MANILVA OVER THE WEEKEND.

SATURDAY/SUNDAY 27^th/28^th OCTOBER 2012.

Well no rain as forecast on Saturday morning as we shot out to the shops down in Sabinillas; at the English bookshop we picked up the papers, we are now collecting three sets as Anna has asked us to pick up a set for Sally Ann as well, we also managed to get a copy of the third in the trilogy ‘ 50 Shades Freed ’for nothing ! The owner had a second hand copy for 3 euros and we had 3 euros in credit on returned books – result !! We went for a walk with the dog and watched a little Basketball in the sports hall. In the afternoon I caught the English football on the large PC; Manchester City beat Swansea 1-0 –just after playing terrible again in the first half. Over here in ‘ La Liga ’Barcelona beat Rayo Vallencao 0-5 and on Sunday Real Madrid beat Mallorca 0-5 ,Ronaldo scored two and Messi scored two also !In the evening for supper we had Steak a la Plancha with crisp Chips for supper before settling down to watch a film; “ Rob Roy ”from 1995 starring in the title roll Liam Neeson with Jessica Lange as his wife,John Hurt and Tim Roth played the baddies.Later in the James Bond season it was “ Die Another Day ”from 2002 with Piers Brosnan and Halle Berry – she comes out of the sea in a bikini to recreate the famous scene from the first Bond film ‘ Doctor No ’in 1962 with Ursula Andress ( which was on last night ! ) It was in the story in Cuba but the beach was not suitable so the scene was shot down here on a beach just below Cadiz ! Not a lot of people know that !

On Sunday morning it was just about fine as we got the roast on the go; Chicken with all the usual favorites along with Chestnut stuffing as they have just come into season, the hot Chestnut man is out in Calle Mar in the evenings. We went up to Bar Rojas and were able to sit outside for our lunch, Brenda had some Baby Cockles in a tasty broth. In the afternoon it was time for the English football after watching the Grand Prix from India, Alonso is still in with a chance and in Australia the Motor GP was rather exciting as Jorge Lorenzo won the title again and in Moto 2 Marc Marquez won the tile for the first time, he is the rising star and is joining the Repsol team next year ! It was the ‘ Derby ’ game at Everton and the match for a change was a cracker as Liverpool played a lot better, 2-2 was the result but it should read 2-3 for Liverpool as they had a goal disallowed in the 94^th minutes for offside when it was clearly not ! All the pundits and even Moyes the Everton manager said that it was a good goal ! Meanwhile over at Chelsea Manchester Utd. won 2-3 but the game was marred by two sending’s off including Torres and a big controversy is brewing about the referee Mark Clattenburg  to do with alleged racial language he used !In the evening Andy and Marie joined us for dinner as you can see in the picture below, we had a very nice time and later we watched a very good film with them; “ Public Enemies ”from 2009 with the excellent Jonny Depp in the role of John Dilinger the bank robber in Chicago back in the 1930s – it  was based on historical facts and shot at the places where it took place; the FBI ‘G’ man is played by Christian Bale and Dilinger’s moll is played by Marion Cotillard – watch it, it is very good and has a very moving ending ! We have also over the weekend watched on the classic movie channel two great films; First it was “ Pulp Fiction ”from 1994 with a ‘ Helluva ’ cast – John Travolta,Samual L Jackson, Harvey Keitel,Tim Roth, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken and Uma Thurman to name just a few and then one of my favorite’s “ Jackie Brown ” from 1997, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Pam Grier in the title roll with Robert Foster,Samual L Jackson ( Again! ) Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton and Robert De Niro – the film has a memorable soundtrack of the music of the time including classic tracks from the ‘ Delfonics,Bobby Womack, Slash’s Snakepit,The Meters and The Guess Who !

PS; The bread picture has just come in showing this mornings cracking bake at Williamsons of Castle in Northwich by Jane’s son Olly !

Thought for the Day;

Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life.

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