MANILVA START OF THE WEEKEND

THURSDAY/FRIDAY/SATURDAY 23rd/24th /25th AUGUST 2012.


On Thursday morning we dropped Di off at the airport in Gibraltar as you can see in the picture below; we are looking forward to your next visit – keep in touch! When we got home Andy called in to help me install the new ‘ Epson SX230 ’ copier – one small problem was that the lead was too short, I managed to get one in the village from the IT café from Nikita,sadly he was closing the shop down and he is planning to go back to Russia in the new year with his wife and baby daughter – we will miss him. Anyway everything is working fine and I have just printed my first glossy colour picture of Lilli to put in a picture frame in their bedroom! In the evening after supper we watched this weeks ‘ Clint Classic ! ’ – “ The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ”

Friday was shopping morning down in Sabinillas, as usual, we are creatures of habit ! When we got back to the house Brenda went into one of her wash/clean/mop/Hoover/polish – everything in her sight modes ! I meanwhile was playing with my new ‘Toy ’- the Epson SX230 copier ! In the early evening Mano and Anna called in to catch up with all the news; Mano was on his way to Gibraltar airport to pick up some of Anna’s family from Manchester who are here just for a week, four of then are staying at a very nice hotel in Estepona and Debbie and Dave are at Manilva Green Aparthotel.Later we went up to Bar Rojas for supper, it was a little cooler sat under the Sonbrajo as the ‘ Lavente ’breeze was blowing along Calle Mar.

This morning we made contact on the Skype video with Kuala Lumpur; Jack and Lyn are over on holiday for ten days with Jeff and Annette so we were able to have a nice chat and catch up with them, some pictures have just appeared on Facebook of them at the Royal Palace earlier in the day !See the pictures above of them out on the town in the ' Jalan Alor ' street market. Then Anna called in with Dave and Debbie, they have been here before and had one of the famous Sunday roasts, this time we can’t fit them in before Brian and Lilli arrive on Monday, this evening they are playing golf with Mano and Carlos at the ‘ Casers Golf Club ’so they might also catch Vidal who is playing there this evening and tomorrow afternoon they are going down with the whole Guerrero clan to ‘ Gary’s Bar ’on the seafront in Sabinillas to watch the Liverpool v Manchester City match ! This afternoon I am watching the ‘ Vuelta D’Espana as it is a 174km m mountain stage from Lleida to the Principality of Andorra finishing at 'Collada De La Gallina ' In the evening for supper we had 'Steak a la Plancha ' with Baked Potato and Tomato salad and then 'Channel Hopped '

PS; Valverde won with Rodriguez second and Contador third - all with the same time ! Froome was fourth 15 seconds behind - which means that Rodriguez retains the Red jersey,Froome is now 33seconds behind him with Contador third 40 seconds and Valverde 4th on 50 seconds !! The top four all fighting on stage 8 - unbelievable !!

PPS; Sunday's stage is a downhill run from the Pyrenees to the Mediterranean at Barcelona,Spain's second largest city.

PPPS; LIVERPOOL V MANCHESTER CITY 2-2 !!



Thought for the Day;



Family is the most effective form of government.




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