A VERY WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY.

SATURDAY 23^rd / APRIL 2016.  “ ST. GEORGE’S DAY “

I was up first this morning and after freshening up I came down to Brenda’s famous ‘ Campo Poached Eggs on Toast’ for breakfast, to set me up for the day ahead; I then shot off down to ‘ Castillo de la Duquesa’ to the ‘Castle Radio FM 89.2 & World Wide Online’ studio to prepare my show ‘ Sir Malcolm’s Classic Saturday Session’ with the help of Andrew Charles, my first ‘ live’ programme, broadcast, at 11-00am – I then hit the airways for my two hour show! Lots of local listeners and some nice good luck messages as I got into the swing of things, four screens, two mice and a large mixing desk under my control, see the picture below of me ‘ at work’!

I managed to play a request for Andy and gave all the relations over in Australia a good mention as well as all the others listening here and over in England, I also added some extra tunes including a new Paul Simon track ‘ Wristband’ that he played last night on the new series of ‘ Later with Jools Holland’ ‘Lady’ Brenda, my co-producer also had a dance tune played to help get her back on her feet”!! Next weeks show is also going to be broadcast from the same studio as the work on my studio is going to take a little longer to set up. Watch this space.

Today is the hottest day, so far, down here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’  - as its very warn & sunny and is due to reach 25/26 degs later! More to come over the next few days and into next week.

Now home I’m catching up with the Blog etc. This afternoon we will be watching the last Jump Racing of the season from ‘ Sandown Park’ Later its the first Semi-Final of the ‘FA Cup’ taking place at Wembley as Everton take on Manchester Utd, meanwhile Manchester City are at home to Stoke and Liverpool welcome Newcastle, over here in ‘ La Liga’ Barcelona are at home to Sporting de Gijon & Real Madrid travel to  Rayo Vallecano, also here in Spain, just around the corner up in Jerez its the ‘Spanish Motor GP’

Supper this evening is ‘ Grilled Fillet Steak ‘ cooked ‘Med-Rare’ with whole Green Beans and twice-cooked ‘ Frits’ – plain and simple! Tomorrow its my famous ‘ Smoked Chicken & Three Green Bean Risotto’

Last night after supper we watched the new Rick Stein series of ‘ A Long Weekend Away’ – this weeks was from Bordeaux – it looked rather nice and of course features lots of Red Wine and some very ‘ Rare, in fact Blue’ grilled Beef! He made the classic ‘ Bordelaise Sauce’ which sadly I can’t make as I can’t find any Bone Marrow! 

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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A CLEAR & SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY;

SATURDAY 16^th / APRIL 2016.

We managed a nice lie in this morning before the delivery’s started down our street, gas bottles & goods for the shop, Brenda then had a quick shower before breakfast, she had a toasted ‘Smoked Bacon Butty’ and I had ‘ Campo Fried Eggs with Smoked Bacon’ with buttered toast and mugs of steaming tea; we then watched ‘ Saturday Kitchen Live’ with this time a young Irish TV food presenter/writer Donal Skehan who was rather good & professional.

This morning its mild & little overcast but the forecast is for it to pick up later when the sun breaks through, the sky is clearing and there is still a little breeze, overnight is now a lot warmer and by this afternoon its due to reach 25 degs, over the next few days we have more of the same .if a little cooler and there is the threat of some of the wet stuff in the air as another tail end of an Atlantic storm could hit us! See below our house at lunchtime as all the new plants start to show!

PS, Today's washing has just gone out up on the 'roof patio in the sky' as its perfect drying weather!

Its another big sports weekend, over in the ‘ Premiere League’ Everton have to travel all the way down to Southampton and Manchester City are in London as they play Chelsea later, Tomorrow Liverpool also have a long journey as they are down at Bournemouth; over here in ‘ La Liga’ Real Madrid play their near neighbours Getafe just down the road and Barcelona welcome Valencia on Sunday. Its the ‘ Chinese Grand Prix’ with Hamilton starting at the back of the grid due to engine problems, then this afternoon we will be watching the Horse Racing from Ayr as its the ‘ Scottish Grand National’

The picture below show the Albert Dock in Liverpool last night and then this morning.

For our supper this evening we are having the classic “ Tournedos Rossini’ – Fillet Steak wrapped in Smoked Bacon then seared on a very hot griddle plate before going into a hot oven to cook ‘ Med-Rare’ They are served on a toasted ‘ Crute’ with a ‘Quenelles’ of Iberia Pate on the top of the steaks, surrounded with a strong Red Wine Meat Glaze, then garnished with whole Green Beans and on the side twice-cooked ‘Chips’ See below;

NEWSFLASH; ‘ SIR’ MALCOLM’S SATURDAY RADIO SHOW IS STARTING !

Yesterday afternoon I received a Skype message from Andrew at ‘ Castle Radio FM 89.2 & Online’ offering me a spot on the excellent local radio station; I said YES!! Its going to be a two hour programme on Saturday mornings from 11-00 am – 1-00 pm on a regular slot, I will be playing and talking about my favourite music from the 60s, an eclectic mix from my early days growing up in Liverpool to the sound of the ‘ Mersey Beat’! With the help of Lee & Daniela, who are going to set up the computer systems, so as I can broadcast ‘ Live’ from my studio here in sunny Manilva, its rather exciting and just a little daunting at the same time, watch and listen to this space!!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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