SUNNY AND HOT MANILVA ON "REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY"

SUNDAY 10^th/ NOVEMBER 2013.

We awoke this morning to yet another stunning day in sunny Manilva; after our tea and toast I made with Brenda help another batch of ‘Ensaladilla Rusa’and then the ‘Charcutiere’ sauce for this evening’s supper, sweated diced Onions, Red Wine, Beef stock, two sorts of Mustard Paste and a Julienne of Gherkins with some secret ingredients to make a sharp piquant sauce to go with the pan-fried ‘Medallions’ of Pork Fillet that we are having tonight with glazed batons of Carrots with Ginger and chopped Green Beans - later I made my new Potato dish with diced Smoked Bacon and slices of Potato cooked lightly in Virgin Olive Oil then layered and seasoned and baked in a hot oven with a little Vegetable stock added.

We then went up to the office to watch on one of the PCs the “ Remembrance Sunday” from the Cenotaph; the BBCTV coverage as usual was excellent with the voice of David Dimbleby; the traditional music always brings a lump to our throats and I of course end up with a tear in my eyes, this time it was a mother talking about her young son, a junior officer in the ‘Rifle Regiment’- she had given him on his 21^st birthday before he left a photographic history of his life so far and had left blank spaces in it for the future, Marriage ,children,etc. !!

It was then time to shower and freshen ourselves up before we went out for a walk with the dog; it’s another blue sky day with warm sunshine and a little breeze; we bumped into Mano & Anna by the Mirador, Sally Ann and our friend Barbara where in Bodega Augustin having a coffee and gossip, when the three of then get together it s like the ‘Witches of Eastwick/Manilva’!!!

We came back up to Bar Rojas to meet our friend Antonio for a drink, sat next to us was an English family who live in a town house just before Manilva Green;Neil,from Liverpool, his wife Liz and their two daughters Sarah & Rosie, we have not met them before so we had a good catch up, Rosie is in the same class as Dylan, Sally Ann’s son and Sarah goes to the senior school with Barbara’s son Jake, they have lived here for a couple of years and have been over in Spain for quite a while. Nice to meet them and we are looking forward to seeing the family again.

When we got back to the house we watched the end of the MotorGP from Valencia; Marc Marquez became the youngest ‘Rookie’ winner of the ‘MotoGP World’ title and the Spanish rider Maverick Viales won the ‘Moto3’ title with a thrilling passing move on the final corner and the ‘Moto 2’ title went to another Spanish rider Pol Espargaro!!

Brenda is watching the Tennis,Nadel has just beaten Federer in the first semi-final, later its Djokovic v Wawrinka. Sadly Manchester City have just lost at Sunderland to the next to bottom team in the Premier League 1-0 ! Oh dear – sorry Mano & Carlos.!!

Tonight after supper we will catch up with news and weather together with all the sports results.

Thought for the Day; See above.

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