A VERY HOT AND SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY;

THURSDAY 28^th/ AUGUST 2014.

I was up before the sun this morning as little princess ‘Reina’ was being dropped off; ‘Scruffy’ is coming along later, just as we went for our walk after breakfast with ‘Reina’ who should come running up our street to join us but ‘Chispa’ So we all set off to pick up some warm fresh bread and Mushrooms from one of the local shops in Call Mar.

The council has started this morning to put up the street canopies along Calle Mar ready for the ‘Vendimia Festival’ next weekend, it’s a little earlier than usual but no doubt because of the heat at the moment they have started now! Last night was the hottest so far which made it rather uncomfortable to say the least, even the locals are complaining! 27/28c!!

At lunchtime Mano & Fabio called in for a cool drink and a chat so we updated our Mobile phones as Fabio now has his own! 

Yesterday on ‘Facebook’ there was two videos of friends taking the latest craze of the “Ice Bucket Challenge” Our very dear friend over in Old Colwyn Tim did it in his own inevitable style “Naked!’ His son Ben did a very good job and thankfully Tim remembered to keep his hands over his vital parts! Meanwhile in Chester a lady who used to work for us as a part-time waitress at the ‘Pollard Inn’ also while she was still at school ‘Izzy’ was totally drowned!!

So today the ‘Vuelta; starts in Benalmadena just along the coast and ends up in the high ‘Sierras’ below Granada at La Zubia; as you can see below its a climbers stage to say the least.

This evening for supper I’ve treated us to a nice piece of steak from our butchers, hence the Mushrooms earlier, cooked on the hot griddle plate med- rare with lots of twice-cooked ‘Frits’ with Brenda’s finely sliced Green Beans, which reminds me that our next visitors coming over could bring us a new slicer?!! Our usual toppings of fried Garlic Buds and a Campo Fried Egg with a sauceboat of ‘Béarnaise’ sauce on the side.

Last nights supper went down very well, the ‘Pork Chops’ were very succulent and tasty especially as they were baked in the oven, it gives the meat a different texture, the ‘Bubble & Squeek’ was also a nice change; after supper we found another good film to watch “ Water for Elephants” from 2011 about an American circus back in the depression starring Robert Pattison, Reese Witherspoon and Charles Waltz – watch it to find out what its all about! A hint is in the title!!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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