Tuesday, March 17, 2020

AT THE MOMENT A DRY & SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY WITH RAIN STILL IN THE AIR!


TUESDAY 17th/ MARCH 2020.    “ ST PATRICKS DAY “


“ STATE OF ALARM DAY 3 “





























We could get used to these early morning lie-in’s – but we are still missing all our regular ‘ Guests ‘ in ‘Doggy World Heaven ‘ – it would mean that we ( 1 only) could go out for walks with them and get some fresh air!

After freshening up Brenda shot along to our local Chemists in ‘Calle Mar’ for our prescription tablets ( 1 metre spaces ) -they are expecting a delivery of ‘ Hand Sanitizer’ later today, but there are still no ‘ Face Masks’! Watch this space.


PS; The Mayor, Mario,our neighbour, has just dropped off two ' Basic Face Masks' for us (on ration! ) 



When she returned we had our usual fresh fruit ( Banana) toast & tea, before settling into our daily routine.




  
Overnight the rain hit us and only stopped this morning, so Brenda shot out as you can see above, on all the forecasts it’s now looking that we are in for a least two weeks of the ‘Wet-Stuff’- with light to moderate rain every day, the breeze is picking up to ‘ Gale-Force ‘ winds from tomorrow and on Thursday, when the region is on ‘ Yellow Alert ‘ – the temperatures are hovering in the mid ‘ teens’ – all the time – down to 11/12 degs+  overnight – the breeze stiff at all times, as we reach the start of the ‘ Vernal Equinox – Spring’ on Friday! Watch this space.











“ CORONAVIRUS UPDATE  - COVID 19 “















Our dear friend Leah dropped off a few essentials ( Bread Tea Bags  & Sugar ) yesterday evening, on her way home from work in Gibraltar, which she picked up from ‘ Morrisons’ – we asking our dear friend Brian, to go down to ‘Mercadona’ later in the week for some stock, as he’s still off work this week. We are using the local shops (3) and supermarkets(1)  in the village as and when needed.




PS; We have just found some ' Gloves' in our back store with all the cleaning goods!


Yesterday morning, early, the ‘ Council’ workmen washed down and disinfected ‘Calle Mar’ and all the main streets in the village, as you can see below, and now this morning down our street, outside the shop, as well!













See below, spotted down in Sabinillas this morning;











And here in sunny Manilva !!












The local Bus service is still running down to Sabinillas  for those with no cars( shopping etc ) and is now ‘ Free’ for all!  



At lunchtime yesterday I managed to get through to the ‘ Costa Del Sol Hospital ‘ to change the contact/phone details on Brenda’s records, I did mine last week, we are waiting to hear about Brenda’s appointments in April, for her ‘Heart & ECG tests + Consultant ‘ – as it looks like they are cancelling appointments at the moment, we are also concerned about travelling across ( 1 person only?) and of course the ‘ Health’ arrangements/advice at the Hospital. Watch this space.  












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 with ‘ Crispy Smoked Bacon’ accompanied with a sauceboat of a rich ‘Red Wine, Onion & Shallot Gravy’ – which I made earlier this morning after breakfast. We are having glazed Carrot Batons & sliced Baby ‘ French’ Green Beans with a dish of the ‘Boulangere’ Potatoes.












This evening after supper we will be watching the last episode of “The Split’ – on Sunday it was the final episode of “ Last Tango in Paris “ – with various new series starting on all the channels at the same time!




















Thoughts for the Day;  See above.






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