TUESDAY 19TH JUNE 2012.
Just a short while ago we heard the Fire - Helicopter's going over us; It turned out to be a large hill fire behind Sotogrande as you can see in the picture's below and above which has just been posted on Facebook ! There is now also a video of the fire as well !!
PS; We have also had a message from the family over in Australia that there has been an earthquake over a huge area - The State of Victoria - including Melbourne and Sydney !! More to follow.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
MANILVA OVER THE WEEKEND.
THURSDAY/FRIDAY/SATURDAY 19th/20th/21st APRIL 2012.
On Thursday it was a little overcast but brightened up later; the forecast for the weekend is hot and sunny into next week, at the moment as I am typing this it is hot – 23 degs. and rising! We spent the day on chores around the house and in the evening after supper I caught up with the football, it was the first leg games in the semi-finals of the Europa Cup; I choose to watch on the PC the Sporting v Athletic Bilbao match – Bilbao lost 2-1 and the other game that I should have followed was Atl.Madrid v Valencia - Atl.Madrid won 4-2 ! So all the semi – final second legs are next week. The late film was an classic all action cowboy “ The Professionals ” 1966 with Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode and Claudia Cardinale – they don’t make them like this today !
We did the shopping down in Sabinillas on Friday morning and when we got back we went for a walk with dogs around the village; the work on the new Plaza Pozo del Rey is on going – the drilling crane has moved in to start to build the retaining walls as you can see in the pictures below and at the same time they have started on the Mosaic Mural down in front of the new Centre Of Social Services office which will have a local sports theme as you can start to see. Meanwhile over in England at Oakmere in Delamere David and Jane were working on getting ready their second cafe venture; “ Legends ” at the new J&S Motorcycle Showroom ( The largest in the UK ) which is just down the road from the Oulton Park racetrack ! The pictures below give you a little taste of the café, which is opening on Saturday morning with stunt riders,TT winners and Monster trucks ! The breakfast picture has just come in – good value at £6-95 ! All the very best to David and Jane. The other pictures on the Blog below show Brenda’s nephew Jeff indulging himself over on holiday in the USA. He And Annette flew from Kuala Lumpur to Seattle and their daughter Kate flew down from Canada where she lives ; The King Crab looks to die for and the Hamburger is typically American – they have now moved down to Florida and have done Disney and are now at the Kennedy Space Centre – see the pictures above. We were there over 30 years ago as we crossed America from Miami to Los Angeles via New Orleans ,Dallas,Albuerque,New Mexico, Las Vegas and down into Los Angeles ! Now that’s an another story!! Last night for supper we had Fillet of Hake which I bread crumbed and shallow fried with Patatas Brava’s made with the rich Tomato sauce that I made earlier. Mano rang us as he was up in Bar Rojas after work so we went up for a nightcap – Manolo from Bar Rojas had earlier in the day butchered one of his sheep and had it ready in his cellar hanging and ready prepared so Mano bought a leg to go with the leg and shoulder that we already have waiting for a special Sunday lunch when Anna,Sally Ann and Dylan arrive from Tenerife possible some time next week ! The late film was a classic from 1998 – the remake of “ The Perfect Murder ” starring Kirk Duglas,Gwyneth Paltrow and Viggo Mortinsen – don’t leave it as you will miss the twist and turns !
The weather today, Saturday is gorgeous with clear blue skies and hot sunshine with more to come in the next few days; after our walk this morning around the village with the two dogs we are now back in the house , Brenda is going up on the roof terrace later and I will watch some football from England on the PC and later this evening after our Steak and Chip dinner we are going to watch the big match over here – Barcelona v Real Madrid – we don’t know where yet – watch out for the result later !! Come on Barca !!
PS; Oh dear - Barcelona lost 1-2 and Real Madrid are now back to seven points clear in ' La Liga '
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Thought for the Day;
Only one principle will give you courage, that is the principle that no evil lasts forever nor indeed for very long.
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On Thursday it was a little overcast but brightened up later; the forecast for the weekend is hot and sunny into next week, at the moment as I am typing this it is hot – 23 degs. and rising! We spent the day on chores around the house and in the evening after supper I caught up with the football, it was the first leg games in the semi-finals of the Europa Cup; I choose to watch on the PC the Sporting v Athletic Bilbao match – Bilbao lost 2-1 and the other game that I should have followed was Atl.Madrid v Valencia - Atl.Madrid won 4-2 ! So all the semi – final second legs are next week. The late film was an classic all action cowboy “ The Professionals ” 1966 with Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode and Claudia Cardinale – they don’t make them like this today !
We did the shopping down in Sabinillas on Friday morning and when we got back we went for a walk with dogs around the village; the work on the new Plaza Pozo del Rey is on going – the drilling crane has moved in to start to build the retaining walls as you can see in the pictures below and at the same time they have started on the Mosaic Mural down in front of the new Centre Of Social Services office which will have a local sports theme as you can start to see. Meanwhile over in England at Oakmere in Delamere David and Jane were working on getting ready their second cafe venture; “ Legends ” at the new J&S Motorcycle Showroom ( The largest in the UK ) which is just down the road from the Oulton Park racetrack ! The pictures below give you a little taste of the café, which is opening on Saturday morning with stunt riders,TT winners and Monster trucks ! The breakfast picture has just come in – good value at £6-95 ! All the very best to David and Jane. The other pictures on the Blog below show Brenda’s nephew Jeff indulging himself over on holiday in the USA. He And Annette flew from Kuala Lumpur to Seattle and their daughter Kate flew down from Canada where she lives ; The King Crab looks to die for and the Hamburger is typically American – they have now moved down to Florida and have done Disney and are now at the Kennedy Space Centre – see the pictures above. We were there over 30 years ago as we crossed America from Miami to Los Angeles via New Orleans ,Dallas,Albuerque,New Mexico, Las Vegas and down into Los Angeles ! Now that’s an another story!! Last night for supper we had Fillet of Hake which I bread crumbed and shallow fried with Patatas Brava’s made with the rich Tomato sauce that I made earlier. Mano rang us as he was up in Bar Rojas after work so we went up for a nightcap – Manolo from Bar Rojas had earlier in the day butchered one of his sheep and had it ready in his cellar hanging and ready prepared so Mano bought a leg to go with the leg and shoulder that we already have waiting for a special Sunday lunch when Anna,Sally Ann and Dylan arrive from Tenerife possible some time next week ! The late film was a classic from 1998 – the remake of “ The Perfect Murder ” starring Kirk Duglas,Gwyneth Paltrow and Viggo Mortinsen – don’t leave it as you will miss the twist and turns !
The weather today, Saturday is gorgeous with clear blue skies and hot sunshine with more to come in the next few days; after our walk this morning around the village with the two dogs we are now back in the house , Brenda is going up on the roof terrace later and I will watch some football from England on the PC and later this evening after our Steak and Chip dinner we are going to watch the big match over here – Barcelona v Real Madrid – we don’t know where yet – watch out for the result later !! Come on Barca !!
PS; Oh dear - Barcelona lost 1-2 and Real Madrid are now back to seven points clear in ' La Liga '
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Thought for the Day;
Only one principle will give you courage, that is the principle that no evil lasts forever nor indeed for very long.
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
MANILVA MODERN TECHNOLOGY.
THURSDAY 19TH.AUGUST 2010.
Over the last couple of days I have been working on a new music play system called “ Spotify ”which I already had on the small PC; the only way up to then was to be sent a membership by another member, which a friend Tony,thanks,did a few months ago, at the same time a registered my details over a year ago but did not hear from them ! So it was a great surprise when I received an e-mail with an invite to join their new system,free,and I’ am now using the Spotify music play on the main PC; you must check it out as it is very good, quick and easy to use now that there is no waiting list ! I play all our music through the speakers, loud and we really enjoy listening to different artists every day and storing our favourites.There are lots more features on the system that you can use. Check it out!!
When we were over with Vidal he recommended to me a site on which you can create your own radio station for anybody to listen too; “ Jango ” is also very easy to start up and it is free, once again. I have registered and have started to put the music together to play on my programme;it is easy to navigate around and has lots of different features including video, I will give you all the details of my radio station as soon as I have put it all together. Meanwhile I’ am listening to other peoples shows to get some hints !! Check it out at the same time !
Today we called our International Banking service which looks after our bank account over at HSBC in Colwyn Bay; it is only used for some transactions that are still ongoing, which we have left over in North Wales for simplicity, all our accounts were closed and transferred to our Spanish Bank; we arranged for a transfer over to our account which normally, in the past takes one day and to our great surprise two hours later it had arrived ! Now that is efficiency with a capital “ E ”
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Over the last couple of days I have been working on a new music play system called “ Spotify ”which I already had on the small PC; the only way up to then was to be sent a membership by another member, which a friend Tony,thanks,did a few months ago, at the same time a registered my details over a year ago but did not hear from them ! So it was a great surprise when I received an e-mail with an invite to join their new system,free,and I’ am now using the Spotify music play on the main PC; you must check it out as it is very good, quick and easy to use now that there is no waiting list ! I play all our music through the speakers, loud and we really enjoy listening to different artists every day and storing our favourites.There are lots more features on the system that you can use. Check it out!!
When we were over with Vidal he recommended to me a site on which you can create your own radio station for anybody to listen too; “ Jango ” is also very easy to start up and it is free, once again. I have registered and have started to put the music together to play on my programme;it is easy to navigate around and has lots of different features including video, I will give you all the details of my radio station as soon as I have put it all together. Meanwhile I’ am listening to other peoples shows to get some hints !! Check it out at the same time !
Today we called our International Banking service which looks after our bank account over at HSBC in Colwyn Bay; it is only used for some transactions that are still ongoing, which we have left over in North Wales for simplicity, all our accounts were closed and transferred to our Spanish Bank; we arranged for a transfer over to our account which normally, in the past takes one day and to our great surprise two hours later it had arrived ! Now that is efficiency with a capital “ E ”
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
MANILVA NEWSFLASH.
THURSDAY 12TH AUGUST 2010.
Just come off the SKYPE video after speaking to a very old friend from Liverpool from school days who made contact last night via Facebook;Bob Taylor and I were great mates along with other lads in the two roads that we lived in and who went on to form a group called " The Dennisons " Bob's wife Maureen worked in the local shop so we all go back a long way and have lots of catching up to do ! Looking foward to getting all the news as Bob now has time on his hands as he retired six weeks ago so us pensioner's must stick together, my Spanish bus pass comes through on the 24th September!!
PS; Thanks for the family pictures just received.
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Just come off the SKYPE video after speaking to a very old friend from Liverpool from school days who made contact last night via Facebook;Bob Taylor and I were great mates along with other lads in the two roads that we lived in and who went on to form a group called " The Dennisons " Bob's wife Maureen worked in the local shop so we all go back a long way and have lots of catching up to do ! Looking foward to getting all the news as Bob now has time on his hands as he retired six weeks ago so us pensioner's must stick together, my Spanish bus pass comes through on the 24th September!!
PS; Thanks for the family pictures just received.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
TARIFA,SPAIN McCRAE,AUSTRALIA.
Tuesday 31st March.
We have just come off the Skype phone after speaking to and seeing Jack and Lyn in Mc Crae,Australia via a video call link up for the first time! Sadly they could not see us due to technical difficulties but any day now we will get the technology working! They have also seen and read our blog-page about the wedding and saw the pictures that we had posted from the wedding;yesterday we rang Norah,Brenda’s sister in Runcorn to tell her to check out the blog so as she could also look at the pictures and tell Jenny,Brenda’s other sister on the Wirral about them.We have also started to write up a family tree as we put names to faces from the Facebook wedding pictures ready for when Jack and Lyn visit us in June.
We have just come off the Skype phone after speaking to and seeing Jack and Lyn in Mc Crae,Australia via a video call link up for the first time! Sadly they could not see us due to technical difficulties but any day now we will get the technology working! They have also seen and read our blog-page about the wedding and saw the pictures that we had posted from the wedding;yesterday we rang Norah,Brenda’s sister in Runcorn to tell her to check out the blog so as she could also look at the pictures and tell Jenny,Brenda’s other sister on the Wirral about them.We have also started to write up a family tree as we put names to faces from the Facebook wedding pictures ready for when Jack and Lyn visit us in June.
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