A NOW RATHER WINDY AND SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY.

SATURDAY 29^th/ FEBRUARY 2020.   “ LEAP YEAR/DAY “ !

We all had a nice lie in this morning, ‘Chico & Lolo’ as usual slept all night, after a quick freshen up we took them out for their first walk of the day around the bottom of the village, when we returned I had for breakfast Brenda’s world famous  ‘ Campo Poached Eggs on Toast ‘ – Scrambled for herself, with mugs of hot/strong Tea, to set us up for the day ahead.

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In ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ next week ‘ Chico’ is due to be picked up next Friday, after his nearly 4 week holiday, ‘Lolo’ will be with us until later in the month ( mid March) – little ‘Miss Bella’ is not with us next week, the following week she is back on Monday/Tuesday & Wednesday. Sadly over the past week we have had to turn down having ‘ Scooby’ - one of our regulars, back with us for week and also, from the past   ‘Reina with her new girlfriend, little ‘Miss Daisy’ – also for week ! Watch this space.

This morning on our walk it was very hot in the sunshine, but with a cooling/stiff breeze blowing down from the mountains behind the village ( Poinente) as the next/new, wet & windy ‘ Atlantic’ front blows in, the tail-end of ‘Storm Jorge’ that is hitting the UK this weekend. The sky is clear and blue so by lunchtime it’s still forecast to reach 19/20 degs+ - overnight down to 11/12 degs, tomorrow staying the same, with the chance of the ‘ Wet-Stuff’ – next week is now looking rather unsettled, with sunny patches, a stiff breeze and patchy ‘ Rain’ at times, hovering in the high ‘ teens’ – by next Tuesday up to 21 degs+ - going warm & sunny, sadly next weekend a little cooler as the wind stiffens, watch this space.

On the sports front this weekend; over in the ‘ Premiere League’ Liverpool travel down the M6/1 to play Watford and Everton welcome Manchester Utd on Sunday, down at Wembley, also on Sunday it’s the final of the ‘ EFL Carabao’ Cup’ as Aston Villa play Manchester City. Over here in ‘La Liga’ tomorrow in Madrid it’s the ‘ El Classico’ as Real Madrid welcome Barcelona – a ‘ must-win’ game for both team – as the fight to win ‘La Liga’!

The ‘National Hunt Racing’ this afternoon is from Doncaster.

See below a couple of pictures taken this morning, in a still rather overcast day, of the “ HMS Prince of Wales “ berthed at the Pier Head in Liverpool.

And now with a Blue sky!

                                                                                             " Captain Darren Huston "

For our supper this evening we are having a large ‘ Grilled Rib of Beef’ – on the bone, cooked on a very hot griddle-plate ‘ Med-Rare’ – then left to rest, before taking it off the bone and slicing into fingers ‘ French’ style, garnished with seared Asparagus Spears, Button Mushroom & Shallots, accompanied with a classic ‘ Bearnasie’ sauce and served with Whole ‘ French’ Baby Green Beans and of course triple-cooked ‘ Frits’

Tomorrow we are celebrating “ St. David’s Day “ in style; the ‘ Welsh Standard’ with be flying outside, as we prepare our ‘Welsh Banquet Supper’ when Leah, Ryan, who comes from Abergele in North Wales, and their son Deemy, along with little ‘ Miss Bella’ join us for supper. Watch this space.

This evening after supper will as usual settle down to channel hop to find something to watch.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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