SATURDAY 7th/ APRIL 2018.
We had a little lie in this morning before
getting the day on the go, Brenda is washing/shampooing her hair later, for
breakfast Brenda did her famous ‘ Campo’ Poached Eggs on Toast, Scrambled for
her, with mugs of steaming tea, I then shot on my travels, again, down to
Sabinillas for some extra shopping from ‘ Mercadona’ and also the ‘TV Times’
form the ‘English Bookshop’ – yesterday I picked up the ‘ Hello’ magazine, by mistake!
This morning, as forecast, the weather has
changed, it’s grey and overcast with a light/cold breeze, the threat of the wet
stuff is in the air, which I managed to miss while I was out, later we are in
for rain, on Sunday the sun returns, sadly only for the day, as on Monday and
for all of next week we are in for more ‘ April’ Showers’ everyday, getting
heavy at times, the overall temperatures are hovering on the 16/18 degs+ mark,
watch this space.
On the sports front this weekend we are in for a ‘Helluva’ extravaganza!
In the Football there are three ‘ Derby
Games ‘ – over in the ‘Premier League’ – the early kick-off is at Everton as
they welcome Liverpool, then the late kick-off is at Manchester City when they
welcome Manchester Utd, when/if Manchester City win they will become the
Champions! Over in the ‘ La Liga’ on Sunday Real Madrid welcome Atletico Madrid!!
Today’s ‘ National Hunt Jump Racing’ comes
from Kempton Park, meanwhile over in Australia the ‘Commonwealth Games’ is
taking place in the’ Gold Coast’ – the second ‘ Grand Prix’ of the season is
taking place, under the floodlights in Bahrain, meanwhile down in Georgia, at
the spectacular and beautiful ‘ Augusta National Golf Club’ the ‘ US Masters
Tournament ‘ is up to Day 3 later.
Then on Sunday up in France it’s the 116th
edition of the classic ‘ Paris-Roubaix’ one-day Cycle race, “ The Hell of the
North “ is one of the oldest and one of the most difficult one-day races with
riders having to endure a daunting gauntlet of cobbled sections, over 257 kms!
Yesterday evening we had a ‘surprise’
visitor, our old friend ‘ Mano’ who we have not seen since Xmas, called in,
just as I was about the cook our supper, his wife Anna, is in the ‘UK’ looking
after their grandson, he had dropped in the day before to say ‘ Hello’ – so he
joined us for his ‘ Fish n’ Chip ‘ supper – I always have more than we need! We
then watched the ‘ Masters Golf’ which we are able to follow on our
Multi-Channel TV System. He’s coming around this evening to watch the ‘Manchester
City’ Derby game, as he’s a very big fan of them, along with his son Carlos,
who is working down at the ‘ La Taberna’ in Castillo de la Duquesa, so will
miss the game!
For our supper this evening we are having a
large ‘ Entrecote’ Steak’ – cooked on a very hot griddle-plate ‘ Med-Rare’ –
then left to rest, before slicing it into fingers ‘French’ style, garnished
with seared Asparagus Spear, Button Mushrooms & Baby Shallots, with Whole
Baby French Green Beans and of course twice-cooked ‘ Frits’ – a classic ‘ ‘Bearnaise’
sauce on the side, I have a ’standby’ Steak, if Mano want’s to say for his ‘ Steak
Supper’
On Sunday, for a change, we are not ‘ Roasting’ – we are having ‘ Baked English Pork Chops’ with glazed ‘ Fuji’ Apple slices, with a large selection of fresh local vegetables and our favourite ‘ Lyonnaise Potatoes’
On Sunday, for a change, we are not ‘ Roasting’ – we are having ‘ Baked English Pork Chops’ with glazed ‘ Fuji’ Apple slices, with a large selection of fresh local vegetables and our favourite ‘ Lyonnaise Potatoes’
Later this evening after supper we will be
watching the last two back to back episodes of the Danish crime drama, with
sub-titles “ Below the Surface”
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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