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Friday, May 31, 2019
A ' FRESH ' AND VERY SUNNY MANILVA AT THE START OF A ' HELLUVA' WEEKEND.
FRIDAY 31st / MAY 2019.
I was up very early again this morning to
welcome back little princess ‘ Reina’ for the day, she shot onto her duvet, as
usual, I then had a quick freshen up and shot off on my travels down to
Sabinillas for our weekly shopping, as ‘ItZabar’ is on holiday, I popped along
to a local Bar for my tostado & tea before ‘ Mercadona opened, which was
busier than normal, I called into the ‘English Bookshop’ for the local
newspapers and a birthday card, watch out it could be you?!
I next called into the main ‘ White Goods’
shop ‘ Muebles Bernardo Muñoz ‘ – who are always very helpful and pleasant, for
a new ‘ Stack-Fan’ for the bedroom. It was then time to go along to the far end
of the promenade to the local market for our fresh flowers & wall plants, finally
I stopped at ‘ Super Sol’- which is being refurbished and is a total mess, the ‘
Manager’ showed me around with my list of the ‘English’ essentials!
The sun was out first thing as I shot down
through the very green vine fields, with the ‘Mediterranean’ sparking in the
morning sunshine, the clouds had cleared
and the sky was bright blue, as the breeze had got up, by this afternoon it’s
due to reach 25 degs+ - overnight hovering on the 16/17 degs mark, over the
weekend it’s going a little warmer as the breeze drops, next week starting on
Monday/Tuesday it will be 29/30 degs+ - staying in the high 20s for the rest of
the week and then going hotter next weekend, watch this space.
See below the green vine fields in the
valley below the village.
Over in Liverpool yesterday the “ Crown
Princess’ berthed at the Pier Head, the pictures below were taken from ‘ A
Ferry Across The Mersey “!
This evening Lee is joining us for supper,
we are having ‘Fillets of Hake ‘ coated in my special recipe ‘ Cruzcampo Beer
Batter ‘ – shallow fried in Vegetable Oil, until crisp & golden, served
with lots of Lemon Wedges and Homemade ‘ Tartar’ sauce, with ‘ Mushy Peas ‘ and
‘ Triple’ cooked ‘ Chips’ – a small section of light ‘Tapas’ to start and ‘
Chocolate Profiteroles’ with local Strawberries for ‘Pud’!
Tomorrow evening we have now arranged to go
out with Kevin & Caroline for supper, as it’s our last chance before they
go home to Brighton, as from Sunday we have ‘Lolo’ joining us in ‘ Doggy World
Heaven’ for her three week holiday. I
have booked a table at the “ Kinnaree
Thai Restaurant ‘ overlooking the ‘ Puerto de la Duquesa Marina’ – we are going
down in a taxi and on the way collecting the folks from their apartment in Sabinillas,
watch this space.
This afternoon and tomorrow we will be
watching the ‘Giro d’Italia’ as the next two stages are in the ‘ Dolomites’
with a colossal stage on Saturday, with five consecutive climbs! The Race
finishes on Sunday in Verona with unusually, for a ‘Grand Tour’ - a 17 kms
individual time trial?!
We are having an ‘at home’ day, taking
things easy and relaxing, we will catch up with all the news & weather
reports later, as well as all the ‘Quiz Shows’ that we follow, this evening we
will watch the final ( 5?!) Semi Final of “ Britain’s Got Talent’- then later
channel hopping.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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Thursday, May 30, 2019
A ' FRESH' AND NOW WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY.
THURSDAY 30th/ MAY 2019.
I was up early this morning to welcome back
little princess ‘ Reina’ for the day, she was dropped off by Lee, as Daniela is
away in London on business and her parents are over in the UK visiting family,
Lee is going to join us for a ‘ Fish n’ Chip Supper ‘ tomorrow evening, as ‘Reina’
is back on Friday also, she shot into her duvet, as usual, she keeps to herself
and is very easy to look after.
On Sunday morning, early, ‘Lolo’ is being
dropped off by ‘Marta’ for her extended summer
break, as her folks are going on holiday to Mexico, she will bring her bed with
her etc, all the locals know her, as ‘Marta’ is from a Manilva family and works
at the local Surgery, as the ‘Senior Medic’ on the ambulance.
We then had a little lie in before getting
the day on the go, after freshening up as I was on the breakfast rota I had a ‘Crispy
Smoked Bacon Butty’ – again, for a change, not toasted, but on soft buttered
white bread, smothered in ‘HP’ Brown sauce – open on brown toast for Brenda
& ‘Reina’! Not forgetting the mugs of strong/hot ‘PG’ Tips Tea.
This morning started a little grey &
overcast, but as the breeze stiffened, the clouds have cleared and the sun has
broken through and the sky is now blue, by lunchtime it’s due to reach 23 degs+
tomorrow and over the weekend going a little warmer each day, next week, on
Monday/Tuesday hovering on the 30 degs+ mark, staying warm & sunny, with a
few patchy clouds, for the rest of the week and next weekend, as it goes a
little cooler, as the breeze pick up, dropping again to the low 20s, watch this
space.
See below a spectacular view over Liverpool
yesterday evening at dusk.
Over in Liverpool during the weekend the
old “ MV Daffodil “ the ‘Mersey Ferry’ boat, built at ‘Cammell Laird’s’ in
Birkenhead, back in 1962, was towed into a cradle/hoist, to be refitted etc and then
will become a static, floating, leisure attraction at a new berth in the ‘Canning Dock’ Originally she was named the “
MV Overchurch “ – then in 1998 after a major refit she was renamed the “ MV
Daffodil “ – withdrawn from service in 2012, the ‘ Daff ‘ as she is
affectionately by Ferries staff and enthusiasts, ‘ Lives-On ‘!
See below;
Last night after supper we watched the ‘UEFA
Europe League Cup Final ‘ over in Baku, Azerbaijan, in a not surprisingly
half-full stadium, it's after all 2,500 miles away, by the Caspian Sea, with no direct flights, as Chelsea, emphatically, beat a very poor Arsenal 4-1.
For our supper this evening we are having ‘
Omelettes of Choice ‘ – Cheese ( grated Mature Cheddar/Parmesan) for Brenda and ‘Paysanne’ ( small diced/sautéed
Potato, Shallots, Ham, Peas etc) for me, with finely sliced ‘French’ Green
Beans and Baked Potatoes.
Friday
is our ‘ Fish n’ Chip Supper Night ‘ – Saturday will be a ‘ Steak Night’ and
then on Sunday, no ‘Roast’ as I’m making my now famous ‘Smoked Chicken &
Three Green Bean Risotto ‘!
We will be catching up with all the ‘Quiz
Shows’ that we follow later, last night we watched, at the same time as the
football, the final episode of “ The Blitz: Britain on Fire “ – the most moving
so far, as it updated all the stories that is showed, the mother, who survived,
but lost her young baby and two of her sons, when I bomb had a direct hit on the
‘Anderson’ shelter that she was in, the celebrity couple, who stayed in their
house and were killed, the Captain of the ‘ SS Marakand’ who survived the large
blast, despite standing only 100 feet away, he carried on at sea and retired to
the Wirral!
The ‘Senior Doctor & Matron’- despite
both being badly injured, and carrying on working, who survived the parachute
bomb hitting their Hospital, killing over 80 patients & staff, especially
in the ‘Maternity Ward’ where mothers & babies died, one mother survived
and found her baby boy, she made her way home, with help, across Liverpool to
her house, just in her nightdress, with bare feet, where her young daughter welcomed
her back. It was her telling the story 78 years later, sat on a settee, as the
picture widened her younger brother was sat next to her! The ‘ Baby’ rescued
from the ‘Maternity Ward’!!
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019
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