A VERY COLD BUT DRY SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY;

THURSDAY 26^th/ JANUARY 2017.

I was up again early this morning to welcome ‘ Reina’ back with us for the day, we both then shot back upstairs to bed for another nice lie in before breakfast, we have another quiet day today doing nothing in particular, Brenda is as usual pottering about and I’m up in the office/studio on the ‘ WWW’

At the moment its staying dry, the forecast was for the ‘ Atlantic’ storm front to hit us earlier, then was expected, it’s due to rain later and tomorrow we are on a ‘ Yellow’ alert for heavy rain & winds, it’s also still very cold and the overall temperatures have dropped by 4/5degs, the sky is clearing and there is even sign of the sun breaking through, over the rest of the weekend it’s due to pick up, keep dry and go a little warmer, watch this space.

See below an old Post Card from Colwyn Bay to remind the ‘ Moffatt’s’ up in ‘Torre de la Horadada’ about what they are missing?!  Their friends Wes & Judith have just joined them for Thea’s birthday on Monday, we have just come off the ‘ Skype’ video after speaking to them before they went out for a ‘ Al Fresco Tapas Lunch’! See below.

And later !!

All this means that I’m not going out on my travels down to Sabinillas tomorrow morning, as usual, for the weekly shopping, Brenda is going to join me on Saturday morning, for the first time in a long time, I will still do our main shopping in ‘ Mercadona’ and she’s going to check out the local shops etc for some essentials, she will also post some birthday/greeting cards and collect the local newspapers, we will then meet up and finish the rest of the shopping at the ‘English Butchers’ in ‘ Puerto de la Duquesa’ and then ‘ Super Sol’ – the local market at the end of the promenade is not open on a Saturday and the two local flower shops are too expensive, so no fresh flowers this week!

For our supper this evening we are having ‘Grilled Chicken Wings’ with finely sliced Green Beans & Baked Potatoes, for our ‘ Fish Supper ‘ tomorrow evening we are having ‘ Hake Fillets ‘ and then on Saturday it’s going to be a ‘ Steak Supper ‘ – on Sunday we are now going to prepare a ‘ Sunday Roast ‘ for the first time in a while, ‘Roast Chicken ‘ with all the trimmings.

I came across this old poster on a  ‘Facebook’ Liverpool sight, see below, it shows the old Music Paper the 'NME' with the main news about  ‘ The Dennisons’ with their track, the classic ‘ Rufus Thomas track ‘ Walking the Dog ‘ I’ve played the track on my ‘Live Radio Show’ – watch out for the ‘ ReLaunch ‘ of ‘ Sir’ Malcolm’s Classic Saturday Session’ in February!

I grew up with all of them, we lived in Orrell Park, Aintree, in two streets, we went to ‘Primary’ school together, then various ‘Grammer’ Schools, I went to the  Liverpool Collegiate School with Ray Scragg’s, ( Rhythm Guitar) and Clive Hornby, ( Drummer )  - who went onto play Jack Sugden in Emmerdale Farm! Steve MaClaren  ( Lead Guitar ) went to the ‘Liverpool Institute ’ – at the same time as Paul McCartney & George Harrison and Allan Willis ( Bass Guitar) went to the ‘ Alsop Grammer School’- the singer Eddy Parry was at the local Secondary Modern School.

Sadly they have all passed away except Allan Willis, my oldest friend ( 5 year old !) - who lives outside  Ross-on-Wye, we met up with him before we left on our travels, his daughter lives & works in Madrid, his mum, Ann, was my mum’s dear friend, she lived to over a hundred, we actually spoke to her on her 100th birthday!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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