MANILVA THIS WEEKEND.

FRIDAY/SATURDAY 25th/26th MAY 2012.

The forecast for the weekend and into next week is sun and more sun ; it is now getting hot and during the night it is now a lot warmer, the temperature is reaching 31/33 degs here on the coast but inland it gets a lot hotter. On Friday morning we did our usual shopping down in Sabinillas and when we got back we walked down to the market for some fresh flowers and also a sack of local potatoes that they deliver later on a scooter ! Brenda is out on the roof terrace at every chance she gets, under the Moet Chandon umbrella as it is so hot she can only take it for short while ; The pictures below came in on Facebook during the week and show Jeff and Annette over in Kuala Lumpur on their way out to a May Ball – the other pictures show David and Jane down in London at the House of Parliament promoting Cheshire Produce including some of their own Bread from their shop in Northwich. In the evening for supper Brenda had a baked Fillet of Scottish Salmon and I had Cod and Herb and Thai with Chili Crab- Cakes – thanks to ‘ Morrison’s ’ with some of the Jersey Royal Potatoes with Butter – we then watched the “ Copa Del Rey ” final from Madrid which did not kick off till 10-00pm. Barcelona won as Pep Guardiola signed off as coach with his final win !- His 14th trophy of his career. !! Pedro Rodriguez;s brace either side of Lionel Messi’s 73rd goal of the season earned Barcelona a comfortable win over Atletico Bilbao 3-0.

This morning after breakfast we went for a good walk with Cheta and ended up down at the sports complex but there is no sport this weekend as most of the leagues have finished for the summer; tonight there are some International Football matches, Spain v Serbia( 2-0 ) and England v Norway ( 1-0 ) are playing and at the moment the qualifying for the ‘ Monaco Grand Prix ’ is on. This evening we are having for dinner prime Scottish Rump Steak ( Morrison’s ) grilled ‘ Pink ’and accompanied with Sauté Onions and Mushroom’s and of course twice cooked crisp Chips in Virgin Olive Oil – my steak will be topped with a fried Egg ! Oh yes and Brenda’s finely sliced Green Beans !! We are then going to watch the “ Eurovision Song Contest ” from the Azeri capital Baku ? There are 26 countries taking part including the 76 old ‘ King of Romance ’ England’s entrant ‘ Engelbert Humperdink ’ – the last time I saw him was in a club in Liverpool back in the late sixties before he was famous ! Watch this space.Sweden won and the 'Hump ' came in next to last !

PS; This evening in the still hot sunshine it was the procession of " Romeria En Honor A La Virgen de Fatiima " ( A Pilgrimage ) which takes place at this time of the year all over Spain; Our very small one goes down in the valley to the " Hermitage San Adolfo " ( The small church ) next to the " Bano de la Hedionda " ( The Roman Baths ) The ' Faithful ' villagers follow and spend the night and all of tomorrow celebrating the festival with music,singing and prayers. The Andalucian Horses lead the parade and normally the Tableau is pulled by a Bullock but this year as you can see it's a tractor ?!The pictures are above taken just a few minutes ago !

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Thought for the Day;

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Our chief want in life is someone who will make us do what we can.


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