A VERY WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY.

TUESDAY 9^th/ JULY 2019.

Brenda was first up this morning to see little ‘ Miss Bella’ back with us for the day, she’s being collected later this evening, this afternoon ‘ Scruffy’ is with us for a few hours, I then shot down to the main ‘Medical Centre’ in Sabinillas and managed to get an appointment with our Doctor, Natalia, for later this afternoon, for a review/check up, when I returned we had our usual fresh fruit, toast & tea. Watch this space.

Overnight the breeze has dropped, the sun was out early and the sky is clear and bright blue, by lunchtime it’s due to reach 29 degs+ - with the light breeze keeping it pleasant in the shade, the rest of the week is staying the same, hovering in the high 20s, as the breeze drops, by Sunday back up to 33 degs+ - overnight only dropping to 21/22 degs, next week is forecast to be a ‘ Hot-One’ – watch this space.

See below some pictures of the ‘Roman Baths’ of ‘ Hedionda’  in the valley below the village, the sulphur spring comes from the limestone outcrop above the valley, the cool ‘ murky’ waters are health giving and the alluvial mud can be used as face packs and poulitices, back in 60/63 BC – no less a person than ‘Julius Caesar’ is said to have cured himself of a skin infection by bathing here!

On the sports from later today; the Tennis from Wimbledon is starting to get exciting as it reaches the ‘ Quarter Final ‘ stages, over at the ‘ Tour de France’ today’s ‘Stage 4’ starts in the city of Reims, the ‘capital’ of the ‘ Champagne’ region, and ends in Nancy ( 214 kms)

A little memory from Liverpool, the ‘ Chinatown ‘ area, in the south of the City, is the ethnic enclave home of the oldest Chinese community in Europe, the ‘ Paifang’ on Nelson Street is the largest, multi-span arch of its kind outside China, it was a gift from the twin-city of Shanghai!  Even the street road signs are bilingual!

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For our supper this evening we are having a ‘ Soft’ ‘Mixed Grill ‘ – Grilled English Pork Sausages, seared Button Mushrooms & Tomatoes, Crispy Smoked Bacon, ‘Heinz’ Baked Beans, ‘ Campo’ Fried Eggs & sautéed Potatoes. Tomorrow we will find something in the fridge, then on Thursday the ‘ Staff’ have been given the night off, they are going along to ‘ Bar Castillo’ for a light ‘ Tapas’ supper and then going down to the ‘ Casa de Torres ‘ Cultural Centre, as there is a ‘Tango/Bossa Nova Concert’ later in the evening.

We are still taking things very easy, relaxing, keeping cool, drinking lots of cold water, taking short ‘ Siestas’ etc, last night we caught the first episode of a new series “ Dark Money “  about the story of a very large non-disclosure payment, to a family who’s young son was abused by a movie producer, over in the USA, while being chaperoned by a Company staff member, excellent acting by Jill Halfpenny ( mother) Babou Ceesay ( father) & Max Fincham ( abused son)  - the second episode is the evening.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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