SATURDAY 11th/ JULY 2020. “ NEW
NORMALITY – DAY 20 “
We had a nice lie in this morning after a ‘
Helluva’ day yesterday, more later, after freshening up, as usual, on a
Saturday morning Brenda was on the breakfast rota so I had her perfect ‘ Campo’
Poached Eggs on White Toast, Scrambled for herself, on Brown Toast, with mugs
of hot/strong ‘PG’ Tips Tea.
I then ‘masked/gloved’ up and shot along to
the Bank in ‘ Calle Mar’ for some cash from the
machine.
The sun was out early and the sky is
clearing, with the blue sky starting to appear, there is light breeze blowing
up from the Mediterranean (Levante) so by lunchtime it’s forecast to reach
28/29 degs+ - overnight down to 21/22degs+ - with lots of warm sunshine and just
a few patchy clouds hanging around, tomorrow is going to be the same, next week
is now looking like it’s going to very similar, with light breezes, cloudy at
times, with very sunny breaks, hovering in the high 20s, by next weekend, when
the breeze drops, going a little hotter, the following week is still going to
be a ‘ Hot-One’ – back in the low/mid 30s – all week, staying very hot &
sunny, watch this space.
This weekend the football season is nearing
the end; over in ‘ Premiere League’ Liverpool welcome Burnley, Manchester City
have the long journey down to play Brighton and Everton go along the M6 to play
Wolverhampton, over here in ‘La Liga’ – with 4 games to go, Real Madrid only
need to win 2 to win the ‘La Liga’ – as they play Granada over the weekend! Watch
this space.
So yesterday we had a ‘ Helluva’ Day, to
say the least, we met Leah, her husband Ryan and the two boys, Deemy &
Carter, sat outside in the shade along at ‘Bar Castillo’ – where we had nice
cool drinks and a lovely ‘ Tapas’ lunch, ‘Grilled Sardines, Rosado Frito, Grilled
Chicken, Egg & Frits and assorted ‘Tapas’ – they then decided to head off
to the ‘ Trampoline’ Park in Estepona, leaving little ‘ Miss Bella’ with us for
the rest of the afternoon, a real surprise treat!
We met up again in the evening, as we were
sat outside ‘Bar Rojas Sol Vida’ on the shady side of the street, the boys had
had a great time, so more cold drinks were called for, as well as plates of
Fabio’s excellent ‘ Frits’ for all the ‘ Boys’ (4) - as we took in the sights and sounds of sunny
Manilva, as the World passed us by, some friends of Leah, came along, Mandy
& Nigel, and joined us, sat on the next table was a large gathering of our
ex-pat friends from around the village.
A couple came along and sat under the umbrellas
for supper, so I approached them, as they were new in ‘Town’ – Mark &
Claire, had been recommend by friends to try the ‘Pizzas’ – they live along the
coast past Sotogrande and it was their first visit to sunny Manilva, so they
got the full news update! Nice to meet you and we hope to see you again!!
As Leah and family headed off back to
Gibraltar after a very special time with them ( a BIG thanks!) – our dear
friend, Brian, came along ‘ Calle Mar’ in his car, so he stopped and joined us
for a drink and catch up, by then it was getting past our supper time, so we
had another drink with Brian, as we went into ‘ Plan B’ – ( the ‘John Dory’ has
gone away for another day) - it was then nearly 11-00 pm, to he took us
around/down to his favourite Bar – ‘Cacho Voy’ – next to the ‘Plaza del Pozo de
Rey’ in the centre of the village, for more drinks and supper.
Brian had a classic, cooked to order ‘ Thin
& Crisp Pizza with Tuna & Prawns ’ – he also had another one to take away ( topped
with BBQ Spare Ribs Meat!) while we had
the ‘House Specials’- which we have not had before – ‘Camperos’ – a traditional
Malaga dish - a batch-like/muffin type
bun (homemade/baked to order)- Filled with ‘Blue Cheese & Chicken’ for
Brenda and mine with ‘Curried Chicken’ – both served with homemade hand-cut ‘Frits’
– skin on! The service was quick and very efficient, the drinks just right,
Brain had an excellent ‘ House Red Wine’ – all at very good and not expensive
prices! Brian then dropped us off at around
12-30 am, we shall return, watch this space.
“ ONE HELLUVA DAY “
For our supper this evening, which I promise
that we will be having, as we are having
a large slice of ‘Spanish Entrecote of Beef’- seasoned and cooked on a very hot
griddle-plate ‘ Med-Rare’ – then left to rest- fat on, before carving it into
slices- ‘finger thick’- French’ style- garnished with seared Asparagus Spears
& Button Mushrooms, 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-
IN SELF LOCKDOWN HERE “
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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