Tuesday, September 30, 2014
A WARM AND SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY;
TUESDAY 30th/
SEPTEMBER 2014.
Up early
this morning as little princess ‘Reina’ was dropped off for the day, she’s back
on Thursday, at the moment ‘Chispa’is hopefully under ‘house arrest’ as it’s
that time of the year! Every loose ‘dog’ in the village comes looking for her,
they leave messages, much to Brenda’s disgust, outside our front door and we
can’t take her for a walk! We are waiting to hear when ‘Scruffy’ is back with
us,
After our
breakfast we took ‘Reina’for a walk and I called into the butchers for a Breast
of Local Chicken that he slices into Escalops,we are having them tonight
pan-fried in foaming Lemon Butter with a dash of Balsamic Vinegar, finely
sliced Green Beans and Sautéed thick-cut slices of Baked Potato –simple but
nice!
Its fine and
warm this morning but still a little overcast, it goes nicer in the afternoon
as the sun brakes through, at the moment the rest of Spain has rain storms and
colder weather, down here on the ‘Costa Del Sol’ its still warm and sunny with
the temperatures staying at 26/28degs for the week.
In October
we have some appointments over at the hospital, I’m first with my six month ‘Prostrate’
check up next Wednesday and then Brenda for some Eye tests towards the end of
the month, we are waiting to hear about Brenda’s three month ‘Heart’ check up,
if we have nor heard by next week we will chase it up when we are at the
hospital on Wednesday!
We are now
settling down to reading in the afternoons/early evenings before our ‘Happy
Hour’ – we will exchange some books this week at the English Bookshop when we
go down on Friday for our weekly shopping; we are also both due for haircuts so
we are planning a morning over in Estepona so as I can go to the barbers, we
also need a new rug for the ‘chill out’ room so we can call into the large
bedroom store at the same time, we then have to find a slot to get Brenda down
to Sabinillas for the ‘full works’ at her hairdressers! Sooner then later I’m
told!!
Tonight
after supper there is some ‘Champions League’ football on TVE1 – PSG v Barcelona
Thoughts
for the Day; See above.
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Monday, September 29, 2014
A VERY CLOSE AND SUNNY MANILVA ON MONDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEK;
MONDAY 29th/
SEPTEMBER 2014.
No lie in
this morning as I had things to do and places to go! After a quick breakfast I
shot along to the chemists for my precriptions, only one problem they are out
of date! So I’ve made an appointment at the surgery to update them ASAP.
Next I went
around to the Santa Ana Church as today its the ‘Patron Saint of Police’ day and
there was a Mass followed by a glass of wine in the Wine Centre and lunch to
follow at the Manilva Green Apart hotel, Antonia the Mayor very kindly asked us
to join them. I gratefully declined as Brenda is still not able to walk so far
at the moment.
All the
local Chiefs of Police, the National Police and the Guardia Civil from all the
local villages and towns were there in their full dress uniforms as well as the
Mayor and Civic dignitaries, See the pictures above.
Today it’s
very close and a little overcast but the forecast for the rest of the week is
good with no rain, yesterday it went very hot and sunny in the afternoon but
just along the coast in Mijas Playa they had severe floods!
Meanwhile
back at the house Brenda was getting on with the cleaning, polishing, washing,
drying and ironing, no rest for the wicked – she says she gets on with it
better when I’m not around! Before I went out we had our Menu planning meeting
for the week ahead.
Tonight we
are having ‘Minute Entrecote Steak’ with twice-cooked Frits and topped with
fried Campo Eggs, then tomorrow its going to be ‘Escallop of Chicken Breast’
pan-fried in foaming Lemon Butter with finely sliced Green Beans and thick-cut
sautéed Baked Potato, Wednesday its time for the classic dish of the week “
Lancashire Hot Pot ” Omelet of choice on Thursday and fish on Friday followed
by Saturday ‘Steak Night’ and a ‘Roast’ on Sunday (TBC!)
Just a quick
update on the sports front, Europe beat the USA
In the late
afternoon we watched a film with Richard Gere,Julia Ormond and Sean Connery “
First Knight” from 1995 – i.e. Lancelot,Guinevere and King Arthur!! Then later after supper it was “ Fast and
Furious 5” with all the action taking
place in Rio De Janeiro with Vin Diesel,Paul Walker,Dwayne Johnson( The Rock!) Jordan
Thoughts
for Day; See above.
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Sunday, September 28, 2014
A STILL WARM AND SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY;
SUNDAY 28th/
SEPTEMBER 2014.
A nice lie
was called for this morning and that’s exactly what we did! Overnight we had a
few showers but the forecast for today and into next week is dry with a little
breeze but the sun will be out and the temperatures will hover on the 24/25degs
mark.
So this
morning for breakfast I treated us to fried Campo Eggs with crisp Smoked Bacon
to finish off the week of celebrations as we started! Chefs day off today so no
roasting, later I will walk to the ‘Rotisserie Shop and pick up a whole Spit-
Roasted Chicken for supper which we will have with a Mixed salad.
Next week
here in’ Doggy World Heaven’ little princess ‘Reina’ is with us on Tuesday &
Thursday and we are waiting to hear when ‘Scruffy’ will be back with us,
meanwhile ‘Chispa’ comes calling most mornings and evenings, she’s here at the
moment running in and out and playing in the street with the small children
opposite.
Brenda is
just about to shampoo and wash her hair as I’m typing the Blog; we have no
plans for next week, so far, so it’s back to the old routine for now! Talking
of which the ‘Queen of Skelton’ has returned to her winter ‘Palace’ on Thursday
from Donegal and the highlight of her and her ‘Consorts’ weekend was when they
went across to the local ‘All Saints’ church in the village and took some
‘Rubbings?!’ of the ‘Emmeron ?!’ headstones! They have also been ‘Ridge’
walking at the ‘Old Alum Mines’ – all this is called living on the ‘Dangerous’
side of life in Skelton!! Enjoy – as they say whatever makes you happy!!
On the menu
front next weeks the main classic ‘Dish of the Day will be on Wednesday when
I’m going to prepare and cook my own special version/recipe of good old
“Lancashire Hot Pot” with lots of pickled local Red Cabbage, I will use local
Spanish Lamb Chuletas – Cutlets’ and two English Lamb steaks that I have been
saving for the right occasion! The difference in my recipe is that I use lots
of vegetables in the layers of finely sliced, by hand, Potatoes & Onions!
On the
sports front at the moment on the TDP Sports Channel they are showing the
‘Men’s Elite Road Race’ from the “ World Championships” in Ponferrada, it’s a
254kms circuit race over so 14 laps, yesterday in the Women’s race the two main contenders
England’s Lizzie Armistead and Holland’s Marianne Vos, the multi winning
Champion, were in the lead on the final 500mtrs but made the classic
‘Beginners’ mistake of watching one another and were overtaken by the pelaton(pack) and the young French rider Pauline Prevet took the ‘Rainbow’ winners jersey!
In the 'Aragon Motor GP' it was very exciting when the conditions changed from dry to wet,this means that the riders can come into the pits and change bikes, so they go back out on wet tires,not on slick dry ones! Lorenzo won when Marquez stayed on dry tires and slipped off !
In the 'Aragon Motor GP' it was very exciting when the conditions changed from dry to wet,this means that the riders can come into the pits and change bikes, so they go back out on wet tires,not on slick dry ones! Lorenzo won when Marquez stayed on dry tires and slipped off !
Last night
after watching the news, sports highlights and weather forecast we channel
hopped and watched nothing in particular!
Thoughts
for the Day; See above.
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Saturday, September 27, 2014
A RATHER OVERCAST SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY;
SATURDAY 27TH/
SEPTEMBER 2014.
This
morning we were rudely awoken by the sound of the gas-bottle delivery man
blowing his horn! We turned over and had a slight lie in! It’s not looking like
a very nice day as its overcast at the moment and some rain is forecast for
later as the latest front/depression crosses over us. (It’s still warm!)
We had a
very nice night out last night starting down at the ‘Castillo de la Duquesa’
and the Council presentation; the first ‘Act’ on the stage was ‘Daneila’singing
for her opening number “My Guy” by Mary Wells, so that was a good start, I was
up singing and dancing right away! It was then the time for the Mayor Antonia
and Diego, the councilor to give their welcome speeches translated by
Valentina.
It was an
open bar of wine and soft drinks along with much better ‘Paella’ than last
time! Then the next ‘Act’ on was a husband & wife duo who’s opening number
was “ Under the Boardwalk” by Ben E King and the Drifters, I was up once again
this time leading the singing and dancing and I’m told by Brenda making a show
of myself!! See the picture below taken by the Mayor and see the picture above.
We then
headed over to Duquesa Marina which was still rather busy and after struggling
to fide somewhere to park we arrived at the ‘ Kinnaree Thai’ restaurant; we
managed to get the best table in the house in the corner with windows
overlooking the marina, our G&Ts and B & Cs duly arrived and we then
ordered; to start we had Springrolls, Chicken Wan Tan and the steamed Pork
Dim-Sum ( the stars!)
To follow
Brenda had King Prawns with Chilli,Lemongrass and Basil Leaves and a side bowl
of Thai Rice Noodles with Vegetables; My choice was the ‘ Massamen Gung’ – King
Prawns in the hottest *** Curry sauce and a bowl of the house special ‘Three
Delight’ fried rice with Ham, Chicken and Pork!! Brenda had a half-bottle of
‘Torres Vina Sol’ See the picture above.
Sat next to
us was a very nice couple that we soon got talking too, Fred & Jan were on
holiday staying at a villa just along the coast, they live in Jersey for nine
months of the year and then three months over in Cape Town – very nice talking
to them.
This
morning I’m watching ‘Saturday Kitchen Live’ on the smaller PC as I’m typing
the Blog; later I’m making a large bowl of my famous ‘Ensaladilia Rusa’ with
Brenda’s help before getting tonight’s supper prepared “ Entrecote Steak” with
Sautéed Mushrooms, finely sliced Green Beans and of course twice-cooked Frits
along with the usual toppings!
On the
sports front today here up in Ponffreda it’s the Mens and Ladies Roach Races at
the ‘World Championships’ over the weekend, meanwhile over in Teruel its the
‘Aragon Motor GP’ while in ‘La Liga’ today Villarreal welcome Real Madrid and
Barcelona welcome Granada. Over in England Hull Manchester City Liverpool
welcome Everton!! Oh and yes up at Gleneagles it’s the ‘Ryder Cup’ with Europe leading 5-3 over the USA
Liverpool 1 - Everton 1 after the 'Blues' scored in the 91st minute! City won 2-4 and Real Madrid won 0-2 and Barcelona won 6-0 with for a change a hat-trick from Neymar!
Liverpool 1 - Everton 1 after the 'Blues' scored in the 91st minute! City won 2-4 and Real Madrid won 0-2 and Barcelona won 6-0 with for a change a hat-trick from Neymar!
So this
evening after supper we will watch the news, sport and weather details before
finding something to watch.
Thoughts
for the Day; See above.
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Friday, September 26, 2014
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