A ' SHARPE ' AND AT THE MOMENT SUNNY MANILVA ON MONDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEK.

MONDAY 4^th/ NOVEMBER 2019.

I was up early this morning to welcome back little ‘ Miss Bella’ back with us for the day, she’s also back on Tuesday morning, she shot upstairs onto our bed, I had a quick freshen up and shot off down to the ‘Council’ office, in the ‘Wine Museum/Theatre’ as advertised on the ‘ Councils’ ‘Facebook’ page - to re-register my parking space in the underground car-park, it was not open and the notice on the door sent me back to the Town Hall reception desk! I have filled in the document and I’m waiting for the phone call to confirm and then pay the annual fee!  “ Spanish Bureaucracy “ Watch this space.

When I returned I prepared our breakfast, as I was on the rota, a ‘ Toasted Crispy Smoked Bacon Butty’ – smothered in ‘HP’ Brown sauce, for me, and open on brown for Brenda, with some sliced Mushrooms, sautéed in the Bacon juices, with a knob of Butter, for Brenda & me! Mugs of hot/strong tea helped get the day on the go.

This morning there is  a stiff breeze blowing up from the Mediterranean ( a Levante ) – the clouds are clearing slowly and the sun it attempting to break through, by lunchtime it’s forecast to reach 21 degs+ with the chance of patchy rain possible later, tomorrow is going to be cooler with heavy rain, then the rest of the week and over the weekend it’s going to be dry & sunny, with a few patchy clouds, hovering in the high ‘teens’ – overnight down to 10/11 degs – cold for the time of the year, watch this space.

Just a quick sports update from yesterday; Everton managed to draw 1-1 when they equalised in the 97^th minute!

Over in Austin, Texas , at the ‘ United States Grand Prix ’ Lewis Hamilton was second, behind his team-mate Valtteri Bottas, and clinched his sixth drivers ‘World Championship’- with two races to go!

For our supper this evening we are having the Cold ‘Roast Leg of Lamb’ sliced with my special ‘Sabatier’ Carving Knife! – with the left-over Vegetables and of course a dish of my now famous ‘ Boulangere’ Potatoes. The ‘ Menu’s for the rest of the week and over the weekend are still ‘TBC’ – watch this space.

Yesterday evening after supper we channel hopped, mainly on ‘BBC TV’- the excellent David Attenborough’s ‘Seven Worlds, One Planet ‘ – this week on Asia, next a documentary on ‘Britain’s Biggest Warship’ – showing ‘HMS Queen Elizabeth’ testing the new super jets, the ‘ F35’ to their limits, and finally another documentary ‘ The Americas with Simon Reeve’ – this week in Mexico.

This evening we will be watching the first of the two final episodes, the final one is tomorrow night, of the excellent & gripping ‘Dublin Murders ‘ – as the full story is revealed, watch this space.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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