SUNNY MANILVA TODAY

THURSDAY 23^rd/ MAY 2013.

Today is the hottest day so far this year,27/28degs and rising – the sun has been out since 7-00am! We have just come back from our walk with the dog around the village; they are working on making good the outside of the ‘Plaza Pozo Del Rey’ at the moment, down at the church they are now stripping the roof tiles and have taken down the roof timbers of the main tower, meanwhile in the new ‘Plaza Vedimia’ that are putting up more tiles on the mural wall, the concrete base of the park is to be covered with flag-stones but the ones that have just been delivered are not the usual local ones – not the same quality -  I’ve just spoken to Mario our local councilor who happens to be in charge of the department and asked him why? 'Sexton Blake' has been out investigating and spoken to Mario's number two - the flag-stones have been dropped off up-side down!  See the pictures above.!!

We are having a nice day at home and taking things easy, this afternoon Brenda s planning to go out on the roof terrace to read and I will join her later for ‘Cocktails’ after I have watched the ‘Giro d’Italia’ stage 18 which is a 20km Time –Trial up a mountainous route from Mori to Polsa.This lunchtime I bumped into our friend Barbara so we are going around to her house in the early evening as Peter her husband set up my mobile phone when I first got it;it's past me so hopefully he will sort it out for me ! Watch this space.Thanks Peter for re-setting my mobile phone - all OK only got to connect to my Wi-Fi now !!

PS; Vincenzo Nibali the leader of the race won convincingly the up-hill Time Trail by nearly one minute and now holds the 'Pink Jersey ' over his nearest rivals by more than 4 mins! 

This evening we are having for supper one of our ‘Simple and Easy’ meals – flattened Breast of Chicken cooked on the griddle with sauté Potatoes and finely sliced Green Beans before we watch a film.

Thoughts for the day;

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words. Wisdom is to the mind what heath is to the body. No man can be wise on an empty stomach.

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