MANILVA START OF THE WEEKEND

THURSDAY/FRIDAY 13th/14th SEPTEMBER 2012.



We are now catching up with the chores around the house; Brenda is in full cleaning mode so the washing machine has not been off since the folks left, it is very good drying weather up on the terrace and the ironing board and iron have taken a bashing, in fact we had to buy a new iron this morning as the old one gave up the ghost last night! The sisters are arriving next Thursday for a week, flying into Gibraltar so I have arranged for the hire car as we can’t fit them and all the luggage in the Fiesta ! We are starting to make plans as it is my Birthday on the Monday while they are here ! The pictures below show the ‘Old Sessions House Pub and Kitchen ’in Knutsford on it’s opening day on Wednesday, we are also back to going for walks around the village with Cheta so you can see that the work on the new underground car park is shooting up, I climbed between the cement delivery trucks to get the pictures as the fence was down ! Brian rang us on Viber ( no cost ) on Thursday lunchtime to tell us that they were home safely and he has just sent us a Facebook message to say that they have looked at the Blog and found out what they have been up to !! And seen the pictures !!! I have also been catching up with the ‘Tour of Britian,Mark Cavendish has won two back to back stages, come second in another and crashed on the first stage when in sight of the finish ! Watch this space. Last night,Thursday,for supper we had good old Cold Ham, Egg and Chips then watched the late classic film “ Giant ”from 1956 ! with Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and of course James Dean. I then watched the latest version of “ The Alamo ” from 2004 with Dennis Quaid,Billy Bob Thornton and Jason Patric – you can’t beat the classic one with directed by and starring John Wayne back in 1960 with Richard Widmark and Laurence Harvey !

This morning , Friday, we went as usual to do the shopping down in Sabinillas,before we left I logged onto the BBC ONE Web Page to watch and listen to the final ‘ Chris Moyle’s Breakfast Show ’ – ‘ The Goodbye Show ’ It was broadcast live with camera’s in the studio so you could see the whole crew and put their voices to the faces – strange ! You could also see how the studio works to present the show, when we returned from the shopping I was able to catch the last ten minutes !! An end of end of an era.

As we were going for our walk I was just about to drop the rubbish in the street bins when a gentleman approached me from outside Bar Rojas and asked ‘ Are you Malcolm ?! ’ It turned out that he had been following the Blog from Day One ,seven years ago on the 1st September !! He found it by chance when he typed in ‘ Estepona ’ and has been a ‘ Fan ’ever since ! Graham and Josie Bamford and their friends Neil and Anna Haslorm from Manchester are staying down in an apartment by Puerto Duquesa and had come up to the village to look around ,they spotted me by chance ! The picture below show’s them. minus one wife who was back down in the port, with Brenda and Cheta on the now famous “ Abbey Road ” picture opportunity !! So nice to meet them and find out that there are more people out there following us ! Tonight for supper we are having Baby Soles grilled in Lemon Butter with Prawns and new Potatoes.



Thought for the Day;



If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing the philosophy has made a different person of me.



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