CASA OLIMPIA.

Sunday 26th July 2009.

Yet another glorious day with a slight breeze so first thing in the morning Chris and Jane took the dogs down to the beach in Tarifa to give them a run in the sand dunes; this gave us a chance to prepare a light finger buffet as Chis had told us that he could have 3/4friends coming around at lunchtime for drinks, we had stocked up and we were ready. When they got back he had a phone call to say that they could not make it, which did not stop us opening a fine vintage bottle of Laurent Perrier to finish off a lovely weekend and the comments about the buffet were excellent! Chris is a vegetarian and we had catered for his needs as we knew from Joan what he liked.The picture below shows Joan,Jane and Brenda in the lounge looking at the buffet.
In the early evening I dropped them back down to Gibraltar to catch the evening flight to Luton.

MANILVA.

Tuesday 17th February.

In the morning we went across to the bank in Estepona and then called into agents to re-book our advert in the newspaper; we now have three regular clients and are looking for one more as that wiil give us enough work to fit in around our other comitments and we will then be able to select other business around the bookings and friends and family coming to stay! Please book early to avoid disapointment!! We have just given the Smart car a wash and are now starting to pack for tomorrow.Over the weekend on the local TV they showed the two main match's that we watched and reported on,the small juniors game was a delight to see and the local sports reporter, David interviewed them after the game as if they were Real Madrid players! The Manilva game in which they scored eight goals was exciting to watch and now we know all the players names it is more interesting;on the TV you could see Brenda and I sat on the open stand behind the team bench looking like Derby and Joan!

MANILVA.

Saturday 8th.November.

We picked up Clive and Carolyn from the airport last night;their flight was early so we were able to drive in without stopping and were back at the villa by midnight.They are planning some more trips away so they have asked us to look after the villa and the animals again in the future.We stayed over night and in the morning we came back to Manilva after calling into the butchers as we were passing to buy some stuff for the weekend.It was nice to come home as we have been away for nearly four weeks altogether,Brenda is catching up with the washing and unpacking,with my help and I’ve been in the office checking on e-mails etc.All our neighbours seemed to have missed us and have been asking where we have been!The plants are ok as it has been raining,the only one that is not all right is the Ucha plant in the chill out room,it’s not been happy for a couple of months!In the evening we had Steak and frits for supper and watched the football on the TV.It was really exciting,Real Madrid beat Malaga,just and Barcelona scored six goals!

Sunday 9th November.

After a long lie in we got up to a sunny day and started to plan for the week ahead;on checking the calendar we noticed that it was Mano and Annas wedding anniversary so we rang them and asked them round for Brunch later in the day,They arrived with Carlos so we opened the Cava and had some Bucks Fizz to start the celebrations!We had Eggs,Bacon,Sausage,Mushrooms,Tomato,Baked Beans and Saute potatoes which hit the spot and set us up for the day.We then went back to Carlo’s house,which is called Maine Road, to watch on the large screen Manchester City play Spurs,City lost and did not play well.We ended up in the local bar by Carlos;s playing pool and Mano and I played two locals in a hot game of Dominos using Spanish rules !

COLWYN BAY,NORTH WALES

On Monday the 30th July we went into Rhyl to have a tow bar fitted to the “Hairdryer”
that we had ordered last week from the Smart car website.At the same time we had welsh
number plates fitted.During last week our friend and “IT” Expert Scott had called in and
checked out and updated the PC.and he returned on Monday evening to show me how to
install and use my latest toy! I am now walking around with my silver I-Pod playing the
latest downloads and some old favourites! Brenda hit the shops on Tuesday in Llandudno
in the new arcade including Debenhams,I now am the proud owner of two pairs of blue
jeans-the very first that I have had and have not taken then off since! Due to the cold and
wet weather we have had to dart out inbetween showers to cut Tim's lawn's and keep his
loverly garden up to scratch for his return!Also we have been doing all the recycling of
the rubbish.Brenda has been back to her old hairdresser in Llandudno and had the full
works once again but I only had a trim as the”Antonio” is still growing!The test results
have come back all OK and Brenda has also been given a clean bill of health.On Friday
Tim and family returned from Greece,very relaxed and brown but Ben had picked up an
ear infection and was not too well over the weekend.We tookTim,Thea and Ben out to
lunch on Sunday to the Kinmel Arms but Jo was out with her girlfriends catching up with
all the gossip.We called into the motor cycle shop on Monday to say “Bye,Bye” to the
scooter. We have done over 4000kms on it and loved the freedom that it gave us.On
Tuesday I took Ben and one of his mates to see the film “Transformers” which is a real
boys film and was very good.During the week we enjoyed our time with the family and
sat down to dinner with them all round the table,also helping with the cooking including
the famous Sexton Curry!Over the last few weeks we have been out and about and have
been to see and caught up with all our old friends and staff.On Saturday evening we went
out to some friends of Tims for the evening and they caught up with all the holiday news.
Sunday started with the full welsh breakfast before we set off to the Wirral to stay with
our friends Carol and Chris for the week.As the sun came out we drove around the coast
and called into Parkgate for a drink and an ice cream,then called into one of Brenda's sisters
for tea and a chat.