MANILVA START OF THE WEEK.

MONDAY23rd/TUESDAY24th/WEDNESDAY 25^th MAY 2011.

Once again after the excitement of the weekend we took things easy on Monday; the sun was out as we had our tea and toast to set us up for the day ahead, Anna called in early as she was out for a walk, we had not seen them over the weekend as Mano was working so we caught up with all the gossip and election news, we are planning to make a Beef and Mushroom Pie sometime this week as they had been over in Gibraltar in Morrison’s ( The biggest turnover of all their supermarkets anywhere ) and had picked up the Beef.Mano is getting ready this week as the Villa is very busy with guests over the next few months starting this weekend. Brenda is now into the hot weather routine of reading and taking in the sun up on the roof terrace in the afternoon as I find things to do on the PCs.We then have our early evening drinks in the chill out room as the sun moves around and listen to some music, at the moment I’m playing 50s/60s Blues featuring a random selection of T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and B. B.King to mention just a few, they don’t have names like them now! The book that I have just finished is by Karen Slaughter who is the new Patricia Cornwell,it lives up to its heading “ Unnerving,Unrelenting,Unputdownable ” ! In the evening after supper we watched the aftermath of the local elections on TV, as all over Spain the PP. party ( Conservative ) made huge gains.

On Tuesday morning after breakfast we went for a long walk with Cheta; it was a glorious day with clear blue skies, warm sunshine and a little breeze as we headed off up through the village to the new Las Vinas Country Park and walk. It is at the top of the village above the Sports ground complex and the walk, which is floodlit at night, takes you around in the hills behind the Football pitch through the Pine Trees before bringing you back down to the far side of the Sports Hall. The pictures below show the Paddel Tennis courts, the football pitch and all weather pitches from a different angle, Andy lives in one of the houses at the far end of the ground so he has a grandstand view when the football is on ! The pool and bar are ready to open next week after the pool is filled, it’s like an old fashioned “ Lido ” for the use of us locals !The new “ Sports City ” complex down in Sabinillas is well on the way, the 9 Million euros project with 277 underground parking places, an open air 7 a side pitch,3 Paddel courts, locker rooms, indoor swimming pool, sports pavilion, Squash court and administration as well as areas for local commerce is on budget and time for completion in 2012. In the other pictures you can see the new Social Services offices being built into an old existing building by the football ground and two more streets that have now been finished, the latest one goes down the valley to the wine groves and they are just finishing a hand rail at the top to help you get back up!

When I came to put the pictures and write the blog on Tuesday afternoon my Blog manager post page was not working, it turns out that it had been taken off-line by Google, without notification, but it came back on late on Wednesday evening, so panic over ! This week we have been keeping the suppers simple, so far, but it is hard as we enjoy are food !

Yesterday, Wednesday, we had lunchtime appointments at the surgery with our Doctor and the nurse; Brenda has a check and update on her treatment for her legs and ankle, we are waiting for the appointment for an Ultrasound scan and then another visit to the consultant over in Marbella and the nurse was going to check her broken toe and then redress it and arrange for a x-ray in Estepona,she was late after an emergency so we are going back next week, meanwhile at the same time our Doctor checked the Cyst on my middle finger which has not gone any better so he immediately arranged for me to go to the Costa Del Sol Hospital  on the 7^th June for a small operation to remove it for once and all ! We Pensioners need all the help and treatment to keep us going, as well as the tablets !! Talk of the walking wounded !! We then went for another walk with Cheta as the day was the most beautiful so far this year; in the after noon I watched the Giro D’Italia,live as it went back into the mountains, the helicopter pictures and coverage fro the Italian TV station were spectacular as Contador increased his overall lead.Mano and Anna called in and joined us in the chill out room as we played the music loud, we also at the same time have our small fountain on and the sound of the running water is very therapeutic as we take in the early evening sun and discuss the problems of the world ! For dinner we had flattened Chicken Breast pan fried, with chips and peas and Hellmann’s Mayonnaise, a little bit of what you fancy does you good ! We then watched Mutiny on the Bounty( Trevor Howard and Marlon Brando ) in Spanish – the outcome is still the same !

 

Thought for the Day;

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

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