A WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY;

WEDNESDAY 28/th OCTOBER 2015.

We had a nice long lie in this morning as it was quiet to start in the village, no deliveries and the workmen on the site were working at the far end inside; we then had our usual breakfast before sorting out the day ahead, Brenda has put the washing on as its a good drying day and I made a large pan of my famous ‘ Lob Scouse’ for tonight’s supper.

The sun is out and the blue sky is back, there is no breeze and by lunchtime it will be warm, back to normal, the rest of the week is even getting better and over the weekend we have more of the same.It should reach 23/24 degs during the day and at nights its still 16/17 degs!

My ‘Scouse’ is made to my dear mother’s old recipe: Diced Onions, Carrots, Celery,Turnips, Leek, all sweated off with a good dash of ‘Lea & Perrins and Heinz Tomato Ketchup’! The diced stewing Beef is dusted in seasoned flour and browned off before adding it to the pan, then a strong Beef & Vegetable stock is added along with the cubed Potatoes, lots of seasoning and left on a low light under the Second Chef’s ( Brenda ) supervision! Then this evening I will check the consistency and if necessary add some more cooked cubed Potatoes; with it we are having the traditional Red Beetroot and Cabbage! See below; Not mine just a 'Taster'!!

As ‘Scruffy’ is with us on Friday we are going down to Sabinillas for our weekly shopping tomorrow morning, on the way we are calling at the surgery to arrange an appointment for our yearly ‘Gripe’ ( Flu )  jabs/injections.

Here in Spain the government has just called a General Election for the middle of December; we don’t have a vote but are still interested in the outcome as this time the usual two party system is now, with the launch of two more anti-austerity/ anti-monarchy parties, at the last local and regional election made it more interesting! Watch this space.

Next week its the start of our monthly Pension’s cycle, at the moment the ‘Euro’ is creeping back up slowly but we will still be down over 100 ‘Euros’ on the month! I’m blaming the ‘Chinese’ still!!

This evening after our supper we will settle down to find something to watch on our new multi system.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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