THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY FROM SUNNY MANILVA;

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A VERY ' CRISP ' & NOW SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY.

SATURDAY 31^st / MARCH 2018.

We had a little lie in this morning and then after a quick freshen up we took ‘Bo’ out for his first walk of the day, down to the fields below the village, he sleeps all night in his bed down in the lounge and then comes and lets us know when he’s ready to go out! He’s settled in very well and is eating all his meals of ‘ Poached Chicken, Rice & Biscuits’ that come ‘ ready-prepared ‘ with him! He’s due to be collected at lunchtime on ‘ Easter Sunday’

When we returned we had for our breakfast, the rest of the ‘ Hot Cross Buns’ toasted, with mugs of steaming tea, before getting the day on the go, Brenda is ‘pottering’ and as usual I’m up in the office/studio on the ‘WWW’ before typing/ posting today’s Blog.

I have just posted below all the pictures from yesterday evenings two ‘Seman Santa’ processions through and round the village, as you can see below, when we were out at lunchtime with ‘ Bo’ when we bumped into Mario, the Mayor, on his way back from the Church, with his wife and younger son, he told us that the two processions had been reinstated as the weather had changed, the rain had been blown away and the sky was clearing, the sun broke through later, but there was still a stiff breeze, so we wrapped up and went and followed them, they took their usual route, until they came to the top of ‘ Calle Mar’ where they then turned right down the narrow ‘ Calla Duquesa’ and came out by the ‘ Pensioners Club ‘ into ‘ Calle Iglesia’- then back down to the ‘Perruquia de Santa Ana Church’ 

All the village follows the processions, the Ladies in their Black ‘Mantillas’ include the Mayors wife, friends and family members that we know, Valentina, a old friend and ‘ Marta’ the oldest daughter of our neighbours, who we watched grow up, she also plays the clarinet in the village Brass Band, as does her cousin, Mario’s youngest son, his oldest son Mario Jnr, is carrying one of the ‘ Tronos’ along with many other locals that we know, the second Tronos’ is controlled by our neighbour, who is in charge of the Brotherhood, finally all the local ‘Councillors’ that we have known for many years along with the ‘ Chief of Police’

This morning it’s as forecast, dry & sunny, the clouds are clearing and the blue sky is coming out, there is still a stiff breeze, but at least it’s dry, reaching by this afternoon 18 degs+ - tomorrow on ‘ Easter Sunday’ it’s staying dry but cloudy, meaning that the two final parades of the ‘ Semana Santa’ celebration will take place, next week is now looking a little bit more settled, with patchy rain and longer periods of sunshine, hovering on the 18/19 degs+ mark! Watch this space.

So for this evenings supper we are having an old favourite of my version of the classic ‘ Tournedos Rossini’ – the ‘Fillet Steaks’ are wrapped in Smoked Bacon, then seared on a very hot griddle-plate, then baked in a hot oven ‘Med-Rare’ – Pink, no blood!- then left to rest, they are served on a toasted ‘ Croute’ and topped with a quenelles of ‘Iberican Pate’ and surrounded with a pool of a rich ‘ Red Wine Glaze, garnished with Seared Asparagus Spears & Button Mushrooms, Whole Baby French Green Beans and the classic, twice-cooked ‘ Stringfellows’ Frits served in Baskets!

On the sports front this weekend; Over in the ‘ Premier League  today Liverpool travel down the ‘M1’ to play Crystal Palace and Everton welcome Manchester City, here in ‘La Liga’ Barcelona are down here to play Sevilla and Real Madrid travel across to Las Palmas, this afternoon the ‘ National Hunt Jump Racing ‘ is from Kempton Park & Musselburgh.

This evening after supper we will settle down to watch, hopefully, the next two-part, back to back, episodes of the Danish crime drama ( with sub-titles)  ‘ Below the Surface’ – which last week was cancelled?!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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" SEMANA SANTA " PROCESSION IN A CRISP & SUNNY MANILVA ON 'GOOD FRIDAY'.

       



                         '  PROCESION DEL SANTO ENTIERRO Y NTRA.SRA.DE LOES DOLORES. 

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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY FROM A VERY DAMP SUNNY MANILVA;

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A RATHER WET ' GOOD FRIDAY' IN SUNNY MANILVA AT THE START OF THE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

FRIDAY 30^th/ MARCH 2018.   “ GOOD FRIDAY “

We had a little lie in this morning, ‘Bo’ sleeps down stairs, all night, in his large bed, he’s very well behaved and a very gentle ‘ Giant’ – after a quick freshen up, we took him out for his first, long, walk of the day, he walks at our speed, as we set off it was dry, but just as we got around the corner the wet stuff started again, it looks like it’s in for the rest of the day, when we returned we fed ‘ Bo’ his first meal of the day, we then treated ourselves to ‘Toasted Crispy Smoked Bacon Butties’- open on Brown for Brenda, smothered in ‘ HP’ Brown sauce, with mugs of strong, hot tea!

Brenda is washing/shampooing her hair and as you can see I’m up in the office/studio on the ‘WWW’ before I type & post today’s Blog, it’s definitely a stay at home day, sadly this evenings two ‘ Semana Santa’ parades have been cancelled, last night’s, late, parade of ‘ Jesus Nazareno’ did take place on the amended route.

NB; This evenings two parades are now taking place as the weather has changed at lunchtime, there is no rain and the sun has broken though, but still with a stiff breeze, watch out for some pictures later or tomorrow! 

See below the ‘ Tableau’ in the Church and then leaving.

At the moment we are in the middle of another rain storm, the sky is black and there is a light breeze blowing, the temperature is due to reach 15 degs+ by lunchtime, it looks like it’s in for the rest of the day, so we are all going to get rather wet, so say the least, tomorrow the sun is back and it’s going to be a little warmer, on ‘Easter Sunday’ – at the moment it’s staying dry, but overcast, next week is now looking mainly wet, with the sun breaking through on occasions, with the overall temperatures hovering on the 19 degs+ mark! Watch this space.

We stayed in, last night, and watched the main parades in Malaga & Seville, with the spectacular procession of the ‘ Macarena’ from the Basilica, led by the ‘ Band of Roman Centurians with White Plumes’!

See below;

For our supper this evening we are having ‘Pan-Seared Fillets of Hake’ – dusted in seasoned flour and cooked in foaming Lemon Butter & chopped Parsley -  ‘ A la Meuniere ‘ style, served with lots of Lemon wedges and Homemade ‘ Tartar’ sauce on the side, accompanied with Broccoli Florets & Garden Peas and Parsley New Potatoes.

During the day we have our ‘ Hot Cross Buns’ with mugs of steaming tea, Lee got them for us from ‘Morrisons Supermarket’ in Gibraltar, as ‘Iceland’ was closed the other day!

On Saturday evening for our supper I’m cooking an old favourite of my version of the classic ‘ Tournedos Rossini’ – the ‘ Fillet Steaks’ are wrapped in Smoked Bacon, seared on a very hot griddle-plate, then baked in a hot oven  ‘ Med-Rare’  – Pink, no blood! – then left to rest, they are served on a toasted ‘ Croute’ and topped with’ Iberican Pate’ and surrounded with a pool of a rich ‘Red Wine’ Glaze. Not forgetting the twice-cooked ‘ Frits’!

As it’s the ‘ Easter Weekend’ I am posting a few pictures of the ‘ Great Orme Tramway ‘ over in Llandudno, North Wales, the only remaining cable-operated street tramway in the UK, it adheres to the funicular principle, where the cars are permanently fixed to the cable, it opens this ‘Bank Holiday’ weekend, for the season, we used to run the famous/old ‘ Kings Head ‘ Pub behind the station, the track runs across the car park and then up the side of the building!

See below;

This evening after supper we will channel-hop and find a good film to watch.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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