MANILVA THIS WEEKEND.

SATURDAY/SUNDAY 20^th/21^st AUGUST 2011.

After a little lie in we sorted ourselves out for the weekend; Cheta has finally gone away on her holidays to the family Campo with Isobel so we are missing her charging in and out through the front door shutters every day, the weather is still hot and sunny and the forecast for this week is good – 11 days and counting to Vendimia! We have arranged a hire car for 7 days over the holiday so as we can do all our running around on the Wednesday, pick up Brian,Lilli,her Dad and his friend on Thursday from the Bus Station in Marbella, then David and Jane on Friday from Gibraltar ! We will then drop them all back on Monday and Tuesday on their return journeys! This is because David could not get a cheap deal as they crossed the border to La Linea, we used our regular chap from Marbella, who we have used for five years, and he gave us the local rate, not the summer rate which is nearly double! We are going out on the Friday evening with David and Jane to ‘Venta Garcia ’and are hoping that Brian and Lilli can join us. Saturday was a sports day on the PC, Cricket, Cycling, Rugby and Football on the list; England are winning against India, the Vuelta stage was won by the Australian rider Chris Sutton, Wales beat Argentina and Liverpool beat Arsenal !! In the evening after our Steak supper we watched a film on TV.

Sunday morning I put a Loin of Pork into roast and Brenda got some vegetables and new Potatoes ready to have with it for dinner. We then smartened ourselves up and went up to Bar Rojas for a Tapas Paella lunch, no Paella as the bar was closed on Saturday as Manolo and Lumy had a family wedding to go to above Malaga so they had started late on Sunday ! We came back after our lunchtime snifter and for a change we had Scrambled Eggs and Smoked Salmon before retiring to our separate ways, Brenda to the roof terrace and me watching England beat India 4-0 in the series, the Vuelta and Manchester City win against Bolton. The pictures below show our window flowers, the Yellow ones are only out for a day, because of the heat, but all our neighbours comment on them; the picture of Fabio and his new Chocolate Boxer puppy, ‘Alf ’who is absolutely beautiful, was taken on Monday lunchtime.

Thought for the Day;

We touch other peoples lives simple by existing.

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