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Thursday, July 23, 2020
A VERY EXTREMELY HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY.
THURSDAY 23rd/ JULY 2020. “ NEW
NORMALITY – DAY 32 “
Just a little lie in this morning after
another rather late night, more later, after freshening up I shot down to the
local ‘ Sub-Post-Office’ to thank the new lady, they rotate them on a
two-monthly basis, after she delivered Lyn’s birth card yesterday, it was
posted on the 05/06/20!
After Brenda spoke to her yesterday, on our
way down to the ‘ Suma’ supermarket, she went back down to the main ‘Post
Office’ in Sabinillas, before going on her rounds, and found it dropped/hidden
behind a shelf! “ Thanks “ I took her a
bar of Milk Chocolate (Spanish)!
PS; We have spoken to Lyn twice now, on the
same day, as when we came up to bed last night, late, we called her again to
tell her about finding her card!
On the way back I called into ‘ Cafeteria
El Rincon De Alcantara’ to speak to the owner ‘ Paco’ who for many years worked
as a waiter at our favourite restaurant, down in ‘Puerto de la Duquesa’ – the “ Restaurente Macues “ – where we have celebrated
over the years our birthdays, anniversaries, visits from our families, from
Australia, Canada & the UK, as well as many dear friends, sadly it is ‘ NO
MORE’ – it’s closed for good, as the old owner, William, who is from sunny Manilva, has finally retired after nearly 40
years, after taking stock during the ‘ Covid 19’ crisis, it was the first/only proper restaurant
overlooking the Marina! It will be sadly missed!!
When I returned as I was on the breakfast
rota I had my favourite ‘ 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 in my Butty, with mugs of strong tea, as usual we were listening
to ‘ mix106fm’ as the ‘ Mystery Voice’ quiz came on, I got it on my second guess,
it we the great Shirley Bassey, see below the last two days correct answers,
John Craven & Felicity Kendal.
We then made contact with our dear friends Tim
& Thea, up in magical Mojacar, with a pre-arranged ‘Facebook’ messenger
video link up, they are both fine & well, we had a good news catch up, then
a very nice surprise as Jo, their daughter, was with them, she came online, she
had flown from Dubai over the weekend, where she teaches English in an ‘
International ‘ school, see the picture below!
Last night it was the hottest so far, very
close & sticky, this morning it’s already very hot & sunny, with a
cloudless blue sky, so by lunchtime it’s due to reach 33 degs+ - overnight only
down to 23 degs+ - the rest of the week and over the weekend it’s staying the
same, next week is going to be another ‘ Hot-One’ leading up to the start of
August, next weekend, hovering in the low/mid 30s, watch this space.
See below another picture of the ' Comet Neowise' - showing it in the sky, from the hills behind Old Colwyn, Colwyn Bay, North Wales last night!
Yesterday evening we went for our regular
walk at around 7-00 pm, down to the ‘ Plaza de la Vendima’ – our seat in the
shade was taken, so we came back up to ‘ Bar Rojas Sol Vida’ and sat on the
shady side of the street for a nice cool/large drink, on the next table was a ‘
stranger’ in town, on his ‘PC’ - we spoke to him, Nathaniel, who lives in the country
behind the coast, with his wife, was visiting sunny Manilva for the first time,
so we had a nice chat/update on us, life in general etc, it was very nice to
meet him and we are looking forward to seeing him again.
Then our friends, who live in the apartments
below the village, came and sat with us, Lorraine, the international bestselling
author of the ‘ DI Steraling’ series of crime novels, with her partner Chris, joined
us for a nice cool drink, followed by more, in fact we went past our supper
time, as we put the World to rights!
Just as we were about to leave a couple, Steve
& Michelle came along with their two children and sat on the next table, so
we had a nice chat with them also, they had driven down from Coventry, via the
Portsmouth/ Santander ferry, over the weekend, without any problems, to their
apartment in the same bloc, it was nice to meet them and we will look out for
them when we are out & about in sunny Manilva.
It was then time to come home, late, after missing
our supper, so we had our favourite ‘ Heinz Baked Beans on Toast, with a couple
of meatballs thrown in - as we watched Liverpool beat Chelsea 5-3 and then receive
the ‘Premiere League Cup’ for the first time in 30 years!
This evening ‘ night-off’ for the staff has
been cancelled, so we are having the ‘ Albondigas En Salsa Tomate’ with
Spaghetti! – ‘ Honest’!
“ STAY SAFE & WELL INSIDE AT ALL TIMES –
IN SELF LOCKDOWN HERE & MASKED “
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020
A VERY HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY 22nd/JULY 2020. “ NEW
NORMALITY – DAY 31 “
No lie in this morning, after a quick freshen
up and toast & tea we shot off ‘ Masked’ up, down to the ‘Suma’ supermarket
to stock up with our essentials, I then picked Brenda up in the car and dropped
her back at the house to unload.
Before we left I managed to get the answer
to the ‘ Mystery Voice’ quiz on ‘ mix106fm’ – it was John Craven, OBE, from ‘
Newsround/Countyfile on BBC TV!
We than called Lyn over in Melbourne on the
‘Facebook’ messenger video link up, for a nice chat & catch up, as she is
back in lockdown in the State of Victoria, over in Australia, see map below;
She is fine & well, Annette & Deb
are looking after her, they have arranged ‘ Meals on Wheel’ if she needs it,
she is still walking the dog around the lake in the village, next week Deb is
taking her to hospital for a consultation re-her hip! “ Stay Safe & Well
Inside – At All Times “
NB; We have just received your beautiful birthday card, posted on the 05/06/20! This morning Brenda spoke to the new Post Lady at the Sub-Post-Office about your missing card - so we were very excited at lunchtime to find your card in our post box! " RESULT "
The sun was out first thing this morning
and the sky is cloudless and blue as there is a slight breeze, so by lunchtime
it’s going to be a ‘ Hot-One’ – reaching 30/31 degs+ - overnight only dropping
to 21/22 degs+ - tomorrow going even hotter, by Friday up into the mid 30s –
with very hot sunshine, as the breeze drops, over the weekend going just a
little cooler, as it pick up a little, next week it’s looking like we are in
for more of the same, at August approaches, with lots of hot sunshine, a few
patchy clouds at times and a light breeze, hovering in high 20s/low 30s all
week, the following week, as August arrives, over the next weekend, is going to
be a very ‘Hot-One’ Watch this space.
This weekend here in sunny Manilva it’s usually
one of the big religious festivals of the year, as the village celebrates the
patron saint of the village ‘ St. Anna ‘ – sadly this year, of course, there
will be no processions followed by singing, dancing & drinking, on Sunday
there will be a special Mass, followed by a’ quiet occasion’ taking place on
the ‘ Plaza Pozo Del Rey’ in the centre of the village!
For our supper this evening we are having
for a change ‘ Albondigas En Salsa ‘ - ‘Meatballs
finished in a rich Tomato, Onion/Shallot & Red Pimento Salsa! Served on a
bed of Spaghetti with some finely sliced ‘ French’ Green Beans on the side, tomorrow,
as usual on a Thursday, the ‘ Head Chef & Second Chef’ have been given the
night-off, so we are going out on the ‘ Town’ – watch this space.
NB; On Friday, it’s going to be another
change from our regular ‘ Fish Supper’ as I’m going to prepare/make my
version/recipe of the classic ‘ Restaurant Flambe’ dish of “ Scampi Provencale “
– served with Basmati Rice. Watch this
space.
“ STAY SAFE & WELL INSIDE AT ALL TIMES –
IN SELF LOCKDOWN HERE & MASKED “
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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