A VERY WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY.

SATURDAY 16^th/ MAY 2020.    “ STATE OF ALARM – DAY 63 “

Just a little lie in this morning before the sound of the gas-bottle delivery man, blowing his horn woke us up! After freshening up, as usual, on a Saturday morning, Brenda was on the breakfast rota, so it was time for her prefect ‘Campo’ Poached Eggs on Toast, today sprinkled with ‘Crispy Smoked Bacon’ bits, later, as I had one piece left over – Scrambled for herself, with mugs of hot/strong Tea, to set us up for the day ahead.

Yesterday it stayed dry & sunny, this morning the sun broke through first thing, there is light breeze, so the patchy clouds are clearing and blue sky is now showing, staying dry, by lunchtime it’s due to reach 22 degs – overnight down to 14 degs+ - tomorrow a little warmer and settled, next week is going to be very hot and sunny, with lots of warm sunshine, with a few patchy clouds at times, hovering in the mid/high 20s all week, reaching nearly 28 degs+ by next weekend, the following week is looking even better, up to 30 degs+! Watch this space.

“ CORANAVIRUS UPDATE – COVID 19 PANDEMIC “ 

Yesterday evening a spokesman for the ‘ National Government’- up in Madrid, announced that ‘Phase 1 ‘ of the ‘ LOCKDOWN’ will now come into use from this coming Monday, down here in the province of Malaga, bringing all of the 8 provinces of ‘Andalucia’ together, so the ‘Cafe/Bars’ can open their terraces 50% - open air markets 25% - local small business’s/hostelries, within the new rules/restrictions, can open, etc, the main ‘ LOCKDOWN’ rules and regulations stay the same, with just a few small changes.

See below;

The Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, is now planning to apply in the ‘ Congress – Parliament’ to extend the ‘ State of Alarm’ for another 30 days,his last one, from the 28^th May, which is great news, watch this space.

This evening for our supper we are having two large ‘ Spanish Entrecote Steaks ‘ – ‘French’ trimmed, with the fat left on, seasoned with Sea Salt and crushed Black Peppercorns - cooked on a very hot griddle-plate ‘ Med –Rare’ – then left to rest, topped with a knob of cold Butter, garnished with seared Asparagus Spears, Button Mushrooms & Shallots, accompanied with a classic ‘ Bearnaise’ sauce and served with Whole Baby ‘ French’ Green Beans and of course triple-cooked ‘ Frits’!   

                                            “ STAY SAFE & WELL INSIDE AT ALL TIMES “ 

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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