MONDAY 25th/ MAY 2020. “ STATE OF ALARM – DAY 72 “
Just a little lie in this morning before we
freshened up and got another week in LOCKDOWN’ on the go! As it’s Monday
morning I was on the breakfast rota so I had my favourite “ Dockers Butty “ – a
‘ Toasted Crispy Smoked Bacon Butty ‘ – smothered in ‘HP’ Brown sauce, open on
brown for Brenda, with her favourite sliced/seared Button Mushrooms, tossed in
the bacon juices with a knob of butter, some of which ended up inside my Butty,
with mugs of hot/strong Tea, helping to wash them down!
As usual we were listening to the ‘ Lockdown
Party’ show on ‘ Castle Radio FM 89.2 & Online on the WWW’ as this morning ‘
Mystery Voice’ Quiz came on, - it was a true mystery, as his voice is never heard,
speaking slowly, except when he yelling at reporters! I guessed, correctly, the
first correct answer this morning, it was the ‘Spin Doctor/Special Advisor’ (
for the UK PM – Boris Johnson) – “ Dominic Cummings “ !
At the start of the week we have another beautiful
day here in sunny Manilva, there is a light breeze so the clouds are clearing
and the sky is blue, by lunchtime it’s forecast to reach 23/24 degs+ -
overnight down to 18/19 degs+ - the rest of the week is looking the same, with
a few patchy clouds at times, with lots of warm sunshine, hovering in the mid
20s, by the coming weekend going back up into the high 20s – 27 degs+ - next
week is now looking like we are in for
more of the same, for the start of June, with light breezes keeping it a little
cooler, with sunshine every day, hovering in the mid/high 20s, watch this
space.
As you can see below we have a very clear
day with spectacular views across to Gibraltar, taken from the ‘ Alcaidesa
Links Golf Resort’ this morning.
Overnight we had a nice long new update
from Sandra & Bill over in Everett, Ontario, Canada, on the ‘ Facebook
Messenger’ – as you saw the other day they have been up to ‘Hope Bay’ - over
the weekend, they are going back this coming weekend, to finish the decking and
work on the garden around the plot, on which the trailer is now level and
hooked up to the services.
Meanwhile in Ottawa Alanna is starting her
new job, today, on a three month contract, with a company ‘Proof Reading,
Editing Proposals & Quality Assurance’ - for the National Government.
We have arranged a ‘ Skype’ video link up
over the weekend of the 6/7 June, as they don’t have any internet connections
up in Hope Bay!
“ CORANAVIRUS UPDATE – COVID 19 PANDEMIC “
The main news today, which is giving us a
little concern, is yesterday’s daily update, issued by the ‘Junta de Andalucia’
from the ‘ Costa Del Sol Hospital’ showing that the confirmed contact cases of ‘
Covid 19 ‘ here in sunny Manilva, has now gone up to ‘ 9’ from ‘ 3’ - over the
past few days – showing that we still need to be still in ‘Lockdown’ as well as
staying inside at all times, and of course ‘masking/gloving ‘ up when we are out
& about for our local shopping/medicines etc, especially as we are in the ‘
Pensioner’ age rules! Watch this space.
PS; I have just had a phone call, as it
happens, from the ‘ Costa Del Sol Hospital’ arranging a consultation, next
Monday at 1 00pm on the phone, with the ‘ Prostate Consultant’ for my six-month
review! “ RESULT’ as it also means the Hospital has our new landline number!!
This evening for our supper we are having ‘
Escalope of Pork Schnitzels’ – made with the tail-ends of the ‘Pork Fillet’-
flattened and coated in breadcrumbs from the local Bakery, shallow-fried in
Vegetable Oil, until crisp & golden, topped with a ‘ Campo’ Fried Egg – ‘
Holstein’ style, accompanied with lots of Lemon Wedges and served with ‘ Spaghetti
Milanese’ and finely sliced ‘ French’ Green Beans. The ‘ Menu’s for the rest of
the week are still ‘TBC’ – watch this space.
See below a happy ‘ Food’ memory from my
past, when at ‘Primary School ‘ – “ St Johns The Evangelist” on ‘Rice Lane’ – below Orrell Park, behind the
Church, where my Mum & Dad were married and buried and where I was born and
lived in ‘Trevor Road’
We used to go along the ‘ Queens Drive
Baths’( see blow) for swimming lessons, on the way back outside the baths at the bus stop,
was a ‘ Cake Shop’ serving amongst many treats ‘ Wet Nelly’ – a local Liverpool favourite, a
moist version of ‘ Nelson Cake’ a Lancashire fruit cake, at ‘1 old Penny’ a slice!
“ Happy Memories and Times Past “
Yesterday evening after supper we settled
down to watch the next exciting and very gripping episode of ‘ Killing Eve ‘ – with
just one killing this week, but a surprise return from the dead, after being
stabbed with a Pitch-Fork! Watch this space.
“ STAY SAFE AND
WELL INSIDE AT ALL TIMES “
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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