TUESDAY 24th/ MARCH 2020. “
STATE OF ALARM DAY 10 “
Well we over slept again this morning,
which is becoming to be normal, so our day is starting a little behind the
times all ready! After freshening up we had our usual toast & tea.
Overnight we had another heavy rain storm,
which by this morning had passed over, the sky is very cloudy and its grey
& overcast with a light breeze, still dry but with more of the ‘Wet-Stuff’
to come back later, yesterday afternoon the sun actually broke through for a
few hours, by this afternoon it’s forecast to reach 17/18 degs+ - overnight
down to 11/12 degs+ - with more of the
same tomorrow, going a lot cooler as the breeze picks up, then from Thursday we
are in for the return of the sunshine, staying partly cloudy but dry, hovering
in the mid ‘ teens’ – back to cold & wet on Sunday, next week is now
looking very unsettled, starting rather cold, wet & windy, again, then
settling down towards the end of next week, hovering in the high ‘ teens’ – 18/19
degs+ - watch this space.
“ CORONAVIRUS UPDATE – COVID 19 “
Our very dear friend Leah called in at
lunchtime to pick up our shopping list/bags, as she was going down to
Sabinillas to ‘ Mercadona & Super Sol’ – it’s very kind of her, as she has
enough problems of her own to contend with at the moment, looking after her son
Deemy, at home, as she is self-employed, so she in now not able to work in
Gibraltar, as it’s gone into ‘ Lockdown’ over the weekend, giving her problems
with the future of his schooling etc!
PS, She has just dropped off all our
shopping ! " THANKS "
Yesterday we managed to make contact with
Jenny, her landline is not accepting our calls, so we made contact on the ‘
Skype’ audio line by calling her on her mobile number, she is fine but now on ‘
lockdown’ due to her health conditions ( 12 weeks!) - even before the new rules
came into force, over in the ‘UK’ later in the day!
One problem that has occurred with us, is
that our landline phone is out of action, it’s ringing but we can’t hear
anything, the callers can hear us, also we can’t call out on it at the same
time, as we have no dialing tone, I sent
an ‘E-Mail’ to our new ‘ IT/Phone’ company “ OliveNet “ and they called me back
straight away and did all the line tests, it turns out that our phone has
broken down, but the lines are fine, we can’t get a new phone, as of course,
the shops are closed?! Watch this space.
Here in Spain the ‘Coronavirus’ is now spreading further and
faster than in Italy, due to the large geographical dispersion that took place
in the days prior to the introduction of the isolation, so the government have
now closed all the Airports/Ports, as well as now enforcing all the lockdown
rules to the letter, with all of the three police forces out, as well as the
Army!
In sunny Manila at 8-00 pm each evening we
now have a musical interlude, started by one of our local Councillors, who is
in charge of ‘Festivities’ - ‘ Daniel’
who lives in ‘Calle Cuartel’- at the top of the village, along with all his
neighbours, they now come out on all their balconies and sing and play instruments
of all sorts, as well as clapping along to all the songs, all the village is
now joining in, us as well!( with my Whistle!)
See below;
This evening for our supper we are having ‘Pan-Seared
Lambs Liver’ – dusted in seasoned flour and ‘ flash-cooked’ on a very hot
griddle-plate, served with crispy Smoked Bacon, accompanied with a sauceboat of
a rich ‘Red Wine, Onion & Shallot Gravy’ – with glazed Carrot Batons &
finely sliced ‘ French’ Green Beans and the classic ‘ Pommes de Terre Rissolee ‘
– Baby New Boiled Potatoes, tossed in foaming Parsley Butter until crisp &
golden! ( See below )
“ STAY SAFE AND SOUND INSIDE AT ALL TIMES “
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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