MANILVA OVER THE WEEKEND.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY/SATURDAY 19th/20th/21st APRIL 2012.

On Thursday it was a little overcast but brightened up later; the forecast for the weekend is hot and sunny into next week, at the moment as I am typing this it is hot – 23 degs. and rising! We spent the day on chores around the house and in the evening after supper I caught up with the football, it was the first leg games in the semi-finals of the Europa Cup; I choose to watch on the PC the Sporting v Athletic Bilbao match – Bilbao lost 2-1 and the other game that I should have followed was Atl.Madrid v Valencia - Atl.Madrid won 4-2 ! So all the semi – final second legs are next week. The late film was an classic all action cowboy “ The Professionals ” 1966 with Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode and Claudia Cardinale – they don’t make them like this today !

We did the shopping down in Sabinillas on Friday morning and when we got back we went for a walk with dogs around the village; the work on the new Plaza Pozo del Rey is on going – the drilling crane has moved in to start to build the retaining walls as you can see in the pictures below and at the same time they have started on the Mosaic Mural down in front of the new Centre Of Social Services office which will have a local sports theme as you can start to see. Meanwhile over in England at Oakmere in Delamere David and Jane were working on getting ready their second cafe venture; “ Legends ” at the new J&S Motorcycle Showroom ( The largest in the UK ) which is just down the road from the Oulton Park racetrack ! The pictures below give you a little taste of the café, which is opening on Saturday morning with stunt riders,TT winners and Monster trucks ! The breakfast picture has just come in – good value at £6-95 ! All the very best to David and Jane. The other pictures on the Blog below show Brenda’s nephew Jeff indulging himself over on holiday in the USA. He And Annette flew from Kuala Lumpur to Seattle and their daughter Kate flew down from Canada where she lives ; The King Crab looks to die for and the Hamburger is typically American – they have now moved down to Florida and have done Disney and are now at the Kennedy Space Centre – see the pictures above. We were there over 30 years ago as we crossed America from Miami to Los Angeles via New Orleans ,Dallas,Albuerque,New Mexico, Las Vegas and down into Los Angeles ! Now that’s an another story!! Last night for supper we had Fillet of Hake which I bread crumbed and shallow fried with Patatas Brava’s made with the rich Tomato sauce that I made earlier. Mano rang us as he was up in Bar Rojas after work so we went up for a nightcap – Manolo from Bar Rojas had earlier in the day butchered one of his sheep and had it ready in his cellar hanging and ready prepared so Mano bought a leg to go with the leg and shoulder that we already have waiting for a special Sunday lunch when Anna,Sally Ann and Dylan arrive from Tenerife possible some time next week ! The late film was a classic from 1998 – the remake of “ The Perfect Murder ” starring Kirk Duglas,Gwyneth Paltrow and Viggo Mortinsen – don’t leave it as you will miss the twist and turns !

The weather today, Saturday is gorgeous with clear blue skies and hot sunshine with more to come in the next few days; after our walk this morning around the village with the two dogs we are now back in the house , Brenda is going up on the roof terrace later and I will watch some football from England on the PC and later this evening after our Steak and Chip dinner we are going to watch the big match over here – Barcelona v Real Madrid – we don’t know where yet – watch out for the result later !! Come on Barca !!

PS; Oh dear - Barcelona lost 1-2 and Real Madrid are now back to seven points clear in ' La Liga '

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Thought for the Day;


Only one principle will give you courage, that is the principle that no evil lasts forever nor indeed for very long.


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