Sunday, June 30, 2013
SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY
SUNDAY 30th/
JUNE 2013.
We had a
nice long lie in this morning as the early sun was coming in through the
shutters; it is a glorious day in sunny Manilva and the forecast for the next
week is more of the same and hotter; after our tea and toast I made the
‘Boulangere Potatoes’ for tonight’s supper which we are having with Spanish
Lamb Cutlets marinated in Olive Oil and Tarragon cooked on the griddle, simple
vegetables from Brenda with mixed Garden Pea and Fresh Carrots and for herself
Broccoli and Cauliflower florets in a Cheese sauce.
After
freshening our self’s up we went for a good walk with Chispa around the outside
of the village; we called into Bar Rojas for a cooling drink sat under the
Sombrejo, then when we got back to the house I caught the start of the Grand
Prix from Silverstone on the TV in Spanish and I’ am now following it upstairs
on the PC with the BBCTV coverage; Roseberg has just won the race,Webber
second,Alonso third and the drive of the day from Hamilton who is fourth after
his tires exploded! I will move back downstairs to follow the Tour De France –
stage 2 from Bastia in the North East of the Island across the mountains to Ajaccio on the South West coast of Corsica over 156kms
The Belgium rider won the stage,Jan Bakelant's and Chris Froome showed he is in fine form with a breakaway climb on the last mountains that left all his main rivals behind him!
The Belgium rider won the stage,Jan Bakelant's and Chris Froome showed he is in fine form with a breakaway climb on the last mountains that left all his main rivals behind him!
Brenda is
planning to go up on the roof terrace this afternoon to top up her colour and reading;
I will join her later for our early evening cocktails.
The menu’s
for the next week are starting to take shape; Monday I ‘am going to put
together a Mixed Grill with Steak, Lamb Cutlets, Pork Fillets and Sausage, then
on Tuesday we are having Pork Cutlets and it looks like Chicken Curry for
Wednesday;
Tonight later on 'Telecinco' it is the final of the 'FIFA Confederations Cup' from the 'Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janerio - sadly Spain played terrible and were totally outclassed by Brazil and lost 3-0 with Pique being sent off and Ramos missing a penalty!A stunning,breathtaking performance as Brazil won their third consecutive 'Cup' !!
Thought for
the Day; See above.
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Saturday, June 29, 2013
SUNNY MANILVA ON SPORTS SATURDAY
SATURDAY 29th/
JUNE 2013.
This
morning we have just a little breeze which at this time of the year is just
right; after our tea and toast we rushed out to wash the car before it gets too
hot, I then made some ‘Ensallida Ruse’ – blanched the chips for tonight’s
supper all before watching ‘Saturday Morning Kitchen’ live on BBCTV1 small PC
on full-screen, at the same time on the large PC on my sports channel
connection I was able to follow the second test over in Melbourne between
Australia and the British & Irish Lions, sadly the Lions lost 16-15!
Then it was
time for the qualifying at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone back on BBCTV1
on the small PC, Hamilton is on pole for tomorrow’s race; meanwhile downstairs
on the TV it was the three races at Assen in the Motor GP series,Valentino
Rossi ( The Doctor ) and seven-times ‘MotoGP’ champion claimed his first win
since 2010 as Jorge Lorenzo took fifth despite his broken collarbone, this
after he crashed on Thursday, flew to Spain on Friday for a operation and then
came back to Holland today and passed the medical to enable him to ride!
Now
downstairs on the TDP Channel I ‘am watching the first stage of the ‘Tour De
France’ in Corsica as on my sports channel on the large PC I could only get
coverage in Dutch, German or Russian!
Well what a finish as the German sprinter Marcl Kittel crosses the line first and also takes the Yellow jersey; in the last 10kms there was crashes and total choas as most of the leading riders were held up including Mark Cavendish,meanwhile on the finish line as the riders came into Bastia one of the Tour coaches broke down on the finish line and brought down the electronic timing,see the picture above -what was the coach doing on the route anyway? In the end they had to push the coach backwards off the line with the help of the crowds !!Utter pandemonium and a big anti-climax !!! The race organisers are saying everyone will be credited with the same time - watch this space! Now there are reports of injuries to riders starting to appear on the news page!!
Well what a finish as the German sprinter Marcl Kittel crosses the line first and also takes the Yellow jersey; in the last 10kms there was crashes and total choas as most of the leading riders were held up including Mark Cavendish,meanwhile on the finish line as the riders came into Bastia one of the Tour coaches broke down on the finish line and brought down the electronic timing,see the picture above -what was the coach doing on the route anyway? In the end they had to push the coach backwards off the line with the help of the crowds !!Utter pandemonium and a big anti-climax !!! The race organisers are saying everyone will be credited with the same time - watch this space! Now there are reports of injuries to riders starting to appear on the news page!!
Mano and
Anna called in at lunchtime for a good chat and gossip, the hot topic at the
moment is that the Mayor Antonia and 6/7 councilors have been forced to resign
from the ‘IU’- Communist Party as she is being investigated by the Guardia
Civil (Allegedly! ) for corruption and nepotism !! Watch this space for more
details in is what a typically ‘Spanish’ happening !! Good news for Mano is
that he is going back to the Manilva Green Apart hotel to work on reception
next week
Brenda is
up on the roof terrace, out of the way of my ‘Sports Chanting’ as she says and
is reading her latest ‘Patterson’ I have maintained my weight loss and the
blood pressure is OK,it must be all the running up and downstairs between the
three screens !!
Tonight for
supper we are back to our Saturday night special of Steak and chips with all
the trimmings, then catching the late film.
Thought for
the Day; See above.
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Friday, June 28, 2013
SUNNY MANILVA AT THE START OF A SPORTS WEEKEND
FRIDAY 28th/
JUNE 2013.
Today is
already this morning hot and sunny and by the afternoon it will be up to
28degs and the seven day forecast is more of the same and hotter; we have just come back from the shopping down in Sabinillas and after
unpacking we have been for a walk with the dog( See the picture of her after
her shampoo at the vets yesterday) around the bottom of the village, the work
on the new ‘Plaza Vendimia’ is going along at a great pace, this lunchtime they
are working on the fountain and the waterfall by the side of the Mural, the
walls and walkways have been clad in ‘Manilva’ stone as you can see in the
pictures above.The Bullfighting poster is for next weekend in Estepona;Diego Ventura is the top 'Horseback' bullfighter and Juan Jose Padilla ( The Pirate) is one of the top five bullfighters in the country'
We are back
into our reading and have swapped our current ‘Patterson’s’ yesterday with
one-another and Brenda is out on the roof terrace in the late afternoons, I
join her in the early evening for our ‘Happy 2 Hours’
This
evening we are having Grilled Pink Trout fillets with Hollandaise sauce,
crushed Baby new Potatoes and Garden Peas for supper.
This weekend,
in fact today is the start of the music festival at “ Glastonbury ” with the
‘Rolling Stones’ playing at the festival for the first time in their 50 year
career tomorrow night on the main stage in front off the 135.000 crowd! Other’s
appearing include Dizze Rascal,Mumford &Sons, Primal Scream, Smashing
Pumpkins and Elvis Costello to name just a few! See the spectacular pictures
above of the Festival site.
SPORTS
UPDATE;
Football;
The final of the ‘FIFA Confederations Cup’on Sunday in Rio De Janeiro will be
between Brazil and Spain after Spain beat Italy in a penalty shoot out last
night 7-6 in the semi-final!
Tennis; Its
raining at Wimbledon as Andy Murray looks to progress today under the roof of
the Centre Court; he has his best chance of winning the tournament after Nadel
and then Federer crashed out, also Tsonga retired injured so he has only
Djokvic to beat! Fingers crossed!! Murray won !!!
Cycling;
The 100th “ Tour de France ”starts tomorrow for the first time in Corsica over the narrow and tricky road
with the 1st stage taking place from Porto Vecchio to Bastia
Motor GP;
The Netherlands Grand Prix at Assen is also this weekend but sadly no Jorge
Lorenzo as he crashed in the rain yesterday in practice and broke his
Collarbone! Cal Crutclhow is on pole for today's race,the first British rider in a decade!
Grand Prix;
This weekend it also the “ British Grand Prix ”at Silverstone,todays first
practice session was in the wet!! Today,Saturday Lewis Hamilton has just taken the pole position for Sunday's race !!
Rugby
Union; The British & Irish Lions take on Australia Sydney
ONE “
HELLUVA ” WEEKEND OF SPORT;
The late film on TVE1 was a " Helluva " movie made in 2006, it is a American crime thriller called " The Departed " and takes place in Boston; it is based loosely on actual gangster's and corrupt FBI agents,it stars Leonardo DiCaprio,Matt Damon,Jack Nicholson,Mark Wahlberg,Martin Sheen,Ray Winston,Alex Baldwin and Vera Farmiga - you must watch it from start to the very end as the story has many twists,it was directed by Martin Scorsese and won many awards including 4 'Oscars' for Best Picture,Director, Scorsese's first,Adapted Screenplay and Film Editing!
The late film on TVE1 was a " Helluva " movie made in 2006, it is a American crime thriller called " The Departed " and takes place in Boston; it is based loosely on actual gangster's and corrupt FBI agents,it stars Leonardo DiCaprio,Matt Damon,Jack Nicholson,Mark Wahlberg,Martin Sheen,Ray Winston,Alex Baldwin and Vera Farmiga - you must watch it from start to the very end as the story has many twists,it was directed by Martin Scorsese and won many awards including 4 'Oscars' for Best Picture,Director, Scorsese's first,Adapted Screenplay and Film Editing!
Thought for
the Day; See above.
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
BACK IN THE OLD ROUTINE IN SUNNY MANILVA
THURSDAY 27th/
JUNE 2013.
Well today
we are back into our old routine around the house; Brenda is mopping and
cleaning and I’ am in the office out of the way with the dog on the WWW! We have just come back from a long walk
around the village, we called into the post office to post a birthday card, and
watch out it could be you! I then went in next door to the new ‘IT’ shop and
enquired after ink cartridges for the Epson printer, they have compatible ones
at half the price – result!
They have
really got on with new side walk and railings along Calle Cruces over the last
week and will soon be starting the new ‘Mirador’ below; the village ‘Dairy’ was
just receiving a local delivery as you can see above and the work on the church
is progressing well, they have put back up the top on the tower.’ Plaza Pozo
del Rey’ is having all the finishening touches and is taking shape very quickly
now – see the picture Blog above.
Later this
morning I was back in the kitchen making a batch of my famous ‘Tomato Salsa’
which we use for Pasta, Meatballs, and Ratatouille and as a sauce with all
sorts of meats; then I blanched the chips for tonight’s supper with Egg and
Sausages and finally I have just made a classic ‘Turkey Fricassee’ with the
leftovers along with some diced Green and Yellow Peppers in a rich Tarragon
cream sauce! Ummmmmmmmm!
“ FILMS ON
TV ”
Over the
last two nights we have also been watching late films on the Movie Channel and
TVE1; a Steven Spielberg directed film was first called “Catch me if you can”from
2002, it is a American Biographical crime story based on the life of ‘Frank
Abagnale’who before his 19th birthday successfully performed cons
worth millions of dollars posing as a airline pilot, doctor and even a state
prosecutor! The main part is played by Leonardo DiCaprio and the FBI agent
chasing him is Tom Hanks with Christopher Walken,Martin Sheen and James Brolin
– it’s a good yarn with a twist at the end!
The second
film that I caught later was “Johnson County Wars ” from 2002 also; based on
historical facts about the range wars in Wyoming in 1892 – it has a “ Helluva”
cast of Tom Berenger as the goodie, Luke Perry, Burt Reynolds as the
baddie,Christopher Cazenove,Fay Masterson and the very watch able Rachel Ward
as the tart with a heart! It is a long film that gradually builds up to a
dramatic shoot out – don’t miss it!
PS; The
folks arrived home and on time back in Manchester yesterday afternoon and have
had good rest before Jack and Lyn set off on their travels again – watch this
space to see where they end up this time!
PPS; We have just received in the afternoon post two more birthday cards from North Wales; Judith and Wesley,thank you so much and have a " Helluva" Wedding on Saturday! The other card was a 'Welsh' birthday card that has made Brenda's day - 'Penblwydd Hapus 60!' from Patrick and Beth with lots of sparkle/glitter things dropping out all over the place!! Thanks to all for remembering my special day!!
PPS; We have just received in the afternoon post two more birthday cards from North Wales; Judith and Wesley,thank you so much and have a " Helluva" Wedding on Saturday! The other card was a 'Welsh' birthday card that has made Brenda's day - 'Penblwydd Hapus 60!' from Patrick and Beth with lots of sparkle/glitter things dropping out all over the place!! Thanks to all for remembering my special day!!
Thought for
the Day; See above.
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
THE WHITE LION INN AT LLANELIAN COLWYN BAY NORTH WALES
WEDNESDAY
26th/ JUNE 2013.
The
pictures below are for Jack and Lyn when they get back to Melbourne in the
middle of July; they were staying with Norah in Halton village near Runcorn and
set off to go to Scotland to see the birthplace’s of Jacks family in Forfar and
Moffat,they turned right onto the M56 instead of left and ended up in North
Wales at the “ White Lion Inn ” at Llanelian above Colwyn Bay !! Why you may
ask,well to cut a long story short they had met a lady back home in Melbourne
who was born in Llanelian !! How they found it is still a mystery !!
PS; They
did get to Forfar and Moffat eventually !!!
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SUNNY MANILVA AND BRENDA'S BIRTHDAY CAKE;
WEDNESDAY 26th/ JUNE 2013.
Pictured above ( Not very clear - sorry! ) is the Triple Chocolate Birthday cake made by Sally Ann Guerrero as a present for my 70th birthday. The Heart shaped Chocolate Mousse filling was to die for, everybody that had some said how delicious it was and the Diamante pins and the Rose decorations will be treasured.! Love To Sally Ann xxxx
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Pictured above ( Not very clear - sorry! ) is the Triple Chocolate Birthday cake made by Sally Ann Guerrero as a present for my 70th birthday. The Heart shaped Chocolate Mousse filling was to die for, everybody that had some said how delicious it was and the Diamante pins and the Rose decorations will be treasured.! Love To Sally Ann xxxx
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SUNNY MANILVA AND GIBRALTAR TODAY
WEDNESDAY
26th/ JUNE 2013.
We were up
bright and early this morning and collected the folks for the final time from
their apartment at Manilva Green; we went down the coast past Sotogrande to
Gibraltar to drop them off at the border to go across to the new airport,
Brenda went with them and saw them checked in for their flight back to
Manchester – see the picture below, Jack and Lyn have three more weeks in
England before they fly back to Melbourne on the 19th/ July, they
are hiring another car and setting off down south. We have really enjoyed
having them all here in sunny Manilva and wish them all ‘Good Health and
Happiness’ for the future. Just as we arrived in Gibraltar the large liner was docking at the
harbor sea terminal as you see below.
The hire car
has just been collected so we have been for a long walk around the village to
catch up all the works; ‘Plaza Pozo del Rey’ is nearly there, this morning they
have taken down the shuttering and so I was able to get some pictures of the
progress as you can see above, the steps we think will have a fountain at the
top and they have put Marble surrounds on all the planters, the railings have
gone up and they are starting to clear and make good around the outside. Just
around the corner the ‘Pensionistas Club’ is open and back in business with a
new tile sign outside.
We have
sorted ourselves out in the house and have got things back to normal; it is
going to be very strange and quite around here – we are missing them all – all
ready! Tonight we have Cold Turkey with a fry-up of the vegetables and Potatoes
for supper and will then catch up with outside world news and then find a film
to watch,back to our ‘Tranquil’ life in sunny Manilva!! Tomorrow night we are
having for dinner Sausage, Egg and Chips for a change after all the culinary
delights that we have had here and out about on the ‘Costa del Sol ’
Thought for
the Day; See above, this one is for Brenda.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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