A CRISP & SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY;

SUNDAY 24^th/ JANUARY 2016.

We started the day with a nice lie in this morning as the village is very quiet, the sun was out early and the birds were singing! For our breakfast we had Brenda’s famous ‘ Campo’ Poached Eggs on Toast with a mug of steaming tea; we then sorted out our week ahead, last night I phoned Jane to catch up with their arrangements for their short brake at the start of the week.

Firstly Jane told us about some problems close to home , Nan, her dear Mum, has had a nasty fall and broken her hip & arm, very badly, this after her ‘Heart’ scare over Xmas, she is now back at her home receiving round the clock treatment after a very worrying time, meanwhile David had been in hospital for some nasty ‘check ups’ with an ongoing back problem, also of course there are the usual unrelated everyday work problems of running the ‘Award’ winning ever expanding ‘ New Moon Pub Company’ and Jane’s Bakery business! So they are ready for a nice, quiet, relaxing couple of days away down here on the ‘Costa Del Sol’!!

They are not flying into Malaga Airport until 8-30 pm tomorrow night, they have arranged a hire car and will drive across to the ‘Estepona H10 Princess’ **** and crash out, we are going to catch up with them on Tuesday morning and then give them a nice relaxing time , staying local, with some good food & wine and of course a friendly ear to chat and catch up with all their news etc. 

So tomorrow morning we are going across to Estepona, first thing, so as I can go to my Barber, Manuel, for a trim & face massage, check on the repair to our Carriage clock, do a little essential ‘Sales’ window shopping, go up to the car hypermarket for oil/coolant and then check out the ear phones/mikes at the computer shop that supplied the new system!

Tuesday & Wednesday we will be spending the time with the folks, on Thursday ‘Reina’ is back with us for the day as well as on Friday so we will do our weekly shopping on Saturday morning.

Today we taking things easy, again, and are going to shower and freshen ourselves up, find something to wear and then relax for the rest of the day in front of the TV. Its dry and clear this morning then by lunchtime with the sun out is will reach the heady heights of 19 degs! The next few days are looking settled and dry & crisp with some more of the sun around.

On the sports front yesterday Liverpool scored in the 95^th minute to win 4-5 in a very exciting match against Norwich, Manchester City were lucky to come way from West Ham with a 2-2 draw and over here Barcelona beat Malaga 1-2 – just! The Horse Racing was very exciting on the excellent coverage on Channel 4, next week its from the home of Jump Racing, Cheltenham.

For our supper this evening we are having flattened ‘Breast of Turkey’ pan-fried in foaming Lime Butter with Savoury Basmati Rice, whole Green Beans and a rich, creamy Mushroom sauce, last night we channel hopped and ended up watching back to back films into the wee small hours!

Thoughts for the Day, See above.

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GUADALMINA ALTA LA CASA DEL ABUELO.

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY/FRIDAY 3RD/4TH/5TH NOVEMBER 2010.

We came across to Guadalmina on Wednesday lunchtime to La Casa Del Abuelo to take over from Clive and Carolyn as they went on their five week holiday; they stayed on Wednesday evening at a hotel in the old part of Malaga before they joined the cruise liner on Thursday lunchtime for the two week cruise to Barbados. I tried to log on to a web cam on the " Silver Cloud " to follow then as they started off and went through the Staites of Gibraltar but sadly it does not have one !The three dogs are fine and are not a problem to look after as they have a large pound and kennel in the grounds of the very large garden’ the two house cats come and go as they please but the five/six wild cats are a pain in the neck ! The fish in the pond have grown and at feeding time the pond becomes like as if there is a shoal of Piranhas – hopefully not!! Joan, Clive’s mum. has her own flat in the old part of the villa and she has a home help in three times a week, as well as a hairdresser and chiropodist calling in so she is easy to look after. The gardener is in once a week to keep the garden, terrace and pool up to scratch and the cleaner does all the washing and ironing as well as looking after the villa on the same day. We are expecting the builders to call in next week, as arranged, to work on the outside drains and gully’s before we have any rain; the weather is beautiful at the moment with clear blue skies, hot sun and no breeze but the pool is not hot enough as we dipped our toes in it this morning! In the evening we had the last of the Scouse that we brought across for supper and then settled down to watch the large screen TV and catch up with all our old favorites.

On Thursday we were up early for the gardener and cleaner and have now settled down to a routine in the villa with the feeding of the animals. We popped out to pick up some essentials from down in Guadalmina and in the evening; we had Pan Fried Flattened Chicken Breast with Balsamic Vinegar and Sauté Potatoes with Green Beans for dinner. We then watched the football, sadly Manchester City lost in Poland but Liverpool won in Italy after a second half hat trick from Steven Gerrard!

This morning we have been down to find the Mercadona supermarket in San Pedro and stock up for the weekend, tonight we are having Pan Fried Baby Lemon Soles with New Potatoes and Garden Peas for supper and we are going out for our Sunday Lunch, for a change, to Tricky Ricky’s in Guadalmina.Tomorrow is a TV day as the International Rugby starts with Wales playing the Australians and England against the New Zealand All Blacks!!

Thought for the Day;

Silent gratitude isn’t very much use to anyone.


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