A NOW WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY.

SUNDAY 13^th/ OCTOBER 2019.

We had a nice lie in this morning as the village is even quieter than normal on a Sunday, as it’s a ‘ Bank Holiday ‘ weekend here in Spain, after freshening up we had our breakfast, 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 some sliced Button Mushrooms, sautéed in the bacon juices with a little knob of butter, some of which ended up in my butty! Not forgetting the mugs of strong/hot ‘PG’ Tips Tea!!

‘Winnie’ slept all night on our bed, Brenda then took her out for her first walk of the day, after our breakfast, she is due to be picked up tomorrow lunchtime – then it’s ‘Au Revoir’ – as she flies to Dubai, via the UK, to her new home with her family, she is real character and great company, everybody that meets her, loves her!  First thing on Monday morning, little ‘ Miss Bella’ is due to arrive, as well as on Tuesday morning, then on Wednesday evening ‘ Lola’ is back with us for a week’s holiday, a busy week here in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ Watch this space.

Yesterday evening we had a nice surprise visitor, our dear friend ‘ Big Brian’ called in, he’s off work( Gibraltar) over the weekend, he’s at the moment staying at the ‘ Manilva Green Aparthote’ until he finds somewhere more permanent to stay, he stayed for a nice drink and soon made friends with ‘Winnie’ – we asked him to stay for supper, so I found another ‘Steak’ and we had a nice ‘Steak & Frits’ supper with all the trimmings, as we caught up with all his news.

At lunchtime we went for a walk with ' Winnie' and bumped into Brian and his good friend Steve, sat outside ' Bar Castillo' having a Tapas' lunch, we have know Steve since we first arrived down here, so we joined them for a nice cool drink and a good old catch up, in the fresh, warm sunshine, then our friend Josie came along, so she joined us at the same table, we all had some light ' Tapas' and more drinks, as we sorted the ' World' out!  'Thanks' Steve for the lunch !! 


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Next week, on Tuesday lunchtime we are going along to ‘ Bar Castillo’ as we have been invited, by Josie, our old friend, to a ‘Wake’ in remembrance of her late husband Dennis, who died a year ago, to the date. On Friday morning I will be out on my travels, along to the new ‘ Mercadona’ just before Estepona, for our weekly shopping, before coming back to Sabinillas. Watch this space.

Today has started a little grey & overcast, like yesterday, there is a very light breeze and the sun is attempting to break through, there are few clouds in the sky, by lunchtime it’s due to reach 24 degs+ - next week is now looking, except on Monday, when we could have light showers of ‘ Rain’! – dry, settled, with sunshine and patchy clouds, at times, with just a light breeze, hovering in the low 20s ( 22 degs+)  - overnight back down to 15/16 degs, about normal for the time of the year, watch this space.

Over in Liverpool this weekend, there were two cruise liners visiting the City, the ‘Black Watch’ on a return visit, seen from ‘ A Ferry Across the Mersey’ and then heading off up the River Mersey to Gibraltar! Then on a misty dusk, the ‘ Magellan’ arriving to berth at the Pier Head!

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This evening for our supper Brenda is having one of her favourite dishes, ‘ A Confit of Duck Leg ‘ while I’m having an aged ‘ Sirloin Steak’( sweet fat)  with all the trimmings, served with Broccoli Florets & whole Baby ‘ French’ Green Beans and for a change, par-boiled Baby New Potatoes, tossed in foaming ‘Parley Butter’ - until crisp & brown all over “ Pommes de Terre Rissolees “  

This afternoon/evening we will be catching up with all the sport, especially over in Japan, which has been hit by the worst typhoon in many years, at the ‘Rugby World Cup & Grand Prix’ – as well as all the other sports results, then later setting down after supper to find something to watch.

PS; I have just got this week's ' Movie Quiz ' correct, it was " Gone With the Wind " with ' Rand Brooks ' !  I'm in the monthly draw, again for a mug, a t-shirt or baseball cap!! 

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