A OVERCAST BUT SUNNY MANILVA ON MONDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEK;

MONDAY 8^th/ JUNE 2015.

I was up early this morning as ‘Scruffy’ was being dropped off first thing as Rose had an appointment at a private hospital in Malaga for a scan/check up, he’s being collected after lunch; he’s then back with us on Saturday & Sunday lunchtime – ‘Reina’ is with us on Tuesday & Thursday as usual and then on Sunday as Lee & Daniela are going to a wedding. We will go for a walk with him and Chispa later.

We ended up at Bar Rojas for a nice cool drink and met three English people who are staying at their apartment in the same block as Den & Josie's, we had a nice chat & gossip about the village,nice to meet Janet,Pauline & George. We look forward to seeing you again!

Speaking of Den & Josie, in the lunchtime post, when we came back down to the house there was a postcard from them when they went to 'Durham Cathedral' - thanks - they must have read the Blog! Keep them coming as we love receiving them from around the World!

At the moment it’s a little overcast but by lunchtime the sun will brake through and we will be back to normal, the week ahead is looking good with more of the same and getting hotter; no sign of any workmen this morning, perhaps I’ve scared then off – I think not – after Saturday’s disturbance and me going out and giving them my thoughts in Spanish with a few English expletives added!!

No plans, so far, this week; we will be out on Friday for our shopping, then on Saturday morning it’s the start of the local ‘Romeria Festival’ which commences with a parade through the streets an ends up by a very small church in the valley below the village, next to the ‘Roman Baths’- the celebration is for all things Spanish as well as ‘Harvest Festival’ time with a lot of Religion added!

At the same time in the ‘Council Chambers’ next to the Police Station it’s the ingurgitation of the new Mayor, Diego Jose Jimenez along with all the new and some ‘old’ Councilors taking their seats on the ‘Manilva Town Council! Watch this space.

A sports update; yesterday Lewis Hamilton won the ‘Canadian Grand Prix’ but the main news was over in London at the ‘Velodrome’ as Sir Bradley Wiggins broke the World Record ‘1 Hour Time Trail’ as he rode around the track, against the clock, and reached 38.8 miles ( 54.52ms) !! It’s an unbeavlable time and the concentration and effort needed is exceptional, in the final 15 minutes he’s riding just on his memory as he breaks through the pain threshold and is nearly in a coma – honest!!

Later this morning I’m making a ‘Broad Bean Frittata’ for a change to the Russian salad, this evening we having the rest of the ‘Rotisserie Chicken’ – cold, with a fry up of Vegetables & Potatoes. We will then settle down to catch up with all the news, sport and weather forecasts for the week ahead.

Last night the film we found was “The Tourist” from 2010, a romantic thriller with Johanny Depp as the American ‘Tourist’ Angelina Joile as a English lady, over dressed and a terrible accent, Paul Bettany & Timothy Dalton as the cops and Seven Berkoff as the nasty English gangster – all the action takes place in Paris and then in Venice around our favorite, the ‘Hotel Donieli’!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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