MONDAY 16th/ SEPTEMBER 2019.
We had a little lie in this morning after
not a very good night’s sleep, it was a little warmer and my left arm/elbow was
acting up and giving me ‘jip’! ‘Little’ Miss Bella’ started the night on our
bed, on her back, with her legs in the air, then on ‘Reina’s duvet cover, under
the bed and then back on the bed this morning! She was due to be picked up this
morning, but it will now be later this afternoon, ‘Chispa’ called in later to
say goodbye! ‘Scruffy’ is back with us in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ on Thursday
evening for a sleep over and will be collected later on Friday evening.
PS; We have just had a call from Lucy, to book ' Chico' in with us from Friday afternoon, for six days!
After freshening up Brenda took her out for
her first walk of the day, I joined them, taking the rubbish down to the bins,
before shooting down to the main ‘ Medical Centre’ to pick up some ‘ test tubes’
for Brenda’s blood tests etc, on Friday morning, which they didn’t give me the
other day when I made the appointment. When I came back up to the village I
popped along to the local ‘ Bank’ to pay our electricity bill.
This evening we are going down the local surgery
for our re-arranged appointment with Carmen, the Council ‘Chiropodist’- on
Thursday morning Brenda is going down on the local bus, to Sabinillas, to have
her hair cut & styled by Annie, on Friday morning, early, Brenda has her
Blood tests etc at the main ‘ Medical Centre’ I then will do our shopping as
usual later.
‘ Calle Mar’ looks bare now that they have
taken down all the canopy along the street, the ‘ Council’ cherry-picker has now started to
remove all the tension wires as well?!
See below a picture of the ‘ stripped &
bare’ ‘ Calle Mar’ yesterday, as a local Bride, of a friend, Ana, walked down the
street, in the traditional manner, to the ‘Iglesia Santa Ana Church’! Then a
picture with her mother!
This morning has started very grey &
overcast with black clouds, the air feels damp, as the breeze has picked up, by
lunchtime it’s still going to reach 26 degs+ as the sun attempts to break
through, now warm & sunny, - overnight going down a little, thankfully, to
around the 17/18 degs mark by mid-week! The overall temperatures are hovering
in the mid 20s, about normal for the time of the year, by Saturday the threat
of the ‘ Wet-Stuff’ could return, along the East Mediterranean coast, around
Valencia, Murcia & Almeria, last week, it was the worst rain storms and
flooding in over 140 years! Next week is now looking more settled, with warm sunshine
and a few patchy clouds, as the breeze drops, hovering in the mid 20s, watch
this space.
Late yesterday evening we made contact on
the ‘ Skype’ video with Sandra & Bill, over in Everett, Ontario, Canada, for
a good catch up with all their news, Sandra is on the road to recovery, after
her nasty bike accident, the black eye & bruises have gone and she is back
in work, part-time, for now. They had just come back from their trailer in ‘Hope
Bay’ – all the family are getting rather excited, as they plan their visit to
sunny Manilva and the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ in two weeks time!
Their flight “ 106 Air Transat “ leaves
Montreal at 8-40 pm on Saturday the 28th and arrives at Malaga
Airport on Sunday the 29th at 9-53 am! Sandra & Bill are meeting
up with some of the ‘ clan’ ( 4 ) in Toronto and then going by train to Montreal,
meanwhile Lanner & Blake are catching a train from Ottawa to Montreal! They
are then picking up the two cars at the Airport and will be with us by approx, 1-00
pm- ish! Watch this space!!
The only problem is that their grand villa
on the ‘Manilva Beach’ complex is not ready until 4-00pm! We thought this could
be the case so we were going to bring them all up to the village to have a ‘
Surprise’ Tapas & Paella ‘ lunch at ‘ Bar Castillo’ – sadly Juan &
Paqui have gone on their annual holiday for three weeks!
So this Sunday we are going out on a ‘ Recce’
– down to Sabinillas, at lunchtime, to check out, first if the place’s we are
thinking about are open! ( Sunday 29th September) There are two ‘Fish’ restaurants on the promenade,
then a very popular ‘ Tapas Restaurante’ in a small square, further along, and
then a modern ‘ Chiringuito’ at the far end of the promenade, all looking out across
the beach to the Mediterranean, finally there is very well established
restaurant that we have used over many years ( 19 years!) – just on the edge of
Sabinillas, that we have taken all the family & friends too, as well as
Sandra & Bill last year! Watch this
space!!
“ Countdown 14 Days “
Just a very quick update on the sports results
over the weekend; Everton lost 3-1 and did not play well, at the ‘Solheim Cup’
Europe beat the USA, on the final hole, with the final putt, to win 14.5 - 13.5! England won the final ‘ Ashes’ Test
Match, by 135 runs, to draw the series 2-2!!
In Madrid ‘Slovenia’s’ Primoz Roglic won
the Race Leaders ‘ Red Jersey, see below;
For our supper this evening we are having ‘
Escalope’s of Chicken Breast ‘ coated in savoury breadcrumbs, shallow fried in
Vegetable Oil, until crisp & golden, topped with ‘ Campo’ Fried Eggs,
resting on a pool of a savoury Tomato Salsa, with lots of Lemon Wedges on the
side, served with finely sliced ‘ French’
Green Beans and thick-cut sliced Baked Potato, sautéed in foaming Parsley Butter.
Yesterday evening we watched the
pen-ultimate episode of the excellent “ Peaky Blander “ – I won’t give the
story away as the folks over in Canada are watching it also, but after we have
seen it!
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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