A NOW OVERCAST AND DAMP SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY !

SUNDAY 17^th / APRIL 2016.

We all had a little lie in this morning, ‘ Reina’ went to bed in her duvet in the office last night and stayed there until we got up this morning, she is very easy to look after and is into our routine, she comes along when we are eating and has her little nibbles, she has a good appetite and eats everything you give her! She is being collected at lunchtime and is then back with us next week for her normal five days, Monday to Friday, on Tuesday‘ Scruffy’ is back for a sleep over, we hope that ‘ Chispa’ is now going to be calling in again after being in ‘quarantine’ for her half yearly season!

For breakfast this morning Brenda’s famous ‘ Campo Poached Eggs on Toast’ re-appeared on the menu, as you can see in the picture below.

For supper this evening we are having grilled “ Medallions of Pork Fillet “ with finely sliced Broad Beans & Carrot Batons and my famous ‘ Lyonnaise’  Potatoes also back on the menu for the first time this year! I use sliced Baked Potatoes, with their skin on, browned off, the sliced Onions are sautéed in foaming butter and then added to the pan to finish cooking, lots of finely chopped Parsley ( Brenda ! ) This also means that tomorrow night we are having ‘Escalopes of Pork Schnitzel’ with the rest of the Pork Fillet.  See this evenings supper below;

A quick update on the ' Moffatt's on their travels; they have already reached, after just over a week in France, Spain, and are in Lleida outside Barcelona visiting their daughter Jo, who lives and works in the town, Its been the hottest spot in Spain over the last week, 26/27 degs or more!

The sun has broken through earlier this morning and the breeze has dropped, at the moment its clear and getting warmer, ( see above! ) - the forecast is looking settled for next week but we could still have some of the wet stuff if the threatened tail end of the Atlantic storm hits us! See the picture below taken last off the coast, last night, and looking back to Manilva!

Next week we are keeping things easy and relaxing, Brenda is going to start on some short walks along ‘ Calle Mar ’ after we find some shoes for her to wear! On Tuesday evening we both have an appointment with the local ‘Chiropodist’ down at the surgery, we will go down in the car as its just a little too far for Brenda to walk at the moment. On Friday I will be out on my travels for the weekly shopping, Brenda is also due a visit to her hairdresser for the ‘ full works ‘ so we will plan that in the following week, we also need to go back to the jewellers in Estepona as the carriage clock that was repaired at ‘great expense ’ is not working!! Watch this space.

At the moment I’m listening to the ‘Pete Black Request Show’ on ‘ Castle Radio FM 89.2 & Online’ as I’m typing the Blog, he plays in a band with Andrew, he’s the keyboard player and Andrew is on the bass guitar, he’s from South Wales ( Carmarthen!) and is also a very good cook with a video page on Facebook! He broadcasts from his studio in his apartment in Duquesa Marina! I’m starting to work on more programmes for my two hour show and have arranged a meeting with Andrew to finalize all the details etc, re commercials, pro-mo’s and sound effects!! Daniela & Lee are on stand by to install all the equipment & programmes onto my system, watch this space and then listen out for the details of the first show!!

Just a quick update on the sports results from yesterday, Everton could only draw 1-1, again, Manchester City beat Chelsea 0-3 and Real Madrid won 1-5 at Getafe and Rosberg has just won the ‘ Chinese Grand Prix’ Last night after supper we watched ‘ Britain’s Got Talent’ on ITV before catching a late film over on TVE 1.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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