A VERY ' SHARPE & FRESH' SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY 6^th/ NOVEMBER 2019.

We had a nice lie in this morning as we have no guests with us in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ at the moment, the village was also very quiet, at the same time, after freshening up I put the gas bottle out to be exchanged by the delivery man later, we then had our breakfast, a ‘Toasted  Smoked Back Bacon Butty’ – smothered in ‘HP’ Brown sauce, for me, and open on brown toast for Brenda, with some sliced cooked ‘ Pork’ sausage on the side, with mugs of strong tea, to get another day on the go!

The sun broke through earlier this morning and the sky is cloudless and blue, there is a light, cool, breeze, so by lunchtime it’s only going to reach 18/18 degs+ - you now need a ‘Woolie’ on your shoulders, over the next few days and into the weekend it’s staying the same, up to 21 degs+ on Sunday, overnight dropping down to a cooler than normal, 10/11 degs mark, ‘ Duvet’+ time! The breeze is going a little stiffer & cool, as we go into next week, which is forecast to be a little ‘ Windy & Wet’- with moderate to heavy rain possible, a few clouds hanging around, as the sunshine breaks through on occasions, watch this space.

Going back to a old memory of Liverpool in the late 60s, when I was the Manager of the famous ‘ Stork Hotel’ in Queens Square, opposite the ‘Royal Court Theatre’ I watched, everyday, from the front steps, as the then ‘ St John’s Beacon’ now the ‘Radio City Tower’ was being built, using the slip-formed concrete continuous system, the Hotel was asked by the builders to supply the ‘ Topping-Off ‘ celebrations, so I set off, with a ‘Hard - Hat’ on, in my Black Pin Stripes etc, in the then open builders cage lift! ( around 1968)

I served, with the help of two of our ‘Greek’ waiters, ‘Moet Chandon’ Champagne with assorted ‘Canapes’ for the invited civic guests and draft ‘ Watneys Red Barrel’ with Sausage rolls for the ‘ workers’! The wind got up and we had to pour the champagne under the table, one glass at the time, then hand it out, using trays was not possible, the draft beer had to be pulled holding the old fashioned beer mugs, nearly horizontally, to get some beer in the glasses!

It was officially opened in 1969 by Queen Elizabeth 11 – in 1970 we went with friends to the revolving restaurant, which is now the studios for ‘Radio City, Magic & City Talk’  “ Happy Memories of Times Past “

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For our supper this evening we are having an old favourite “ Chicken Schnitzels “ – using ‘Escalopes of Chicken Breast’ – dipped in flour, egg-wash and breadcrumbs from the local Bakery, shallow fried in Vegetable Oil, until crisp & golden, then topped with a ‘ Campo’ Fried Egg & Anchovy Fillets and Capers – “ Holstein “ style –  accompanied with lots of Lemon Wedges, served with finely sliced ‘ French’ green Beans and ‘ Spaghetti Milanese’ – tossed in a Tomato Salsa with stripes of Smoked Ham.  ‘ Food of the Gods ‘

We are taking things easy for the rest of the day, relaxing, doing nothing, because we can, later channel hopping to find something to watch, last night we caught the final episode of the very gripping ‘ Dublin Murders’ as the full tale was solved, all the loose ends came together, with lots of surprises, a shooting and the ‘murderers’ revealed, as well as the main characters ending up in separate places!

The New ‘ Rick Stein’s Secret France’ showed him in his own car ( a Silver Porsche Cayenne ) as he explored towns and villages away from the main routes, for the best gastronomic secrets of France, the first dish that he ate, in Dieppe, the fishing port on the coast of Normandy, was Turbot, straight off the boats!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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