MONDAY 26th/ AUGUST 2019.
We managed a little lie in this morning
after a slightly cooler night, after freshening up Brenda took ‘ Sunny’ out for
his first walk of the day, she, as usual, slept all night on the marble floor
at the foot of our bed, ‘Sunny’ not Brenda! She’s due to be picked up at
lunchtime ( flights arriving on time!) No little ‘ Miss Bella’ this morning, as
it’s a ‘ Bank Holiday’ in Gibraltar, where Leah works, she is back with us
early tomorrow morning, on Thursday evening ‘ Scruffy’ is with us in ‘ Doggy
World Heaven ‘ for a sleep-over as Adrian has an hospital appointment, ‘Chispa’
called in later to see her friend and us!
As I was on the breakfast rota I had my
favourite ‘Toasted Crispy Smoked Bacon Butty – smothered in ‘HP’ Brown sauce –
open on Brown for Brenda – with mugs of strong tea, to start the week in the
right direction!
As we were walking back to the house last
night, after our last walk of the day with ‘Sunny’ it was starting to spit,
overnight the anticipated thunder storms & rain did not hit us, at the
moment it’s dry & close, with no sign of the needed ‘ wet-stuff’ for now, with
a few patchy clouds hanging around, still by lunchtime it’s due to reach 27
degs+ - so if it does ‘RAIN’ it will be warm! There is a light breeze which is
with us all week and over the weekend, the overall temperatures will be
hovering in the high 20s, down to 20/21 degs overnight, for the rest of the
week and over the ‘Vendemia Wine Festival’ Next week is at the moment looking
the same, watch this space.
First a quick update on the football
results; Manchester City won 1-3 & Barcelona won 5-2!
Over here in Spain at the ‘La Vuelta d’
España 19 ‘ the overall race leaders ‘Red
Jersey’ was taken over by the Irish rider Nicolas Roche, the son of the great
Stephen Roche, as the Colombian rider
Nario Quintana won the second stage, today’s it’s Stage 3 from Ibi Ciudad del
Jugete to Alicante over 188 kms.
Yesterday afternoon we happened to watch
the ‘ ‘Ashes Test Match’ from the ‘Headingley’ Ground in Leeds, ‘ Live’ on the
excellent ‘ Sky Sports’ coverage, as the greatest ever innings by an
Englishman, Ben Stokes, the all-rounder, single-handedly held off the
Australian attack to give England one of their most unlikely victories, after their
batting collapsed in their first innings for 67!
England needed 359 runs to win, as Ben
Stokes pummelled the bowlers with eight ‘sixes’ & eleven ‘fours’ to score
135 not out and win the game, with the help of Jack Leach, the bespectacled slow
bowler, who shared a last wicket stand of 76, he only scored 1 run, as England
won by one wicket, as they were steered to their highest ever run chase! The
ground went mad as Ben Stokes collapsed to his knees after the most intense
concentration needed, to achieve his famous innings!
Meanwhile over in Liverpool yesterday the
cruise liner the “ Viking Sun’ arrived in the morning and berthed at the Pier
Head, for the day, before departing in
the evening on her ‘UK’ cruise, taking in England, Wales, Scotland &
Ireland, see below the ‘am/pm’ pictures
and then this morning a picture from a ‘Ferry Across the Mersey’ showing the
deserted water-front!
For our supper this evening we are having
the same as last night, the sliced (cold) ‘Poached Chicken Breast’ with a selection of Mixed salads and some
triple-cooked ‘ Frits - the menu’s for the rest of the week are still TBC,
tasking things one day at the time, for now, the ‘ staff’ will be given a
night-off, at the same time, before the ‘ Vendemia Wine Festival’ weekend, which we are taking as easy as
possible, keeping a low-profile over the ‘ Mad’ weekend! Watch this space.
Last night after supper we settled down to
watch the pen-ultimate ever episode of “ Poldark “ as our intrepid hero ‘
Captain Ross Poldark’ travelled between London and Cornwall on his various escapades!
We can’t wait to see what happens this evening in the final ever episode, as
all the characters story lines come together?!
Then it was time to watch the first episode
of the return the classic “ Peaky Blinders” as the dysfunctional family, from
Birmingham came back, still wearing their
razor-capped hats, with a vengeance! Just two killings this week, both assassinations,
as it all happening back in 1929, just as the ‘Wall Street Crash’ losses all
the family’s money, as the brothers, sisters, husbands, wife's & lovers, plan their return to power, watch this space
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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