A STILL VERY ' CRISP' & WARM SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY.

SATURDAY 9^th/ DECEMBER 2017.

We all had a nice long lie in this morning, after a quick freshen up we took ‘ Chico’ out for his first walk of the day, he’ stays and sleeps in his bed all night and then has a stretch & scratch before we set off out,he’s  eating very well and is very easy to look after, he also gets on with all the other dogs, he’s with us until Monday lunchtime, he’s then back for a short stay before Xmas.

We have another very sunny & ‘ crisp’ day here in sunny Manilva, the sky has cleared and there is a light breeze, more of the same tomorrow, then on Monday it’s forecasting some of the ‘ wet-stuff’ but then the rest of next week is dry & settled with sunshine, hovering on the 16/18 degs mark, watch this space.

See below pictures of Ruthin in North Wales taken this morning, by our friend Kelvin, outside his house, as the heavy snow takes effect, all of North Wales has been hit, with more to come over the weekend!

For our supper this evening we are having a large ‘ Entrecote Steak ‘ cooked on a very hot griddle-plate ‘ Med-Rare’ – then left to rest before slicing it into ‘ fingers’ – ‘French’ style, garnished with seared Asparagus Spears & Button Mushrooms with a sauceboat of ‘Bearnaise’ sauce on the side,  whole Baby French Green Beans and the classic, twice-cooked ‘Pont Neuf’ Chips ( Door Steps!)

Tomorrow night we are having for our Sunday ‘ Roast’ a ‘Leg of New Zealand, South Island, Lamb ‘ studded with Garlic Cloves & Rosemary, finished on my famous ‘Boulangere’ Potatoes with a selection of local vegetables prepared by the ‘Vegetable Chef’ – with lots of Mint sauce on the side and a sauceboat of my ‘ finger-licking ‘Pan Gravy’ !

On the sports front this weekend it’s all happening over in the UK in the ‘Premier League’ as there are two classic ‘ Derby’ games, both on Sunday, as Liverpool welcome Everton and Manchester Utd are at home to Manchester City !! Over here in ‘ La Liga’ Real Madrid are at home to Sevilla and Barcelona travel to Villarreal.

We will check out the ‘ Manilva Gastronomic Food & Wine Festival ‘ later while we are out with ‘ Chico’ for his main walk of the day, the two village ‘ Chi Chi Pom Bands’ and one from another village, are out in force this morning in the streets around our house, sadly not passing our front door due to the street being closed at the top,  this evening after supper we will channel hop to find something to watch.

" NEWS UPDATE " 

PS; Sadly ' Castle Radio ' is off-air at the moment due to severe technical difficulties, watch this space!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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SUNNY BREEZY AND WARM MANILVA TODAY;

TUESDAY 29^th/ OCTOBER 2013.

Yet another glorious day here in sunny Manilva as this weeks weather takes shape, it’s a little cooler today but still on the 23/24 degs mark! – the sun is out and the sky is blue!! The picture above from Brian over in Pori, Finland was taken earlier in the day in the Arctic Circle and shows the “ Aurora Borealis ”at its finest! It also means that the heavy snow is on its way and of course they are into the permanent day light hours!! Keep warm Big Bri and Lilli and think of us down here in sunny Manilva!

We have sorted the menus out for this week, today we are having Baked Pork Chops (Cut English style) by our butcher with Cabbage with ‘Acelgas’(Spanish) and mixed vegetables along with Baby New Potatoes in their skins and on the side a rich braised steak gravy, tomorrow its Chicken Curry, that’s if the electricity is not off for the day as we are not on the list, fingers crossed, they are working on a major job in the village and everywhere around us is off from 9 -5 !? Then on Thursday its Sausage, Egg and chips, Fish on Friday and back to our Saturday night ‘Steak Night’ This Sunday we are having Roast Crown of Turkey with all the trimmings to finish the week on a ‘High’!

This morning we have sorted our outfits for our day out on Saturday at the ‘Gastronomic Food Festival’ taking place in the Bullring in Malaga; the forecast is good with sun and clear skies, so far! We are just about to go for our walk around the village with the dog and will check out about tomorrow’s power cut?! Watch this space.

Well we have just had an interesting good long walk around the village; we have confirmed with the council and the workmen that the electricity is off tomorrow,at the same time we have been asked by three people to go on another free trip to Malaga tomorrow as well as on Saturday,which fits in nicely as we will possible have no power for the day,this means that will we have our Sausage,Egg and chips tomorrow night and I will make the Chicken Curry on Thursday!

As you can see in the pictures above its a beautiful day here,we went up to the top part of the village where they are working on Calle Lobato just as Antonia,the Mayor and Marcus were checking on the progress; this part of the village is like a village within a village as its cut off from the hustle of the main part and has four 'Ronnie Barker' mini-markets to look after the locals. The work on the church is on-going and they are painting the cemetery ready for Fridays bank holiday for 'All Saints Day' We then came back around across the park as you can see ! 

Last night’s film was a classic from the past – “ Jackie Brown ” from 1997,produed and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring the gorgeous Pam Grier’s in the title role with Robert Foster, Samuel L.Jackson,Robert De Niro,Bridget Fonda and Michael Keaton in the always watch able story with all the memorable sound tracks of great music, especially the “ Delfonics” singing ‘Didn’t I ( Blow Your Mind This Time) !!

Tonight after supper we will watch the news and weather forest before we find something to watch.

Thought for the Day; See above.

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