WARM AND SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY;

TUESDAY 25th/ MARCH 2014.

A little lie in was called for this morning before we had our breakfast and sorted ourselves out for the day ahead; I then went down to the butchers for something for tonight’s supper, so we are having freshly made ‘Albondgas – Meatballs’ in my rich Tomato salsa with Spaghetti and diamond-cut Green Beans.Later this morning I made a fresh batch of my famous 'Ensaladilla Rusa - Russian Salad' as Brenda had got all the ingredient's ready.

At the moment on all the TV channels it is showing the funeral parade through the streets of Madrid of the horse drawn carriage carrying the coffin of Adolfo Suarez, he is receiving full military honors with a very impressive showing, with the high-stepping slow march by the massed bands and regiments, all his family are following and then also all the politicians, the funeral cortège is on its way to the airport which has been renamed in his honor ‘ Adolfo Suarez Madrid Barajas Airport’ He is being buried after the service in the cathedral crypt of the walled city of Avila where he came from this afternoon.

At lunchtime Scruffy is due back for another three days with us, so we will go for a walk later with him. See the picture above later !He's just arrived and he is with us until Friday morning.As you can see there is a little breeze blowing,the new passage-way is forecast to be finished tomorrow by the foreman?! The weather is fine with the sun and clear blue skies, we will find out later about the forecast for the weekend as we are due on our trip to Cadiz cathedral and then to Puerto Santa Maria on Saturday. Oh dear it could be a little damp!!

This evening I will watch the derby match between Manchester Utd and Manchester City after I go online on the large PC upstairs in the office on my ‘Firstrow Sports’ connection; over the past couple of days we have caught and watched some films on the various channels.

City have just won 0-3 and another 'Blue' team also won 0-3 - Everton ( for Big Bri !)

“Deep Blue Sea” from 1999 – a science fiction horror movie about sharks with Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane,LL Cool J and Samuel L Jackson; then it was another Seven Segal film produced, directed and starring him with Michael Caine for a change playing a baddie! “On Deadly Ground” from 1994 about the Alaskan Oil Industry and the Eskimos;finely it was Clint Eastwood in the classic “ The Outlaw Josie Wales” from back in 1976 with Chief Dan George,Sam Bottoms,Sondra Locke and Geraldine Keams.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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