MANILVA OVER THE WEEKEND.

SATURDAY/SUNDAY 11th/12th / AUGUST 2012.

Saturday was the hottest day so far this year; it was 41 degs during the day and overnight to Sunday it did not go below 31 degs!! We kept to our summer routine and kept a low profile during the day, Brenda pottered about as usual and I was in the office and up and down the stair’s to watch the Olympics. In the evening late on we had the Entrecote steaks for supper and then watched the highlights,

After a little lie in on Sunday we freshened ourselves up and went up to Bar Rojas for lunch; it was so hot that we could not even sit outside under the Sonbrajo – we ended up inside watching the men’s marathon in the cool of the bar, we had glass’s of Lumys ‘Gazpacho ’ – it is so much nicer as a drink, as it should be served, not as a ‘ Soup ’ – very refreshing and a lot more tasty at the same time ! The Paella is ready by 2-30pm and Brenda has a ‘Tapas’ and I have a ‘Ration’ portion to go with our drinks. In the afternoon I caught the last of the Olympics and then it was ‘ Siesta ’time. For dinner we had flattened Breast of Turkey, pan fried and served with Basmati Rice ( Brenda’s special ) with fried Green peppers ( From one of our neighbours ) and a creamy Mushroom sauce, yummy ! We then settled down to watch the closing ceremony of the Olympics especially the fireworks as I used to be the “ Pyrotechnics ” King for many years ! Also the lighting effects were excellent and the flame going out was very spectacular – well done ‘ Great Britain ’

The pictures above are a little mixed catch up after me going a little ‘ Gold ’mad over the last two weeks ! The Pollards Inn in Willaston keeps making our mouths water, Lilli is ‘ Posing ’over in Pori, the Plant Pots are in Tim’s garden in Old Colwyn,we gave then to Tim and Thea before we left ! This morning there is a little breeze so we went for a walk with the dog – it is full steam ahead on the underground car park, there was six cement lorries delivering at two points and the Dentists ‘ Bodega Y Vivedos ’is well on the way, the large BBQ pit is taking shape as you can see !Finally some more pictures of the firework display have just come in !!


Thought for the Day;



I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.



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