A VERY HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY;

TUESDAY 2^nd/ JUNE 2015.

No lie in this morning as ‘Reina’ was due to be dropped off first thing; yesterday afternoon when Lee & Daniela collected her they brought us some very welcome gifts, litre bottles of ‘Bacardi & Bombay Sapphire’ for the sprit cupboard!! They had been in Edinburgh for Daniela’s grandmother’s 80^th birthday celebration over the weekend with all the family. Many thanks for the contribution!

Later just as we were starting our ‘Happy Hour’ Mano & Anna called in for a chat and gossip so they joined us, when Mano calls in it gives me a chance to make sure that I’m understanding and translating the news correctly as we only have, by choice, Spanish TV. ‘Scruffy’ was picked up just as they were leaving, he’s back on Friday as Rose had an appointment at the hospital over in Malaga for a checkup scan.

After breakfast I went and brought the car up from the garage to check the oil & water and then carried on down to the surgery and made the appointments, for both of us, to update our prescriptions and have a checkup at the same time, our regular Doctor has had an accident and broken her arm so we will have to take pot luck with the relief Doctor on Friday lunchtime.

Last night over in Liverpool the ‘New Moon Pub Company’ had a ‘Soft Opening’ of their latest venture in their ‘Empire’ before the official opening on Friday of 'The Old Blind School’ – see the pictures above.

Today its getting even hotter, the sun was out early and by lunchtime it will be around the 28/29degs mark, inland its due to reach 39/40 degs in places, the sky is blue and there is just a very light breeze to make it just bearable! Later in the week it’s getting warmer and then over the weekend is settling down.

At lunchtime we went for a nice walk with 'Reina'  & 'Chispa' and ended up sat in the garden of 'Carlos's Bar Antuigdades' for a nice cool drink taking in the views across to the mountains as the world passed by!

This evening for our supper we are having ‘Pork Fillet Schnitzels ’using fresh breadcrumb’s from the bakery with ‘Spaghetti Milanese’ & sautéed Mushrooms, I will top mine with a ‘Campo’ Fried Egg, Capers & Anchovy Fillets – “ Holstein” style!

Later this afternoon the cement truck/pump was back at the site as they lied the ground floor; See the pictures above. NB; Note the polystyrene sheets against our walls before the cement!   ( I've just put my initials in it 'MLS' for posterity!)

The roof terrace will be in use later after the sun moves around and then after supper we will find something to watch after channel hopping.

Tomorrow at lunchtime we are going down the coast to Sotogrande Marina for a al fresco ‘Tapas’ lunch at the ‘KE’ Bar – watch out for the pictures later in the afternoon!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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MANILVA MUSIC CONCERT SUNDAY.

SUNDAY 24th JULY 2011.

Brenda made us a surprise Smoked Bacon Butties for breakfast to start the day ahead; we ended up at Bar Rojas for a Tapas lunch, Lumy is now making Paella every Sunday and it is ready by 2-00pm so we sat outside under the Sonbrajo and enjoyed the little breeze blowing up from the coast, she had prepared small Fish Brochettes with Gambas and chunks of White Fish served with a Garlic Mayonnaise which were delicious also, When we got up earlier I had popped into the oven a local Chicken to roast, I rubbed it with lots of Lemon juice and sprinkled a little salt on it at the same time, Quickly cooked it in a hot oven with lots of basting and then finished it off to crisp the skin ! We had it cold in the evening with local New Potatoes and Garden Peas and Glazed Carrots – just what we fancied before we headed up for the last of the concerts.

MANILVA MUSIC CONCERT – SUNDAY.

Tonight’s concert featured three Choirs from Manilva; The ‘Amigos de la ASABAM’ from Sabinillas on first to get the audience going, then ‘ San Luis de Sabinillas ’ from the small church in the town and finally they kept the best till last, ‘ Santa Ana de Manilva ‘ which were introduced by Fernando, they brought the house down and even did an encore, one of the Senoras,Isobel,Lucy’s mum got a tremendous cheer when she started to dance a Fandango at the end, that is her in the final picture on the right below ! We are now taking things easy as on Tuesday we have a long day for the ‘ Santa Ana Verbena ‘ festival, the patron saint of Manilva. Watch this space for the full report and pictures !

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