MONDAY 28th / AUGUST 2016.
I was
up early this morning and after a quick freshen up I shot off across to the local
Hospital in Estepona for my X-Ray appointment, the department is very efficient
and you are in, on time, and out in a few minutes, I went across early as its
very difficult to park near the hospital, the local Police in Estepona are very
hot and hunt in ‘packs’ – they fine you and take away the car to the car pound
above the town! Before going in I had a quick fresh Orange juice, Tostada &
Tea ( no milk!) in a very good Cafe in the street opposite the hospital, all
for 2.20 Euros!
We are in for a ‘hot one’ today, as I drove
down through the vine fields there was a thick sea mist in the valley, it
cleared as I went along the coast road past a sparkling Mediterranean, it was
all ready hot in Estepona, it’s always hotter down on the coast, by lunchtime
its due to reach 38/40 degs, we had a hot & sticky night, the forecast for
the week ahead is for more of the same into the weekend.
Before I left this morning I tuned into ‘
Castle Radio FM 89.2 & Online on the WWW’ to listen to the new Station
Manager & Presenter, Sid Oliverea, with his first ‘ live’ Breakfast Show,
sadly there where technical problems
with the broadcast link, at the start, and the standby ‘Robert the Robot’ music
kicked in,
Brenda heard the end of the programme which came ‘on air’ for the
last 20 minutes! He’s been appointed by Andrew and the ‘ Castle Media Group’
and is a very experienced radio presenter, Andrew is taking over the 4-00 to
6-00pm slot on weekdays, watch out for the return of ‘ Sir Malcolm’s Classic
Show’ on Saturday lunchtimes hitting the air ways ‘ live’ from the heart of
sunny Manilva, soon, from Studio 4!
Yesterday lunchtime I went along to ‘Bar
Castillo’ for a ‘ take out’ Tapas lunch, ‘Paella’ for me & an ‘Pincho de
Gambas’ for Brenda, this meant that we decided to have my special & famous ‘Smoked
Chicken & Three Green Bean Risotto ‘ this evening instead! The rest of the
week is TBC, I usually make a Curry for the ‘Vendimia festival ‘ weekend, watch
this space. See the ' Risotto ' below.
A quick sports update; Barcelona won 0-1
& Manchester City won 3-1 and are top of the ‘ Premiere League’ Lewis
Hamilton came from 21st on the back of the grid to third as Rosberg
won the ‘Belgium Grand Prix’ – meanwhile Chris Froome lost some more time and
is 4th, today’s Stage 10 in the ‘ Vuelta d’Espana’ has two big
climbs so he could have the chance to take over the race leaders ‘Red Jersey’-
see the route map below, watch this space.
In the evening we watched ‘ Antiques
Roadshow’ as one of the most exciting finds in the history of the programme
emerged, it was a collection of very rare figures & a dolls house with
furnishings from 1705! It was of national importance and was valued at nearly
250,000 Pounds, as a conservative estimate!!
We then went over to ITV to watch
the first episode of ‘ Victoria’ starting in 1837 when at the age of 18 she
became the Queen, it’s an excellent production with a strong cast, the second
episode this evening and then on Sundays. Finally I caught a very good train programme, ‘
Slow Train Through Africa ‘ presented by Griff Rhys-Jones.
PS; ITS ' FIND THE MOFFATT'S WEEK ' OVER IN NORTH WALES !!
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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