Sexton's Travels: A WET & WINDY ( DRY AT THE MOMENT) SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY.

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

A WET & WINDY ( DRY AT THE MOMENT) SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY.

TUESDAY 31^st/ MARCH 2020. “ STATE OF ALARM DAY 17 “

After freshening up we had our regular light breakfast of fresh fruit (Banana) toast ( last slice of the Pueblo bread) & tea before getting the day on the go, as we settle into ‘ LOCKDOWN’ for the third week, here in sunny Manilva! ( Wet now )!!

See below some pictures of sunny Manilva, taken over the weekend.

As we were going to bed last night, after mid-night, as usual, as we never go to bed on the same day as we got up, it started to rain and it has still not stopped this morning, the sky is grey and very cloudy, with a light breeze, so by lunchtime it’s forecast to only reach 16 degs+ - overnight down to 10/11 degs+ - the ‘Costa Del Sol’ is now on ‘ Yellow Alert’ ( see below) - the rest of the week and over the coming weekend is staying the same, hovering in the mid’ teens’ with lots of the ‘ Wet-Stuff’ – as the breeze picks up, with just the chance on Friday of a little sunshine, by Saturday the wind will be up to gale-force, next week is now looking a little more settled, starting next Monday, when the sun will be back in sunny Manilva, the rest of the week going warmer, by next Thursday up to 23degs+! Watch this space.

“ CORONAVIRUS UPDATE – COVID 19 – PANDEMIC “

Yesterday evening as we were clapping & whistling at 8-00 pm, as usual, Mario, the Mayor, and our neighbour, came around from his house taking his rubbish down to the bottom of our street, it’s also my daily chore ( masked) - on his way back I asked him if he had anymore masks, he did and dropped them off ( 4 basic) !

Brenda is using the local shop at the bottom of our street, when we need to, for fresh fruit & vegetables as well as essential goods, of course masked & gloved up, otherwise we are staying inside all the time, when needed the local Chemists along ‘ Calle Mar’ is also very handy, for our prescription tablets etc, if we need anything else we have the ‘ Suma’ supermarket, down the road in front of the Fire/Police stations!

The local ‘ Proteccion Civil – Civil Protection’ have just posted the latest update to all house’s in sunny Manilva, with the rules now enforce all over Spain! See below;

‘ The Lockdown Party ‘ on Castle Radio FM 89.2 & Online on the WWW’ – how now joined up with another local radio station ‘ Mix 106 FM’ – so now there are 3, with more to come, for four hours every morning ( 8-00 am to 12-00 noon) with the two local DJs playing ‘ Happy Music’ and requests! They also have a ‘ Mystery Voice’ Quiz on each morning, I got yesterday’s ‘Princess Ann’ and this morning’s ‘Rowan Atkinson’! Watch this space.

See below a couple of pictures of Liverpool taken yesterday and a misty Snowdonia in North Wales showing ‘Llyn Gwynant’ – as life goes on!

For our supper this evening it’s going to be ‘ Grilled Turkey & Pepper Brochettes ‘ – cooked on a very hot griddle-plate – I marinate them in Vegetable Oil & Mixed Herbs, adding Baby Mushrooms and Shallots to them, served on a bed of Brenda’s famous ‘Basmati’ Rice, with a pool of Tomato salsa on the side, accompanied with whole ‘ French’ Green Beans.

See below;