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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