ANOTHER GLORIOUS DAY HERE IN SUNNY MANILVA AT THE START OF THE WEEKEND;

FRIDAY 30/ th OCTOBER 2015.

No real lie in this morning as the workmen on the site made lot of noise unloading a large delivery from their lorry; then the usual Friday morning  deliveries arrived dragged down the street on pallets! ‘Scruffy’ arrived for the day just as we finished breakfast.

The sun is out and the sky is blue so we have another fine day here in sunny Manilva, sadly it will not last as the Atlantic front is coming in tomorrow and the weekend is looking colder and damp, to say the least! It still reaches 24/25 degs today but the overnight temperature’s have dropped to just 11/12 degs,time to get the next level of duvet out on the bed, especially as this year we have no ‘Winter Fuel Allowance’ thanks to Mr Ian Duncan Smith!!

Brenda has just been down to the local market by the sports ground only to find no flower stall there? This weekend is a special Bank Holiday when all the family’s go to the cemetery’s and grave yards and decorate  them with huge fresh flower displays, at great expense as the flowers all cost 2/3 times as much! She picked up some flowers outside the fish market in the village at a stall which shows up at this time of the year, but did not pay for anything expensive!

I stayed in with ‘Scruffy’ as Andy was due to come around and help me arrange a appointment for this years ‘ITV –MOT’ on line but something cropped up so he’s coming tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed that the very old ‘Ford Fiesta’ makes in through! Watch this space.

Before typing and posting the Blog I sorted out this evenings supper “ Goujons of Hake Fillet’ using local breadcrumbs from the bakery; we are having Mushy Peas and diced ‘Frits I made the Tartar Sauce at the same time. See below;

At lunchtime we went for a walk with 'Scruffy' and bumped into a couple that we met last year at a wine tasting in the Manilva Wine Centre; 'Art & Jackie now live down here after retiring and are into their wines, we had a good chat and exchanged local details - its their wedding anniversary this weekend and they are off to Portugal  - enjoy and thanks for the drinks! 

The council have on show at the top of our street their new 'Dust Cart' - ie ' En-Vironiment Cleasning Lorry'!  Very impressive and posh!! See below;

Tomorrow night on the menu is an old classic “ Beef Wellington’ for the first time here in sunny Manilva! I’m using Spanish Fillet steaks not a whole fillet so its going to be more like parcels! They will be wrapped in a ‘Mushroom Duxelles’ with Smoked Bacon after searing the steaks, then individually wrapped in Puff Pastry; we are having finely sliced Green Beans and twice-cooked ‘Frits’ I will serve the Beef Wellington on a pool of Red Wine Glaze.

This evening after our fish supper we will settle down to watch what is now our regular Friday evening English TV extravaganza on BBC 1 & BBC 2!!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.



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