WARM AND CLEAR IN SUNNY MANILVA FOR THE START OF THE WEEKEND;

FRIDAY 24^th/ JANUARY 2014.

No rush this morning as we only had a light shop for the weekend so after our tea and toast we went down to Sabinillas to call at the bank and then into the supermarket; as we are out tomorrow lunchtime/afternoon at the ‘Morrocan Banquet’ and we are not roasting this Sunday so we are having an easy weekend.

Brenda picked up the papers and after unpacking I got tonight’s supper ready; “Goujons of Hake” in ‘Cruz Campo’ batter, just a chilled bottle of Cruz Campo with sifted flour whipped into a batter. I made some more Tartar sauce with finely chopped Onion, Capers & Gherkins, fresh Parsley and a squeeze of Lemon juice then mixed with the Mayonnaise. The twice-cooked ‘Frits’ cut thin by Brenda are ready, we are having Garden Peas and on the side some of my famous Tomato salsa!

Yesterday evening Andy called round as promised and did some updating on the PCs as well as helping me screw back a difficult bracket under the computer table that holds the slide-out; he then spent some time on my Mobile updating it and is going to finish the job next week as well as sorting Brenda’s Mobile out! He is also going to arrange on his day off to come with me over to La Linea to the ‘Traffic Department’ to finalize getting my Spanish driving license as what I got the other day from Sabinillas was only the medical certificate, it was a bit of of a ‘Misrepresentation’ by the private ‘Sabimedic’ office which advertised it as ‘Changing you license!’

Mano called in at the same time last night as Andy was here, he was walking his dog and apologized most seriously and profusely  about his ‘No show’ the night before; his reason was a good one and we do understand – the bottle of a fine ‘Rioja Reserva’ also helped !

After Brenda’s visit to the ‘Dermatology’ Consultant on Tuesday she is going onto a severe regime next week to treat he eye lids; no make-up or eye liner, twice a day treatment for 15 days with a special mixed cream, no facial wash just a light non- sensitive lotion and a long course of tablets to bring them under control!

The other day on Facebook our friend Josie from North Yorkshire who has an apartment in the same complex that Brian & Lilli used to live in down below us in Calle Utopia, wrote about her arrangements for her 65^th birthday next month; she is going on the ‘Eurostar’ to Paris for a couple of days then catching the latest ‘TGV’ Service to open from Paris to Barcelona where she is staying for a couple of days before going on the fast ‘TGV’ to Madrid for another short stay, at each city she has arranged the restaurants and place’s to visit. Finally she is going on another spectacular train journey from Madrid across and down to Algeciras past Ronda! We have offered to pick her up – we are particularly envious as we love, me especially train adventures!

Last night we started to watch the Spanish soap and the later caught a very exciting and gripping film “ 16 Blocks” from 2006 starring Bruce Willis,Mos Def and David Morse; it was filmed on the streets of New York ‘Live’ and follows Willis as he attempts to take a convict to a court hearing ‘16 blocks’ away within a certain time – watch it to find out what then happens!!

Thought for the Day; See above.

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