A CRISP & SUNNY MANILVA ON FRIDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEKEND;

FRIDAY 27^th NOVEMBER 2015.

We were up early this morning and after a quick breakfast we shot down to Sabinillas in the ‘Red Ferrari – Fiesta’ listening to the new radio! The sun was out early and it was not cold, just crisp, by lunchtime it will reach 21/22 degs, over the weekend its staying fine and the start of next week is now looking settled and getting a little warmer. Its a beautiful day down here on the ‘Costa Del Sol’

I called into our new bank for some cash and then collected the local newspapers from the ‘English Bookshop’ before doing our main shop in ‘Mercadona’ We then shot along the promenade for some fresh flowers & plants before finally calling into ‘Super Sol’ for some English essentials.

When we returned to our house I went along to the chemists for my prescriptions, keep taking the tablets, as our Doctor says! We are taking things easy today as we are out playing on Sunday as its our 44^th wedding anniversary, we have booked a table at ‘La Sala’ the celebrity restaurant over in Puerto Banus.

At lunchtime we went up 'Bar Castillo' and had a very nice 'al-fresco' Tapas lunch sat in the warm sunshine under a bright blue sky taking in the sights, sounds, & aromas of sunny Manilva.

For our supper this evening I’m making my famous ‘Seafood Risotto’ with large Gambas & Prawns, Shrimps, Cod, Mussels, Crab, Saffron Rice with diced Red & Green Peppers, Garden Peas, White Wine ( thanks Brenda !) and a rich Fish stock. See below;

Just some more memories from the 50s/60s with my Dad ‘Tommy Sexton’ One of regular rides/ day out was when we used to go over to Manchester down the East Lancashire Road to go to the “ Fallowfield Stadium’ – the home of the ‘Manchester Wheelers Club’ - to watch the  track cycling on the concrete oval 509 yard outdoor track with 30 degs banking; it was when the World Champion was the legendary Reg Harris and all the great champions of Belgium, France & Italy used to race against him in the sprints!

It was the forerunner of  indoor ‘ ‘Velodrome Cycling’ As it happens the commentator at the time was the now ‘infamous’ Jimmy Savile'!  Now not a lot of people know that, they do now!! See the pictures above of the track and Reg Harris in his 'Rainbow' Champions  jersey as well as his 'Carlton' team jersey,my dad road for the same team, but for distance races, and had a special 'Carlton' bike which he once let my ride when I was old enough! The picture of the two riders 'standing still' on their pedals was the classic move by sprinters to get the advantage and could last for over 20 minutes!

Last night after supper we watched a Clint Eastwood produced & directed movie with him starring also called ‘Gran Torino’ from 2008; its a drama with Bee Vang, Amhey Her, & Christoper Carly about a old grumpy veteran with a heart, the title refers to his old car, the classic Ford muscle car the ‘Gran Torino’ Watch it right up to the end.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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