MANILVA ON SATURDAY

SATURDAY 9^th/ MARCH 2013.

We had a good lie in on Saturday morning after all the excitement of the Basketball; the weather forecast for the weekend and into next week is changeable with sun, clouds, rain, wind and anything else they can find! The good news is the temperature is still hanging around 22/23 degs! It was a at home day as we caught up with chores around the house and I transferred to the office to blog!

In the afternoon it was football over in England and here and Rugby Union over in England which I followed on both PCs;all this week I have been watching on the main sports channel TDP,in the afternoon’s with the live coverage of the “ Paris – Nice ” classic seven stage cycling as they worked their way across and down France to Nice yesterday with the final stage today which is a 9.6km time-trial; in the lead is the Australian Ritchie Porter who for many year has been in the shadows working for Contador,Cavendish and Wiggins but has now come to the front! Meanwhile in Italy Froome and Cavendish are taking part in the “ Tirreno Adriatico ” Froome is second and Contador is fouth while Cavendish, who at one stage lead the race has now dropped back, three more stages to go to Tuesday’s finish in San Benedetto del Tronto.

The first match I caught was the early kick off of the ‘FA Cup’ sixth round Everton v Wigan – oh dear – Wigan scored 3 goals in 3 minutes in the first half – game over ! Sorry Big Bri !! Later it was Manchester City v Barnsley – City won 5-0 with a Tevez hat-trick! Carlos a ‘Happy Bunny’ Later in the ‘Liga’ over here Messi set another record when he scored in Barcelona’s 2-0 win over Deportivo when the ‘Magical’ man found the net for the 17^TH game running and his 51^ST of the season ! On Sunday it is Manchester Utd. v Chelsea for a place in the semi-finals which this year take place at Wembley.

In the ‘RBS 6 Nations Championship’ Wales beat Scotland 18-28 and Ireland could only manage a draw with France 13-13 – both games played in downpours ! Today it is the clash between England and Italy at Twickenham before next week’s final game when England play Wales in Cardiff – many years ago,in fact over 43,we went to the old ‘Arms Park’ to watch the same game! Happy memories of a ‘ Helluva ’weekend away with friends in the “ Three Salmons ”at Usk and Sunday Lunch in Stow-on-the Wold !!

For supper we had the Rump steak that we bought from the English Butchers in Guadalmina, it was very tasty and succulent as I cooked it on the griddle pan ‘Rare’ – with Sauté Mushrooms and sliced Green Beans and crisp Chips,mine topped with a Fried Egg ! The ‘Diet’ starts on Monday !! We then watched the late film; “ What Lies Beneath ”from 2000 – it is a American supernatural drama-horror starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer – don’t miss it.

Thoughts for the Day;

Dreams are the touchstone of our character.  If you can dream it, you can do it.

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