “ – which is a ‘Bank Holiday’
I first did our main shop in a busier than
normal ‘ Mercadona’ – then I called into the local ‘ Halal Butchers’ for one of
his special ‘ Legs of Lamb’ - for our ‘
Sunday Roast’ – as it’s “ St. David’s Day” After picking up the local
newspapers from the ‘ English Bookshop’ I carried on down to the ‘ English
Butchers ‘ in the ‘ Puerto de la Duquesa Marina’ for some of his excellent ‘
Goose Fat’ – sadly they are out of stock until next week, finally I came back
to ‘Super Sol’ for our ‘ English’ essentials, before shooting back up hill,
around the four hairpin bends, to sunny Manilva, to unload back at the house.
Brenda had meanwhile taken ‘ Chico’ out for
his first walk of the day, he had slept all night on his duvet, at the foot of
the bed, this evening ‘ Lolo’ is due back with us for his two-week+ holiday,
with us in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’
I then had a treat of a ‘Toasted Campo
Fried Egg Butty’ with a mug of strong/hot tea, before retiring upstairs to the
office/studio, to go on the ‘WWW’ to catch up with all the news, read the ‘E-Mails
& Facebook Messages’ and then type/post today’s Blog.
Brenda shot along to the local Chemists in ‘Calle
Mar’ for her prescription tablets, yesterday afternoon I had an ‘E-Mail’ from ‘OliveNet’
to say that they are not able to keep our landline/home number, so I will
publish the new number, once it’s working, watch this space!
We have a beautiful & glorious morning
here in sunny Manilva, down on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ – the sun broke though first
thing and the clouds have cleared and the ski is bright Blue, there is just a
very slight breeze, so by lunchtime it’s going to reach 21 degs+ - overnight
down to 12 degs, tomorrow will be the same, then on Saturday, as the new windy ‘
Atlantic’ front comes in, we could have some of the ‘Wet-Stuff’ over the weekend,
but still staying in the high ‘ teens’ – next week it’s now going to be warm
& sunny, with a few patchy clouds, at times, with lots of sunshine, back up
to 21/22 degs+ by next Tuesday, the rest of the week and over next weekend not
dropping below 20 degs+ just about normal for the time of the year, watch this
space.
Yesterday afternoon we managed to make
contact on the ‘Skype’ video after leaving a message on ‘Facebook Messenger’ –
with Tim & Thea, up in magical ‘ Mojacar’ and had a nice news catch up with
Tim, as Thea was speaking to Jo, over in Dubai, were she works as a teacher, in
an English school. They are both well and go for lots of walks in the mountains
behind Mojacar with a ‘ Walking Club’ – they are due to leave the rented house
and are at the moment in negotiations to move into an apartment, watch this
space.
Yesterday evening after supper we watched
the football in the ‘ Champions League’ – last-16-first-leg-tie – as Real
Madrid welcomed Manchester City to the ‘ Santiago Bernabeu Stadium’ – with a
capacity of 81,004 in the spectacular five-tier stadium, as ‘ City’ produced a
stunning late fight back to secure a memorable 1-2 win, to take control of the
tie, a very impressive away performance, masterminded by ‘Pep Guardiola’ with a
tactical/surprise team selection!
For our supper this evening we are having a
‘Lob Scouse’ - as it’s ‘ Global Scouse
Day ‘ tomorrow, which is made from last night’s ‘ Beef & Vegetable Stew’ - by
adding more diced/boiled potatoes, to cook-off this evening and then thickens
up, served with Cabbage with Acelgas and Baby Beetroots on the side.
As usual on Friday we are having a ‘ Fish N‘
Chip ‘ supper, on Saturday it’s going to be a large ‘ Grilled Rib of Beef ‘ –
on the bone, with all the trimmings, and for ‘ St. David’s Day ‘ on Sunday we
are having the ‘ Roast Halal Leg of Lamb’
with my classic ‘ Boulangere’ Potatoes!
At lunchtime we are going for our walk and
will then call at ‘ Bar Castillo’ for a nice cool drink, sat outside in the
warm sunshine, and some light ‘Tapas’ – at the moment along Calle Mar ‘Bar Rojas Sol Vida’ is opening
daily at 5-00 pm, ‘Cafeteria Nacho’ is closed for another holiday, ‘Cafe Plaza’
is closed for a week’s holiday, there is no sign of the new bar opening next
door, ‘Bar Luque’ only opens when he wants to, and ‘Bar Ocaño’ is permanently
closed!
This evening after supper we will channel
hop to find something to watch as it’s not a good night on the TV, watch this
space.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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