SATURDAY 31st / DECEMBER 2016. “ NEW YEARS EVE “ “ NOCHEVIEJA “
We all managed a little lie in this
morning, ‘ Charlie’ slept upstairs with us, on the floor, ‘ Reina’s’ duvet and
then the bed, he’s back to normal, we watched him very carefully last night, he’s
back to his old self, he’s eating & drinking well and enjoying his walks,
he came with us to ‘Bar Castillo’ for our ‘Tapas’ lunch with Michelle and the
gang and was made a big fuss off, ‘Reina’ was also making a big fuss with him
giving him lots of kisses, he has his half-tablet twice a day as usual, today
we are keeping him inside and very settled. ‘Reina’ is back next week for four
days from Tuesday as it’s a ‘Bank Holiday’ on Monday in Gibraltar and here.
We are staying at home today and have no
plans for this evening, after supper we will watch the ‘ Spanish TV ‘ New Years
Eve programmes and at midnight eat our traditional ‘12’ grapes on the chimes, I’ve
taken down our post box so as not attract any large ‘ Bangers’ ( local youths) –
over the past few years we have had two blown up! Then one hour later we will
have our second ‘New Years Eve’ celebrations as we watch ‘ Jool’s Holland’s ‘
Hootenanny ‘!
I took him for his first walk of the day
along ‘ Calle Mar ‘ – the council workmen have erected a inflatable finishing line outside the Town Hall as the 2.5km ‘ Charity Fun Run/Walk ‘ around the village is due to finish later. See below & above.
It’s a little overcast & grey this morning,
no doubt the sun will break through
later, there is a little light breeze making it rather crisp, tomorrow is the
same and then next week it’s due to pick up a little, no rain is forecast, for
now, watch this space.
I treated us to the full ‘English’ breakfast
this morning, well crispy ‘Smoked Bacon & Fried Eggs’ with toast & tea,
this evening we are having ‘ Grilled Entrecote Steaks – on the Bone ‘ cooked on
a very hot griddle plate ‘ Med-Rare’ then taken off the bone and left to rest
before slicing them ‘ French’ style, garnished with Button Mushrooms &
Asparagus Spears, finely sliced Green Beans & the classic twice-cooked ‘ Pont-Neuf’ – Doorstep Chips! Tomorrow’s
Leg of New Zealand / South Island ) Lamb is coming up to room temperature, I
will stud it with ‘Garlic Cloves & Rosemary’ later before leaving it a ‘Virgin
Olive Oil’ marinade over night.
On the sports front this weekend; over here
there is no football as the ‘ La Liga ‘ closes down for the holiday period, today
in the ‘ Premiere League’ the ‘ Match of the Day ‘ is when Liverpool welcome Manchester
City’ – sadly there is no ‘National Hunt Racing’ on the TV today, for the first
time in nearly 40 years, as ‘Channel 4 ‘ contract has been taken over by ‘ITV’
and they don’t start broadcasting until tomorrow?! ‘ Cheltenham &
Mussleburgh ‘!
Finally we would like to wish all our
family & friends all over the World a very “ Peaceful, Healthy, Wealthy
& Happy New Year “ – Love Malcolm & Brenda in sunny Manilva. xxxx
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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