A STILL WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY;

SUNDAY 13^th/ NOVEMBER 2016.  “ REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY “

We managed another nice lie in this morning before getting the day on the go, Brenda gabbed a quick shower, I’m in later, we had our usual breakfast of fresh fruit, toast & tea before getting this evenings supper on the way, ‘Roast Leg of New Zealand, South Island, Lamb’ – studded with Garlic cloves & Rosemary, with ‘finger-licking’ Pan Gravy, lots of Mint sauce on the side.

The ‘ Second/Vegetable Chef’ has prepared Cabbage with Alselgas, crushed Carrots & Turnips, Broccoli & Cauliflower Florets in a three Cheese sauce and Garden Peas, along with ‘ Turned’ Duck Fat Roast Potatoes and I made a large dish of our favourite ‘ Boulangere’ Potatoes to go in the oven this evening. 

See below the ' Vegetable Chef's' selection!

We then watched the ‘ Remembrance Day’ service & parade from the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London. It’s a beautiful day in London, clear, dry, bright sunshine & calm, the two minutes silence was breathtaking, the music of the ‘Massed Bands’ is very moving, the stories told and the people involved was thought provoking, one little piece of history was that the ‘Commander’ of the Royal Navy detachment on parade, in the prime position as the ‘Senior Service’ was a descendant of ‘ Captain Bligh’ ( Mutiny on the Bounty!)

See below the pictures taken this morning in Old Colwyn of their service of ' Remembrance'

Over here the weather has remained the same, the morning started dull & overcast but by lunchtime the sun broke through and the sky was blue, there is still no breeze making it calm & warm, 23 degs!  It’s still cool during the night, the ‘ Atlantic’ front due to arrive tomorrow is now looking a little more settled with no rain, for now, watch this space.

See the picture below taken this morning of the ‘ Albert Dock’ in Liverpool also looking very calm and still!

Next week in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ little princess ‘ Reina’ is back with us for three days, Monday, Wednesday & Friday, ‘ Scruffy’ is with us for a sleep over on Wednesday night, we have two appointments at the ‘ Costa Del Sol Hospital’ – on Tuesday afternoon its Brenda’s ‘ Ecogram’ on her Kidneys, then on Thursday evening she’s back with the ‘ Kidney Consultant for all the results and hopefully a ‘ Diagnosis’ Watch this space! 

I have an appointment with our Doctor on Wednesday morning for a review/check up before I have more Blood tests etc re my return visit to my ‘Prostrate Consultant’ in the middle of December, watch this space, again!

Last night before supper we watched ‘ Strictly Come Dancing’ and after supper we settled down to watch the ‘ The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance ’ from the ‘Royal Albert Hall’ – again very moving as the nation paid tribute, led by the Queen, to those who made the ultimate sacrifice “ Lest We Forget "

A quick update on the sports results; England beat South Africa 37-21, Wales won 24.20 against Argentina, Ireland won 52-21 against Canada and Scotland lost again in the last minute to Australia 22-23! Lewis Hamilton is on the pole position at the ‘ Brazilian Grand Prix’ today and is praying for ‘ Rain’ – this afternoon we will be watching the racing from Cheltenham, it was very exciting yesterday, the ‘ Channel 4’ coverage is excellent, what will the ‘ITV’ coverage be like when they take over on January 1^st 2017?!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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