MONDAY/TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY
Another hot week is forecast for sunny Manilva as we and the village start to prepare for the ‘ Vendimia ’ On Monday morning Brenda stared her cleaning schedule but the main problem is the Sahara Sand which at this time of the year gets in everywhere; the ‘ Levante ’ wind that brings it over from Africa, in the high atmosphere covers the houses, streets and cars ! Anna called in at lunchtime and stayed for a avocado salad before Ana-Mari dropped Fabio off with his new puppy ‘ Alf ’who is named after Anna’s dad who amongst many things was a boxer !! Fabio’s English is getting good as he spends time with Mano and Anna during the school holidays so we had a game of Poker Dice. I then arranged the hire car and booked the table for dinner on the Friday David and Jane arrive. In the evening we had cold Pork for supper and then watched a film.
On Tuesday Brenda carried on with getting ready for our guests next week; I made some ‘ Patatas Bravas ’fried potato cubes with a spicy Tomato sauce to go with our Pork Cutlets for dinner. Brenda knocks off in the afternoon and retires to the roof terrace to take in the sun and read, she is now going through them at a great rate and I have problems with supply and demand ! Meanwhile I have installed a good connection on the PC to watch,live,the ‘ Vuelta a Espana’ on Euro Sport in English; it is currently in the Sierra Nevada region above Malaga but sadly Mark Cavendish abandoned the race on stage four today, he had struggled in the very hot weather and is also exhausted after the Tour de France. He is now going to look to recuperate in time for the World Championship at the end of September in
Today the council have started on the preparations for the ‘Vendimai Festival ’next weekend; they are putting up the sun canopy along Calle Mar as you can see in the picture below and above and they have started to build the Grape crushing press in the lay-by in front of Bar Rojas,Paco who normally builds it has retired so a new man,Antonio,is doing it this year ! I will show the building as it goes up in a picture blog when it is complete !
Tonight we are having Entrecote steak with Baked Potato and salad for supper. Sadly there is no Spanish Liga football as the players are on strike over a fund for unpaid wages, it started last weekend for the first time in 27 years !
PS; I’ve noticed that a very old dear friend is following the blog so we would very much like to get in touch with her via Facebook,E-Mail or Skype video – Rose Heard !! Please make contact !! malcolm.sexton@googlemail.com
Thought for the Day;
Work saves us from three great evils; Boredom, Vice and Need.
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