A VERY HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON MONDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEK.

MONDAY 22^nd/ MAY 2017.

I was up early this morning to welcome back little princess ‘ Reina’ for the day, as usual she shot onto her duvet, she’s with us for the next five days, as normal, ‘ Chispa ‘ has been in & out all over the weekend, no doubt she will come crashing in later.

I then freshened up before going down to the surgery for my appointment with the nurse for blood tests etc, it’s my half-yearly check up, I made an appointment to see our Doctor, Natalia, next Tuesday morning for the results.

On the way back I called into the local bank to pay the ‘ Electricity & Water Bills ‘ - the water bill is for three months and the electricity is monthly, the water is, surprisingly, cheap and the electricity has gone down as we now cook on Gas! ( except the Oven!)

Brenda has just popped along to the Chemists in Calle Mar, the ‘Council Water Wagon ‘ washed down the street early this morning, she was collecting her prescription tablets, she then carried on down to the Butchers for this evenings supper, ‘ Escalope’s of Chicken Breast ‘

While I’ve been typing the Blog one of our monthly Pensions has arrived in our Spanish Bank Account, it’s down, a little, on last months, as the ‘ Euro’ has dropped at the end of last week. Watch this space.

The sun was out early this morning and the sky has cleared, there is no breeze so by lunchtime it will be hot, in the high 20s, the rest of the week is going to be the same, the weekend also, the overnight temperature are also creeping up, watch this space.

See below a picture, taken this morning, of the “ Salthouse Dock “ in Liverpool.

                                                     
And the beachfront down in Sabinillas at lunchtime.

This evening for our supper we are having ‘ Posh – Chicken & Chips ‘ – ‘ Escalope’s of Chicken Breast ‘ pan-seared in foaming Lime Butter, garnished with Asparagus Spears & Button Mushrooms, with my famous ‘Pont- Neuf ‘ Chips ( Door Steps!) – the name comes from  Paris’s ‘ Pont Neuf – New Bridge ‘ – in fact the city’s oldest one, where, it’s said, Pommes Frits ( A.K.A. - the granddaddy of French Fries ) used to be sold in the now closed ‘ Chez Clovis’!

After our weekly ‘Menu Meeting’ we are having ‘ Calves Liver’ with all the trimmings on Tuesday, I’m making my famous ‘ Chicken, Mushroom & Bacon Tarragon Pie ‘ – Thursday is left-over’s day and on Friday it will be fresh fish from the market, Saturday is ‘ Steak Night’ and then on Sunday we are having ‘ Grilled Barnsley Lamb Chops’ on ‘ Boulangere’ Potatoes. Watch this space.

Just a quick update on the football results; Manchester City won 0-5 and ended up 3rd, Liverpool won 3-0 and are 4th in the 'Premiere League' - both play in the Champions League next season; over here the village went mad as Real Madrid beat Malaga 0-2 and won the ' La Liga' for the first time since 2012!

Last night we settled down and watched the first of two final cases of ‘Inspector George Gently ‘ with Martin Shaw in the main role, we have not seen the series before, it’s based in Newcastle, as the old-fashioned  ex ‘ Scotland Yard’ Detective chases the ‘ Baddies’

 

We then found on BBC TV 2 a movie to watch “ The Homesman “ from 2014 – co- written, co-produced, directed and starring Tommy Lee Jones, it’s historical period drama set in the 1850s Midwest, the title refers to the taking of immigrants back home, in this case three mad women, typically a man’s job, but in this case Hilary Swank, is tasked with the job, with Tommy Lee Jones help, John Lithgow & James Spender appear and at the very end a short cameo appearance by Meryl Streep, there is a surprise near the end, watch it to find out what happens!

                                                                                                
                                                                          " Happy Birthday " Andrew.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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WARM AND STILL BREEZY SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY;

THURSDAY 15^th/ MAY 2014.

As forecast today has started a little cooler but still sunny down here on the ‘Costa Del Sol’ – it’s more of the same for the next two days before it picks up again on Sunday; which is good new as we have arranged to go out for lunch with Claus & Doreen to ‘Victor’s Restaurant’( Brenda’s Dentist!) which is now situated in the ‘Manilva Green Aparthotel’ Doreen rang yesterday to thank us for ‘Sunday Lunch’ and also to let Brenda know that she had picked Brenda’s watch up for her from the jewelers in Estapona – she offered on Sunday as they were going shopping there one day this week, it’s ‘Feria – Fair’ week in Estepona so the shops only open in the morning or not at all! Thanks – we are looking forward to seeing you on Sunday!

Last night after supper we watched the final of the ‘UEFA Europa League Cup’ at the ‘Juventus’ stadium in Turin; Sevilla beat Benfica on penalties after extra time 4-2 when ‘Beto’ the goalkeeper saved two! They have now won this cup for the third time in nine years, Benfica have lost in their seven previous European finals!! At the same time on ‘TDP’ we also watched an exciting tennis match over in Rome as Nadal won, Brenda watches the tennis all the time – all I hear when I’ am up in the office is her moaning,shouting,grunting and ‘Cooing!’

This morning we have found ourselves in a ‘Gas Bottle War!’ – over the past two week a new lorry has been coming down our street blowing his siren! Our regular ‘Repsol’ driver with the Orange bottles is also still calling twice a week – the new man is ‘Cepsa’ with very posh Silver bottles, three time a week – they are the same price( Government Controlled!) and also the same fitting – we are making enquires about what to do!!

As we were out for our walk with the dog we bumped into two people walking their two 'Highland Terriers' - 'Daisy and Noah' - we started chatting to them,they are English and have just moved up to Manilva and are living down in the valley by the 'Roman Oasis; we then stopped at Bar Rojas for a chat and a cool drink - 'Mark,who is a professional singer and knows some people that we know and Kelly who is a dancer,nice to meet them and we no doubt will see them again walking the dogs!

Just on ‘Facebook’ Lyn has posted an update on their travels around Australia; they have reached Eden going up the East coast and are moving on to Ulladulla near Canberra and then passing Wollongong up to Sydney – we are following them on our very large wall –map up in the office! Thanks for the update, safe traveling and watch out for the ‘Kangaroos!’

The very late movie last night was the ‘Cult’ film about the underground world of high-stakes ‘Texas hold-em’ poker in New York; “ Rounders ” from 1998 stars Matt Damon and Ed Norton with John Malkovich as a weird Russian gambler,Femke Janssen, and Martin Landau – the title come from the term ‘Rounder’ – a person traveling from game to game, city to city seeking and  playing in high stakes cash games! Watch it to find out what happens!

Thought for the Day; See above.

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