MANILVA OVER THE WEEKEND.

SATURDAY/SUNDAY 28th/ 29TH/ JULY 2012.


No change in the weather over the weekend and all of next week – Sun! On Saturday I of course watched the Olympic Men’s Road Race as you can read in the report below – not much more to say about it – very disappointing! In the evening we had Steak a la Plancha with crisp Chips for supper and then settled down to watch a good film, “ Heist ” from 1992 with Gene Hackman and Danny De Vito in a crime thriller with lots of twists about a Gold Robbery.

On Sunday morning we got the roast on the go, Shoulder of Lamb studded with Garlic and Rosemary, Brenda has been yearning for some Lamb for a while, I made a large dish of ‘ Boulangere Potatoes ’ and Brenda had also asked for some Braised Onions – she also got ready some Cabbage,Carrots,Garden Peas and the rest of the Ratatouille from last week ! The finger licking Gravy was herb flavored and along with the fresh Mint sauce we had a “ Helluva ” roast dinner ! At lunchtime after freshening up we went up to Bar Rojas, Andy and Maria were sat outside, it was Maria’s day off and Andy does not go into work till later at the restaurant in Duquesa Marina so they had a spot of lunch as we caught up with their news;

Later I watched the Olympic Ladies Road Race which took place over the same route but shorter in the pouring rain; at the last Olympic’s in China Nicola Cooke for Great Britain won in a thunderstorm as she took the last corner with out fear and won the Gold medal, sadly this time Lizzie Armitstead,from Otley in Yorkshire,could only manage Silver bur she put up a “ Helluva “ performance as the Dutch rider Marianne Vos won. Afterwards a beaming Lizzie said that she had ' definitely won the Silver rather than lost the Gold ' This time the Great Britain rider’s got the tactics just right with special praise going to Emma Pooley who rode tirelessly for the team. At the same time I was also watching the Grand Prix from Hungary in which Lewis Hamilton won and just about keeps his title hopes alive !

After our dinner we watched on the Classic Film Channel “ Patriot Games ” from 1992 with Harrison Ford in the ‘ Jack Ryan ’ part taken from the Tom Clancy series of novels ; the cast also had Sean Bean, Ann Archer, Samuel L. Jackson and James Earl Jones.


Thought for the Day;


The thing that contributes to anyone reaching the goal he wants is simple wanting that goal badly enough.


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