MONDAY 2nd/MARCH 2020. “
NATIONAL PIE WEEK “
We all had a nice lie in this morning, as
usual both ‘Chico & Lolo’ slept all night, they don’t move once they go to
bed, after freshening up we took them out for their first walk of the day, ’Chico’
is due to be collected on Friday afternoon, we are going to miss him terribly as
he’s such a lovely gentle and friendly dog, ‘Lolo’ is with us until the middle
of the month. Next week little ‘ Miss Bella’ is now with us on Tuesday,
Wednesday & Thursday, as it’s a ‘ Bank Holiday’ in Gibraltar next Monday (
Commonwealth Day )
When we returned I was on the breakfast
rota I had my favourite ‘ Toasted Crispy Smoked Bacon Butty’ – smothered in ‘
HP’ Brown sauce – open on brown for Brenda, with her favourite, seared sliced
Baby Mushrooms, in the bacon juices with a knob of butter, which also made it
into my butty, with mugs of very hot/strong tea, to set us up for the week
ahead!
It was then time to get the place sorted
out, ( tables, glasses, cutlery etc) after last night’s ‘ Welsh Banquet ‘ when
Leah, Ryan & Deemy joined us, the iced bottle of ‘ Moet & Chandon’ to
start was a real treat and brought back many happy memories over the years,
especially of the ‘ Bridge Inn ‘ in Port Sunlight’ on a Saturday lunchtime, back in the late 60s, when the ‘ Wirral Set’ drank it like it was going out of fashion! ( 30 bob a
bottle!)
Overnight the new ‘ Atlantic’ front his us,
bringing with it ‘ Storm Karine ‘ all over Spain, with the tail-end hitting us,
with heavy rain and wind, this morning we managed to dodge the rain as we took
the dogs out, but it was still very windy & damp, the sky is cloudy, grey
& overcast, so by lunchtime it’s forecast to reach 18/19 degs+ - overnight
only down to 12 degs+ - from tomorrow and for the rest of the week and over the
coming weekend it’s now looking a lot more settled, staying dry & sunny,
with a few patchy clouds at times, back up to 21/22 degs+ by Wednesday, warm
& sunny, by the weekend going a little cooler, hovering in the mid ‘ teens’
as the breeze picks up again, watch this space.
Over in Liverpool at the weekend the ‘HMS
Prince of Wales ‘ – berthed at the Pier Head, has been welcoming guests,
dignitaries and locals, see below some more spectacular pictures.
Just a quick update on the football results;
in the ‘ Premiere League’ Everton managed a 1-1 draw, after a late goal was
ruled out, against Manchester Utd, at the final of the ‘ Carabao Cup’ at Wembley,
Manchester City won 2-1 against Aston Villa, their third successive ‘Carabao’
Cup win!!!
Over here in Madrid, the ‘ Classico’ ended
with a 2-0 win for Real Madrid against Barcelona, taking them 1 point ahead in ‘La
Liga’!
For our supper this evening we are having
the rest of the ‘Roast Halal Leg of Lamb’ - sliced cold, with all the leftover Vegetables
and ‘Boulangere’ potatoes. The ‘Halal Lamb’ was very tasty, juicy and
succulent, - perfectly cooked – ‘Pink’ – no blood! Tomorrow we are having
Pan-Seared ‘Lambs Liver’ with crispy Smoked Bacon & grilled Pork Sausages,
with a rick Red Wine Onion & Shallot Gravy.
On Wednesday it’s going be ‘ Pie &
Chips’ ( see above) – Thursday is ‘ Find Something Day ‘ – then on Friday it
will be a ‘ Fish Supper’ ( Pie?) before our regular ‘ Steak Night’ on Saturday, Sunday is
still TBC, watch this space.
The new landline/home number has just
become online & tested, as the ‘ OliveNet’ engineers sorted the problem
out, so see below the new number, don’t forget the Spain calling code “ 0034 “!
“ 951 567 542 “
This afternoon/evening we will be catching
up with all the ‘Quiz Shows’ that we follow, last night we caught the second
episode of the excellent ‘ Last Tango in Paris’ – this evening it’s after
supper the next episode of ‘The Split’ – then watching all today’s news.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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