MONDAY 9th/ DECEMBER 2019.
We managed a little lie this morning, as
the village is very quiet, as it’s a National ‘Bank Holiday’ – so no school
children, no office workers at the ‘Town Hall’ and the villagers/neighbours are
taking it easy after the 3-day weekend ‘ Festival’!
After freshening up we took ‘ Sunny &
Chico’ for their first walk of the day, around the bottom of the village, as
usual ‘ Sunny’ slept downstairs on the settees and ‘ Chico’ slept on some
rugs/blankets at the foot of our bed, he usually stays on the marble floor
under the bed, they get on very well and are very good friends! ‘Sunny’ is
being collected at Mid-Day, ‘Chico’ is with us until Thursday morning, tomorrow
morning little ‘ Miss Bella’ is back with us, as well as on Wednesday, then on
Saturday we have ‘ Nacho’ joining us for the day, he’s a Brown ‘Waterdog’ – he was
a small pup when we last had him with us in ‘Doggy World Heaven’ – he’s now a
very lively ‘ Big Boy’! Watch this space.
Yesterday evening on our walk with the dogs,
as the sun was going down, behind the mountains, along the coast towards
Gibraltar, I took some pictures of ‘ Calle Mar’ outside ‘ Bar Rojas – Sol Vida
Pizzeria ‘ - by the time we reached the ‘Plaza
de la Vendemia’ it was already dark, in the main ‘Festival’ marquee, one of the
three village ‘ Xmas Parranda Bands’ was on stage, playing in the competition,
it was the local one that the Mayor, Mario, and his wife Ana, are members off !
There was also three other bands from villages in the area taking part.
See below;
When we returned, as I was on the breakfast
rota, I had a ‘ Toasted Crispy Smoked Bacon Butty’ – smothered in ‘HP’ Brown
sauce – open on brown for Brenda, with sliced Baby Mushrooms, sautéed in the
Bacon juices with a knob of Butter, with mugs of strong& hot tea, to start
the week is the right direction!
We have another beautiful start to the
week, the sun has broken through and the sky is clearing, with just a few
patchy clouds hanging around, by lunchtime it’s going to be up to 20 degs+ -
warm & sunny, with a light breeze, the rest of week is staying dry &
settled, hovering in the mid/high ‘teens’ – overnight down to 10/11 degs, -
with warm sunshine, a few patchy clouds and still a very light breeze, staying
like this over next weekend, the following week is now forecast to be a lot cooler
and damp! Watch this space.
Tomorrow morning Brenda is going down on
the local bus to Sabinillas as she has an appointment with Annie, her
hairdresser, for the ‘ Full-Works’ – on the way she is calling into the local ‘Sub-Post’
office to send off all the main family & friends Xmas cards!
On Thursday afternoon we going on the
annual ‘Pensioners’ Coach trip ( only 8 Euros PP) to Malaga, to see this year’s new ‘ Xmas
Lights & Music Extravaganza’ along ‘ Calle Larios’ in the centre of the
city. We will then have a few glasses of chilled ‘ Cava’ at various ‘
Bars/Cafes’ – as well as a little window shopping, before going for ‘ Cocktails’
on the 15th floor of the ‘Marriot Hotel’ to the pool-side, open-air Bar – next to the
Cathedral, with spectacular night views over the harbour and the city, before
going to a nice restaurant for supper!
I will, as usual, on Friday morning be out
on my travels down to Sabinillas for the weekly shopping.
This evening for our supper we are having ‘Escalopes
of Chicken Breast ‘ – Holstein’ style – flattened breasts of Chicken, coated in
breadcrumbs from the local Bakery – shallow fried in Vegetable Oil, until crisp
& golden, accompanied with lots of Lemon Wedges and topped with Anchovy
Fillets, Capers and a ‘ Campo’ Fried Egg! Served with a selection of local,
fresh, Vegetables and the rest of last night’s ‘ Goose-Fat’ Roast Potatoes, as
well as a sauceboat of Tomato
salsa.
This afternoon/evening we will be catching
up with all the ‘Quiz Shows’ that we follow ‘ Countdown, Tipping Point, Cash
Trapped ( new) Pointless, Only Connect & University Challenge’ – later after
supper channel hopping to find something to watch, as all the series that we
follow have finished! Watch this space.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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