MANILVA TODAY.

THURSDAY 24TH MARCH 2011.

Yesterday was one “ Helluva ” day in more ways then one; I was still in bed suffering from mild sun stroke after burning my head on Monday during a long walk when the breeze caught me out ! I had tried once again to chase the new IT people with no luck,Mano had been on the phone several times also and all we have got are broken promises ! They are now in fault on the contract after 21 days and this morning when Mano and Anna called in to catch up with all the news and gossip they had just had a call to say that an engineer was on the way to theirs ! Brian had taken our main PC away at the start of the changeover so as he could up date various things on it and most importantly set it up so as we can watch Saturday Morning Kitchen – Live ! He called in on Wednesday afternoon to see if he could do anything to help but after two hours he had no joy; then Andy came along and spent another two hours with him going over everything. Brian has done a smashing job on the PC and has set up all sorts of automatic checks and de – frags ! as well as lots of on line stuff. Andy then got on the phone and pretended to be me and in perfect Spanish tried to get some answers, after several attempts he finally got an answer; we have not been connected and are still using the Telefonica phone line,not as they had indicated to us back on Saturday March 5th ! So Brian and Andy then re set the Telefonica IT line up and got back on the WWW in minutes – for now !! They have said now that we will be connected by the end of the week – watch this space.

Next week we are away over in Guadalmina for five days from Tuesday looking after the villa for Clive and Carolyn so we will be able to be on line there. This coming weekend we have planned the “ Last Supper ” on Sunday with Brain and Lilli,Mano and Anna are joining us together with Carlos and Andy( Both work permitting ) for Roast Rib of Beef with all the trimmings;Lilli finishes work this Friday and Mano also finishes next Thursday. Brian’s contract ended a few weeks ago, so it is the last chance for the gang to be together as the following weekend, the first in April is when the set off to Finland.

On Monday in the village the local council went mad painting White crossings everywhere, Blue parking Boxes and Yellow no parking lines all over the place ! They are still at it as I am typing this blog !! The locals are just sat around outside all the bars watching and wondering; The Blue lines have been used down in Sabinillas for a few months now, you are only allowed to park for one hour down there but here in the village the system of parking on the pavements has always worked OK so we will have to wait and see what are the rules for the boxes, meanwhile the local elections are coming up in May so the picture boards have gone up all over the village of Antonia, the mayor who is standing for re election. The pictures below give you just a small sample of the line mania that has taken over the village there is more to follow; the man on the left in the last picture is the brother of Mano’s best friend Juan and is in charge of all the roads,


Thought for the Day;


I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.



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