OVERCAST BUT DRY IN SUNNY MANILVA AT THE START OF THE WEEKEND;

FRIDAY 10^th/ JANUARY 2014.

We were up bright and breezy this morning and after our breakfast we shot down to Sabinillas for our usual shopping; today it’s overcast and cloudy and by our standards cool – only 18degs! Possible a little rain tomorrow then picking up over the rest of the weekend into next week.

We went to the supermarket first and in the fish market I bought a whole ‘Rodaballo – Turbot’ for tonight’s supper, We then called into the Chinese Bazaar for some bits and pieces before picking up the papers. On the way home we stopped at the local market for the fresh flowers – as we were up-packing back at the house Chispa came charging in so we then went for a short walk to the chemists in Calle Mar and picked up some Steak from the butchers for our Saturday night supper.

Yesterday lunchtime we called in to see our friend Antonio, who lives at the bottom of our street, we meet him for our Sunday Paella lunch up at Bar Rojas, he’s had another fall, his third in as many years, this time he has damaged his Pelvis, the last two were both his hips! It turns out that we just missed him falling as he was out walking on his two crutches when we passed and talked to him, he was entering the cemetery next to the church just before New Years Eve when it happened!

Today is definitely an at home day so we are catching up with chore around the house, well Brenda is as I’ am up in the office on the WWW!

This evening for supper I will bake the whole Turbot in the oven ‘ A La Meuniere style’ – then fillet it - we are having Garden Peas and Baby New Potatoes tossed in foaming butter with some Homemade Tartar sauce on the side.

Last night’s film was “ Training Day ”from 2001 which starred Denzel Washington givening a towering performance as a corrupt New York cop for which he won the ‘Oscar’ for Best Actor! The role was totally not what you expect of him and he was ably supported by Ethan Hawke as his ‘Rookie’ cop/partner working for him on his first day in the Department; Hawke was also nominated for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ but did not win!

Don’t miss it!!

Thought for the Day; See above.

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