SATURDAY 4th/ JANUARY 2020.
Well to say that we had a nice long lie in
this morning is somewhat of an understatement, if fact we overslept until
11-00am! Our excuse is that the village was very quiet, as usual, no children,
no neighbours etc, as well as no deliveries, in fact the gas-bottle delivery
man was also late! We had the shutter totally closed and of course we have no
guests in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ – and no alarm going off to get me out on my
travels!!
After freshening up we had Brenda’s famous ‘
Campo’ Poached Eggs on Toast, scrambled for her on brown, with mugs of
hot/strong tea to get us on our way for another ‘ Bank Holiday Weekend’ down
here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ in sunny Manilva!
We then has a nice surprise ‘ guest’ as ‘
Chispa’ came crashing in, she is back to her normal happy self, full of joy,
barking etc, after her nasty operation, just before Xmas, she looks fully
recovered and back to normal.
Brenda then popped along to our local ‘
Chemists’ in Calle Mar for some of our prescription tablets.
This morning has started ‘ fresh’ as the
breeze has got up a little, the sky is clearing and the clouds are going away,
the blue sky is just showing, so by lunchtime it will reach just 15 degs+
staying the same tomorrow, overnight down to 9 degs+ - with also the small
threat of the ‘ Wet-Stuff’ hanging in the air.
Next week is starting dry & sunny,
partly cloudy and with a stiff breeze, so we are in for more of the same, hovering
in the mid ‘teens’ – 14/15 degs, cold for the time of the year, by next weekend
going a little ‘damp’ as the next ‘ Atlantic’ front comes in, watch this space.
Yesterday on the ‘ Councils’ web-page they
announced that the work is to start, next Tuesday, after the ‘ Bank Holiday’ - on
the main road, ’Alvarez Leiva’ into the village, starting at the main
roundabout and up past the Police/Fire Station/ Wine Museum & the ‘Plaza de
la Vendimia’ to the junction with the old ring road/the entrance to ‘ Call Mar’!
They are replacing the drains and water
mains, rejoining all the services etc and then resurfacing the road and
pavements, as well as new lighting and seating, there is going to be a one-way
traffic system during all the work, all this will cause major traffic problems coming
into and leaving the village, the local
bus will have to be diverted, as well as maintaining the ‘ Fire Station’
accessibility!! Watch this space.
On the sports front this weekend; over in
the UK it’s the Third Round of the ‘ Emirates FA Cup’ as Manchester City welcome Port
Vale and tomorrow Liverpool are at home to Everton! Over here the ‘ La Liga’
returns after the three-week ‘Xmas’ break, Real Madrid travel to Getafe and
Espanyol welcome Barcelona, their near neighbours!
The ‘ National Hunt Racing’ this afternoon
is from Sandown Park & Wincanton.
For our supper this evening Brenda is
having her favourite ‘ Confit of Duck Leg ‘- ‘ crisped’ in a very hot oven,
while I’m having a ‘ Grilled Rib-Eye Angus Steak ‘ garnished with seared Button
Mushrooms, cooked on a very hot griddle-plate ‘ Med-Rare’ – pink no blood! Both
served with whole Baby ‘French’ Green Beans & Broccoli Florets and of
course triple-cooked ‘ Frits’
This afternoon we will be watching the
horse racing and then later after supper channel hopping, last night we caught
the final episode to the three-part Police/Murder crime drama ‘ Bancroft ‘ on ‘ITV’
– with two big surprise endings, which I won’t give away, watch is to find
out!!
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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