A BEAUTIFUL WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY;

WEDNESDAY 21^st / DECEMBER  2016.

We were both up early this morning and after a quick freshen up we shot off on our travels, the sun was just breaking through as we went down through the vine fields, we shot along the coast road to the ‘ Costa Del Sol Hospital’ for my appointment with the ‘ Prostrate Consultant’ It was , for the first time, not our regular Consultant, he confirmed straight away that my readings were down and there was no need for my third biopsy, he was very thorough and talked about all the various scenarios for my age, he is arranging for a special micro-X-Ray of my Prostrate and then another visit to see him in the New Year for a review/check up – “ RESULT “ !!

The sun broke through as we were passing Marbella and by the time we came back along the coast road the sky was blue, there was no breeze and the ‘Mediterranean’ was sparking, another perfect day down on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ – it’s in fact warm in the sunshine and crisp out of it! The forecast for the next few days and over the Xmas weekend is for more of the same, even getting a little warmer, back to normal for the time of the year, next week is now looking dry & settled with a little cloud around, watch this space.

‘ Scruffy ‘ has just arrived for a few hours as Rose goes across to the hospital to see Adrian, he’s been moved into the ‘Cardio/Heart Department’ and this morning all the tubes etc have been taken off, he’s just rung her to say  ‘when are you coming’?! Fingers crossed now to see if he makes it home for Christmas, watch this space.

PS; Rose has just collected ' Scruffy' and the good news is that Adrian is coming home tomorrow!

At lunchtime we went out for a celebration drink, we ended up at 'Bar Ocana' - our friend Andy came along so we had a catch up and then Mano's son, Carlos who joined us for a beer, we had a couple of nice ' Tapas' before going home for our snack lunch! On the way back from the Church we called into ' Bar Rojas ' for a night cap before supper!! 

Today we are having a light ‘ snack’ lunch as we are going out tonight to see the ‘Xmas Carol Concert’ down in the church, ( See above ) when we return we are having ‘ Heinz Baked Beans’ on toast for supper! Tomorrow evening it’s going to be Grilled ‘Chicken Wings’ – we might even after supper go down to the ‘Pabellone – Multipurpose Meeting Hall’ by the Football Ground as the ‘ Manilva Brass Band’ is giving a 20^th Anniversary Concert. On Friday evening it’s going to be ‘ Fish Supper ‘  Saturday is at the moment TBC as we have a very busy day in the kitchens before meeting Michelle and the family at Gibraltar Airport in the evening. Watch this space!

When we returned this morning ‘ Chispa’ was waiting to welcome us back, ‘Scruffy ‘ has been groomed and is the smartest dog in the village, tomorrow ‘Charlie ‘ is due to be dropped off by Brian & Jan for his two week Xmas holidays, they are going to Tenerife for the ‘Xmas’ celebrations, we are looking forward to seeing him, he’s a real character and good company, he is no problem to look after, eats everything we give him, takes his daily tablet ( Epilepsy’) and loves his regular walks, without pulling, ‘ Doggy World Heaven ‘ is open for business!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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