TUESDAY 28th/ APRIL 2020. “
STATE OF ALARM – DAY 45 “
After freshening up we had our regular
toast & tea before getting another day on the go, down here on the ‘ Costa
Del Sol’ in sunny Manilva (see below) in ‘ LOCKDOWN’
Sadly this morning has started grey &
overcast, with a stiff breeze, at the moment it’s just started spitting, so by
lunchtime it’s still going to reach 20 degs+ and is now warm & sunny with a blue sky- - overnight down to 13 degs+ - the
rest of the week and over the coming weekend we are in for a long spell of dry
and sunny weather, with a few patchy clouds at times, but hovering in the low
20s, as the breeze drops, going a little warmer each day & overnight, by
next Tuesday up to 26 degs+ - all the time warm & sunny, the following week
is also looking like we are in for more of the same, watch this space.
Yesterday evening we had a nice long
message/update, on ‘Facebook Messenger’ from Sandra & Bill, over in Everett,
Ontario, Canada, with all their news, they of course, see all our news on the
Blog, they have managed to get out in the garden and go for walks, it’s still
only 12 c over there, over the weekend they relocated the trailer up to the
campground, even though it remains closed, all the events in their area have
been cancelled including the ‘ Alliston Potato Festival’! We have arranged a ‘
Skype’ video link up on Sunday, at the usual times, as next Monday it’s Bill’ s
birthday, so we are going to have a nice glass of chilled ‘Cava’ with them!
Take care & Safe and Well – we are looking forward to our chat- “ LOVE “
As I have started to type/post today’s Blog
I have as usual been listening to the ‘Lockdown Party’ show on ‘ Castle Radio
FM 89.2 & Online on the WWW’ – the ‘Music Quiz’ came on, it was ‘ Roxy
Music’ with Brain Ferry - Let’s Love
Together’! – sadly yesterday and today I haven’t got the ‘Mystery Voice’ – on Monday
it was the lady boxer ‘Nicola Adams’
“ CORONAVIRUS UPDATE – COVID 19 PANDEMIC “
All very quiet today with no news updates to
report, so far, as usual the ‘ Council’ cleaning department are out & about
washing down all the streets, sanitizing & humidifying, as the severe ‘Spanish’
LOCKDOWN – is still in force, over all the Country, with the ‘ Policia Local,
National Policia, the Guardia Civil & here the ‘ Spanish Foreign Legion’
out on the street all the time, not forgetting the local ‘ Proteccion Civil’ helping!
For our supper this evening we are keeping
things simple, we are having ‘ Grilled Chicken ‘ – sliced/flattened breasts seared on a very hot
griddle plate – finished with a ‘Lemon & Balsamic Vinegar’ salsa, garnished
with seared Button Mushrooms, served with finely sliced ‘ French’ Green Beans
and triple-cooked ‘ Chips’
At the moment on our ‘ Facebook Timeline page I’m posting ten ‘Albums’ that
have greatly influenced my taste in music, as I was nominated by a old friend,
in fact I’m going to post a few more as the choice was hard!
By the time we left the ‘UK’ back in 2006,
I had a very large collection ( 1000s) of ‘ LP’s – stored in sealed old ‘ Tea-Chests’ –which I gave to friends and
local ‘ Charities’ as we packed up and left on our travels in the ‘ Winnebago ‘
on September the 1st 2006, see below;
Over the years, starting at the age of 15,
I bought my first Albums at the ‘ NEMS’ ( North End Music Stores) owned by
Brian Epstein, the ‘ Beatles’ manager, in Whitechapel, Liverpool, just a stone’s
throw from the ‘ Cavern Club’ in Mathew Street! – see below;
I then used the famous ‘ Probe Records’
shop, during the early 70s/80s on the corner opposite, which was the heart of
the new music scene at the time ( Pete Wylie, Julian Cope & Frankie Goes to
Hollywood etc!) – see below;
During our time in North Wales I spent a
lot of time & money in the small ‘ Eric Y Elways’ record shop, the ‘ 12
inch Kings’ – below the Police Station, next to the Church, in the centre of
Colwyn Bay – sadly no picture!
For the more specialist music we went down
to Porthmadoc, as on the promenade front, next to/in front of the harbour
station of the famous ‘Ffestinog Railway’ was the World famous “ Cob Records “ –
for new and second hand ‘ CDs, LPs, & DVDs’ – see below;
Tomorrow I will talk about the list of ‘Albums’
as well as the “ Music Systems “ that they were played on! Watch this space.
“
STAY SAFE & SOUND INSIDE AT ALL TIMES “
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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