A BEAUTIFUL CRISP AND WARM DAY HERE IN SUNNY MANILVA ON MONDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEK.

MONDAY 6^th/ FEBRUARY 2017.

I was up first this morning to see little princess ‘ Reina’ back with us for the day here in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ – this week she’s here for four day as we are out at the ‘ Costa Del Sol Hospital’ on Thursday morning for my special ‘ ‘Prostrate X-Ray’ – on the way back we are going to call into ‘La Cañada ‘ above Marbella, for some retail shopping. After our normal breakfast we sorted ourselves out for the week ahead.

Tomorrow morning I’m dropping Brenda down at the main surgery in Sabinillas for her blood test, I will shoot back up to the house to see ‘Reina’ back with us and then go back down to Sabinillas to collect Brenda, on Thursday my appointment at the hospital is early, on Friday morning I will be out on my travels for the weekly shopping.

This morning is back to normal for the time of the year, the sky is bright blue, there is no wind and the sun was out early, it’s clear & crisp and very mild, by lunchtime it will be warm in the sunshine, the rest of the week is looking settled with more of the same weather, the weekend has now also cleared, but there is still the threat of a little of the wet stuff on Friday,watch this space.

Just a little bit of nostalgia today, see below the pictures of the ' Runcorn Transporter Bridge ' in action, I used to come back on it with my dad, Tommy Sexton on our bikes after going around 'Delamere Forest' - we went on the cycle path by the side of the railway bridge on the way out from Widnes!

At lunchtime we went up to ' Bar Castillo' for a cool drink and a light ' Tapas' lunch, we sat outside in the warm afternoon sunshine on a glorious day in sunny Manilva.

For our supper this evening we are having the rest of the ‘ Smoked Chicken & Three Green Bean Risotto ‘ – on Tuesday it’s going to ‘ Grilled Gammon Steaks’ with all the trimmings and then on Wednesday I will make the ‘ Dish of the Day ‘ – watch this space.

Last night after supper we watched the third episode of ‘ Apple Tree Yard’ – the final episode is this evening, the main characters life was turned upside down as she was arrested for murder, her husband is standing by her, her lover was also arrested and charged with the murder, it turned out that he kicked to death the rapist, she denies everything, the lover was never a ‘ Spook-Spy’ as she thought, the Court Room drama this evening will be gripping, Emily Watson is mesmerising and tonight the prosecuting QC is played by Francis Tomelty, another great actor, watch this space.



PS; Just a reminder to keep sending the ' Post Cards ' when you are out & about!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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A VERY,VERY HOT ND SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY;

TUESDAY 12^th/ AUGUST 2014.

I was up first this morning, early as ‘Reina’ was being dropped off first thing, she then comes back to bed with us for a little sleep before we get up for our breakfast as normal a little later; we then had our weekly planning meeting to sort out the menus,shopping,doggy sitting and limousine runs!

We then went for a short walk with Reina and Chispa along Calle Mar on the shaded side of the street as it’s very,very hot in sunny Manilva today, the forecast is for it to get hotter as the week goes on – this year it’s been hotter for longer than the past few years, the night time temperatures in particularly have been higher and the long term forecast is for more of the same! We will survive!!

The menus are fixed ‘Gammon’ steak this evening ‘Entrecote’ steak on Wednesday, leftovers on Thursday and Fish on Friday! We are shopping tomorrow as its our only free day when we can fit it in due to the doggy sitting over the next few day with Reina and Scruffy; then early on Thursday morning I’m taking Lilli to the bus station over in Marbella to catch her plane back to Finland to finalize their business commitments.

Brian’s first day in work went very well, this morning he’s driven over to La Linea to get into the habit of finding somewhere to park and get the timing right; tonight they are joining us for supper, this morning Lilli called on her way to catch the bus down to Sabinillas – its so nice to have then around again and especially back in sunny Manilva!

Last night I spoke to Andy and he said that he was struggling to find the time today on his day off due to family commitments to come around to help me fix the small PC; I then called Den and asked him when he had a moment if he would be able to come and help me – he arrived ten minutes later! So I now know how to manage the picture storage and download it to my large hard drive! Result!!  This means that later I will publish above some of the pictures from the weekend of the ‘Feria Queens’ parade and the ‘Fiesta’ on Sunday. Watch this space – fingers crossed!

So tonight we are having the Gammon steaks cooked on the griddle with Pineapple slices and baby Mushrooms then topped with a fried ‘Campo’ Egg; Garden Peas, Parsley New potatoes and twice-cooked Frits – to start we are having nibbles of Tortilla and local thinly sliced Chorizo, then for dessert there is Ogen/Galia Melon with other fresh fruits.

We will of course be watching some football at the same time as on ‘TVE 1’it’s the “UEFA Super Cup” game over in Cardiff at the ‘Millennium’ stadium (Cardiff City Stadium!)? -  between Real Madrid and Sevilla.

Last night the late film was an epic TV/Film series shown all together in one long episode “ The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant” from 2005 – based on actual facts – it tells the story of the first prisoners transported to Botany Bay and what subsequently happened, it stars Romola Gari(?) in the tile role with Jack Davenport and Sam Neill – one to watch right up to the end.

PS; No news from the ‘Royal’ household today but no doubt the ‘Queen of Skelton’ will be making an appearance later as she and her consort visit various parts of the area as they take in all the local sights,sounds,parks,museums,art galleries, beaches and dining establishments etc – all photographed by Den and Josie.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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MANILVA MID WEEK

WEDNESDAY 13^th/  MARCH 2013.

First thing on Wednesday morning after our tea and toast it was shower time – the last one was on Saturday morning before the boiler broke down! The sun is back and the forecast foe the rest of the week is more of the same with clear blue skies and the temperature up to 18/19 degs. I called into our chemists in Calle Mar for my prescription tablets so at the same time he took my blood pressure and weight reading which I have to take once a week and then keep the readings ready for my next visit to the Kidney consultant, next week I have a appointment at the hospital over in Marbella with my Prostate consultant for my three month review next Wednesday morning -  fingers crossed.

In the afternoon I logged on to my new live TV channel to watch the racing on CH4 but had a little difficulty so in the end I ended up on the sports channel that I use for watching the football and found Horse Racing on ‘Racing UK’ with live full-screen coverage from Cheltenham and as a bonus it was showing the racing from Huntingdon at the same time! It was ladies day but it was the racing ‘Fillies’ that are the main attraction; the big race of the day the “ Queen Mother Champion Chase ” was won by the new wonder horse ‘ Sprinter Sacre ’- he won in scintillating fashion as he won by 19 lengths, his 8^th unbeaten win ! See the pictures above.

In the evening for supper we had a very simple meal; Griddled flattened Chicken Breast that I got from our butcher in the morning along with dry Sauté Potatoes and sliced Green Beans – delicious ! I then watched the Malaga v Porto game on the large PC as Malaga reached the last eight in the Champions League for the first time with a 2-0 ( 2-1 agg ) win !

Thoughts for the Day;

The sweaty players in the game of life always have more fun than the supercilious spectators.

Life is too short to waste. Dreams are fulfilled only through action, not through endless planning to take action.

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MANILVA.

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY 18TH/19TH 20TH JANUARY 2011.

On Tuesday Brenda had started her new regime on getting her ankle better; the only problem was the bag of frozen peas she was using burst and she ended up on the floor chasing them around ! The weather this week has gone a little cooler,15 degs but we can’t complain as Lilli’s mum has just flown in from Finland and it was minus 28 degs when she left !! On Tuesday evening we had Burgers for supper, I had picked them up from our butchers in the village in the morning when I took Cheta for a walk; they only cost one euro each and we had three different types, we had proper Burger Baps,crispy onions and Lettuce, sliced local Tomatoes and Tomato relish along with frozen frits – a new wing of McDonalds has opened in sunny Manilva ! The picture below shows that we now have two fire engines at the fire station which is now fully operational.

Yesterday we stayed in and got the dinner ready, Roast Loin of Pork with glazed Apple slices, Chestnut stuffing and finger licking gravy along with Cauliflower and Broccoli Mornay,Whole Green Beans, glazed Carrots and Cabbage with Alcegas, I also made a large dish, as a treat, of Boulangere Potatoes together with Duck Fat roasted Potatoes ! Sadly Mano and Anna could not join us but Brian,Lilli and Lilli.s mum Aulikki did. We had some Tapas to start with Kir Royal made with Cava and Brian had produced a Magnum of Marques De Caceres,Crianza 2007 to go with the meal, it was exceptionally good and as they say the bigger the better ! You can see in the picture below us toasting our guests,Aulilkki speaks very good English which she learnt five years ago when she went on a six month course in Finland including a month staying with a family in Chester ! As Brian has just said on Facebook,it was a combination of great food, a decent wine and good company !!

Today we are taking it easy and having a day at home, tonight we are having cold Pork for supper. We have just come off Skype,I was on Facebook and Penny, from Bridgnorth, came on line and said that she was just about to try and connect her Skype online for the first time so I was talking her through it on the main PC and at the same time on the second PC we connected to her on the Skype video, we got connected and everything worked except she could not get her sound going but she could hear us ! We have arranged to try again later this evening after she gets in from work,

PS; We finally got to see and talk to Penny on Friday lunchtime after more tries,a friend of her's called in and helped her get everything connected - so we are looking foward to many more chats !



Thought for the Day;


Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to to live as one wishes to live.



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