Tuesday 16th February 2010.
Not much news on the villa front; no transfers from England over the weekend and no contact with Chris since Thursday so we have no more information on the “ Plan ” which is now up to Plan C ! And counting down? I managed on the phone to pay the electric bill with his card at the start of last week but need cash to pay the water bill by this Friday or else we will be cut off next week – which is a bit of a joke as we have more water than we can handle due to the ongoing rain storms that are continuing to hit us on a daily basis! Only yesterday we were caught in flash floods in Estepona after we had to go over to the dentists for Brenda to get more work done, things should be finished by next Monday; the roads out of the town where closed by the fishing port and bullring, then the main road along the coast to Sabinillas was very bad with the brown water coming down from the side roads and flooding the main road; the Smart car is not best suitable to the conditions and so I have to drive very slow with the hazard lights on and then get swamped by the heavy lorries and 4 x 4s overtaking us at speed ! When we got to Sabinillas the road was closed as the underpass was flooded so the police directed us to the slip road through the town, we could not get up the road to Manilva as it was like a fast flowing river,Mano who lives near the top on the side of the hill had to go out and stop the rain from flooding their house! We in the meantime had to try and get through the town ,which was gridlocked, the slip road was like a canal and had taken all the rain water from the side roads, the first car that we saw was a Smart car in one of the side roads stuck in 2ft of water, you could not see the wheels !! I set off very slowly with a large black 4x4 behind me and managed to get along to the main road after firstly crossing what could only be described as a river near the end !!
Over the weekend we watched the six nation’s rugby as well as the start of the winter Olympics; the Wales v Scotland match was the most exciting game in the competition’s history as Wales came from behind in the last five mins. and scored 17 points to win! France beat Ireland and England just managed to beat Italy but played terrible. The men’s downhill yesterday, which is the blue riband event of the Olympics was held on a very spectacular course and was very exciting as the surprise winner was the Swiss man Didier Defago.
The roast on Sunday was Loin of Pork with herb crusted roast potatoes, cabbage with smoked bacon, mashed carrots and swede and whole green beans for a change. Today I am making a beef stew and later pancakes as it is Shrove Tuesday. Later on in the week we are having Sausages and mash; we are shopping tomorrow as we are out over in Estepona on sales training at the Marriott resort on Thursday and Friday, they e-mailed and asked us to help again to train the sales executives, they pay us in vouchers which will use later in the year as we are now taking bookings for the house in Manilva, Tim is planning a trip, Jane from Chester is making a return visit, Jeff and Annette from Kuala Lumpur are coming over in June and Norah and Jenny have an open invitation for later in the year! So make your booking soon to visit us in Sunny Manilva, we hope !
Finally over the weekend we have watched two very good films; last night “ Seven ” with Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt,anything with Morgan Freeman is good, we had seen it at the cinema years ago and on Sunday night “ Apocalypto ” which we knew nothing about as it started, it an epic historical adventure tale set against the backdrop of the “ Mayan ”civilsation in South America, it is very gory from the start and it gets worse as it goes on but the tale is very gripping, no stars as the cast are all local and it has English subtitles; the big surprise it that it is written, produced and directed by Mel Gibson !! Oh and the hero wins in the end!!
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