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Thursday, April 30, 2020
A WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY.
THURSDAY 30th/ APRIL 2020. “ STATE OF ALARM- DAY 47 “
After freshening up we had our usual toast
& tea, at the start of another day in ‘LOCKDOWN’ I then ‘Masked/Gloved’ up and went down to the
‘Suma’ supermarket in front of the Police/Fire Stations, first calling into the
underground car park to turn the car over, to stock up with some essentials,
yesterday afternoon Brenda went down, after getting ‘Masked/Gloved’ up to have quiet shop, it also
gives us a nice walk in the warm sunshine at the same time!
Speaking of which, this morning started
with the sun out early, the sky cloudless and blue, with a light breeze, at the
moment it’s a little overcast, with patchy clouds, but by lunchtime it’s still
forecast to reach 23/24 degs+ - overnight down to 13 degs+ - tomorrow and over the weekend, at the start
of May, it’s staying the same, warm & sunny, with lots of sunshine, with a
light breeze, so it will be hovering in the mid 20s, next week, on Monday/Tuesday
up to 27degs+ - overnight only down to 16/17 degs+! Towards the end of next
week we could have some of the ‘ Wet-Stuff’ returning as the breeze picks up,
but still staying warm, hovering in the mid 20s, watch this space.
“ CORONAVIRUS UPDATE – COVID 19 PANDEMIC “
As usual the ‘ Council’ Cleaning Department
are out & about washing down the streets, then sanitizing, yesterday they came down our street, spraying
all the doors & windows, at the same time, then the humidifier goes along ‘Calle
Mar’ and all the main streets.
We are now waiting to see when the ‘National
Coalition Government ‘ up in Madrid, starts to change the ‘ Lockdown’ Rules, at
the start of May, as suggested, over here in Spain, after being in the most
severe restrictions in Europe, for over 7 weeks, watch this space.
Off course the ‘Policia Local, Guardia
Civil & the Spanish Foreign Legion’ are out & about all the time,
checking the cars, controlling the supermarkets etc, as well as stopping people
in the streets.
This evening for our supper we are having
the rest of the ‘ Beef & Vegetable Casserole’ with the left-over Vegetables
& Mashed Potato, we are looking forward to tomorrow night when it’s going
to be our ‘ Fish N ‘Chip ‘ supper – ‘ Goujons of Hake Fillet ‘ in a ‘ Tempura
Cruzcampo Beer Batter’ with ‘ Batchelors Mushy Peas ‘( thanks to Leah!) with
triple-cooked ‘ Chips’! Saturday will be our regular ‘ Steak Night’ and then on
Sunday we are having ‘ Medallions of Pork Fillet’ with a creamy ‘ Green
Peppercorn’ salsa.
Every day we are off course watching the
TV, following all the ‘Quiz Shows’ – ‘Chef/Food’ programmes, ‘Documentaries’ ’
Series’ as well as channel hopping to find films etc, to watch.
“ STAY
SAFE & WELL INSIDE AT ALL TIMES “
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
A BRIGHT, WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY 29th/ APRIL 2020. “ STATE OF ALARM –DAY 46 “
No rest for the ‘ wicked’ this morning as
we had to be up to get this evenings supper on the go, after freshening up we
had a quick toast & tea to set us up for the day ahead.
The sky is bright blue and the clouds have
been blown away, there is just a slight breeze now, so by lunchtime it’s going
to be warm and sunny, up to 21 degs+ - overnight down to 13 degs+ - from
tomorrow it’s going warmer each day and over the weekend, hovering on 22/23
degs + - up to 26 degs+ by next Tuesday, with very light breeze’s, then towards the end
of next week there is now the chance of the ‘ Wet-Stuff’ returning, watch this
space.
After our breakfast we got this evenings
supper on the go, a ‘ Beef & Vegetable Casserole’ – using sliced ‘ Spanish
Beef Steak’ – dusted in seasoned flour and browned off, I made the ‘Casserole’
sauce by sweating off Diced Onions, Shallots & Garlic, Carrots, Turnips,
Leeks, Green Beans & Mushrooms, with a good glass of ‘Red Wine’ ( thanks Brenda!)
– a large dash of ‘ Lea & Perrins & Tabasco’ – along with some Tomato Frito,
before adding the rich ‘Beef & Vegetable’ stock, adjusting the seasoning to
taste, coating the ‘ Beef’ and cooked in a hot oven this evening. Meanwhile
Brenda prepared Glazed Carrot Batons & Braised Cabbage with Acelgas, not
forgetting her now famous ‘Mashed Potato’!
“ CORONAVIRUS UPDATE – COVID 19 PANDEMIC “
The main news this morning is that last
night on TV the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, announced his ‘Coronavirus’
deescalation measures, which will last six to eight weeks, with continuing restriction
on travel to other provinces, which has been approved by his ‘ National
Coalition Government in ‘ Cabinet!
It’s going to be staged over five phases, a
gradual asymmetrical plan, lasting at least two weeks for each phase, according
to the 17 autonomous regions of Spain, with no set dates or times, all
depending on the latest figures from around the country! The central ‘ Health
Ministry’ will be deciding on the speed of each phase, with all the details
published in lengthy documents online.
NB; ‘Phase 1’ after ‘Phase 0 ‘ will allow
sidewalk ‘Cafe/Bars’ to be open, only on their ‘terraces’ – albeit at 30% of
their usual capacity, going up to 50% later!
Schools will not reopen fully until
September, the over 65s will be staying under stricter controls for now, watch
this space.
On our mainline ‘ Facebook’ page I have been publishing each
day the ten ‘Albums’ that have greatly influenced my taste in music, over the
years, as I was nominated by a old friend, in fact my list was hard to choose,
so I have a list of nearly 15! See below;
1; ‘ Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers ‘
1961.
2; ‘ Merseybeat’ from 1963.
3; ‘Please
Please’ Me from 1963 ish.
4; ‘Eddie Cochran’ from 1968 ish.
5; ‘ Elvis’ from 1960s.
6; ‘ Van Morrison ‘ from 1970.
7; ‘ The Blues Band with Paul Jones’ from
1980.
8; ‘ Fleetwood Mac’ from 1975.
9; ‘ B B King ‘ from 1960.
10; ‘ Creedence Clearwater Revival’ from
1976.
11; ‘ Status Quo’ from 1970.
12; ‘ The Travelling Wilburys’ from 1990.
14; ‘ George Thorogood & The Destroyers’
from 1980s.
NB; Over the years our music tastes have also
included ‘ Country & Western, Cajun, Rockabilly, Ska, Reggae, Pop, Heavy
Metal, Rhythm & Blues, Jazz, Folk, Funk, Disco, Indie Rock, Dance,
Classical & all Genres at times!
I first played the LPs on a small one-track
‘HI-Fi’ player with built in sound! I graduated to a individual Record Player
with twin speakers, then it was the classic top of the range “ Bang and Olufsen
“ ‘ Beomaster ‘ with multi track amplifier, FM Radio, a integrated Cassette
player and a ‘Quatro’ Four Speaker surround sound system, with subwoofers!
See below;
“ STAY SAFE
& WELL INSIDE AT ALL TIMES “
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
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