A DRY AND SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY;

WEDNESDAY 18^th/ MARCH 2015.

Overnight the rains came with a vengeance; they were severe and lasted for a few hours, by this morning they had stopped and we are now ‘rain free’- for now! This means that the workmen duly arrived, early this morning, and started knocking down the adjoining walls again!!

We think that the forecast has changed a little for today and the threatened bad weather has moved around the coast for now, but the forecast for the next few days and over the weekend into next week up to Tuesday, at least, is still wet and windy and cold! We have just caught an update on today’s weather and its remaining dry for today at least! " NASA" can't be wrong - see below!

Now for the really bad news, overnight up in Alhaurin el Grande they had it even worse and Joyce has had some flooding in her house so is not able to come down today at lunchtime to meet us for lunch, this means that we don’t know at this moment when we will be able to get together due to both our commitments before she goes back to Chester over the coming weekend! Watch this space.We are still on 'Yellow Alert' - see below.

We have just had our breakfast and are now sorting ourselves out for the day ahead, as the outfits are ready and the table is booked we are going to have leisurely showers and a freshen up and then set off across to the ‘ Golden Mile’ for an explority lunch at ‘Cocomo’ - for research purposes! Well you have too!!

We have just got back to sunny Manilva after a very pleasant lunch out on a surprise 'Balmy' day on the 'Costa Del Sol' On the way to 'Cocomo' we called into the 'H10 Estepona' for a couple of glasses of chilled Cava to start the day in style.

We had a nice window table and Brenda had a glass of Chilean Sauvigon Blanc and I had my usual; from the 5 euro Lunch Menu Brenda had the Smoked Salmon Fishcakes with a Chilli Dressing and a Tomato & Red Onion salad,I had the Thai Green Chicken Curry with Steamed Rice & Frits, for dessert I had the Sticky Toffee Pudding and Brenda had a nice coffee (1 euro)! All spectacular and the prices are such good value. See above,;

As we came out of the restaurant we walked in the "Senator Banus Spa Hotel" ***** ( Adults Only) next door to check it out,its spectacular as you can see in the pictures above.

Last night after our ‘Beef Stew & Dumplings” which I have to say was rather delicious, to say the least, my Dumplings ‘swelled’ up and were very scrummy,just right for a wet and windy evening stuck in the house – ‘Comfort Food’ for the Gods!

We then watched the football as Atletico Madrid beat the German team on a penalty shoot out; some of the penalty kicks on both sides were atrocious!

So off we go on our travels once again down here on the ‘Costa Del Sol’ for another little adventure, by our normal standards anyway, leaving behind sunny Manilva and venturing into the outside world! See the pictures later.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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