A STILL OVERCAST & VERY DAMP SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY;

THURSDAY 12^th / MAY 2016.

We were both up early this morning, I shot off down to Sabinillas for the weekly shopping and Brenda saw ‘ Reina’ back with us for the day, before she had a quick shower ( Brenda not the dog!) I picked up the local newspapers from the English Bookshop and then did the main shop in ‘ Mercadona’ – which was very quiet, I stopped at ‘ Super Sol’ for some ‘English’ essentials before shooting back up the hill through the vine fields; after unpacking back at the house we had ‘ Smoked Bacon Butties’ on lightly toasted white bread with a good dash of ‘ HP’ sauce ( now made in Holland !? )

I managed to keep dry as the heavy showers had stopped, in fact it was warm & sunny with a clear blue sky, for a while, later the rain returned with a vengeance! Its with us for the rest of the day but then we are going back to our normal weather for this time of the year, very warm and sunny and getting better over the weekend into next week, watch this space. See the picture below of ' Puerto de la Duquesa' taken this morning!

We are taking things easy today and later we will get ourselves ready to go down to the ‘ Bella Vista’ site after the ‘ Moffatt’s’ arrive, for a short/quick visit, we are taking ‘Reina’ with us, she is being collected later by Daniela later on her way home, we will then have a good catch up and find out about all their house hunting on the way down the coast; we will find somewhere to eat, after I make a few suggestions, as the ‘BBQ’ has been given a ‘ rain check’ Tomorrow lunchtime we have booked a table at one of our favourite restaurants as Tim & Thea are moving on around the cost and up to Cadiz on Saturday morning, watch this space.

Yesterday evening we had a ‘ quiz night’ as we caught ‘15 to 1, Countdown, Pointless & Egg Heads’ before later catching the late film back on TVE 1 “ Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit “ from 2014, an action spy thriller, directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars in it, with Chris Pine as a ‘young’ Jack Ryan, Kevin Costner and Keira Knightly with a ‘cameo’ appearance by Mikhall Baryshnikov

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Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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MANILVA ON MONDAY MORNING

MONDAY 27^th/ MAY 2013.

I was up bright and early as I had an appointment at the surgery for a update and check up; I’ am not a very ‘Happy Bunny’ as for the first time the Spanish medical system let me down, it is usually very efficient and on time but this morning the relief doctor did not arrive, Emilio, the main village doctor and the Deputy Mayor also arrived late and confronted with the problem shrugged his shoulders! I was also upset as I really wanted to speak to our own doctor not a stand in; to cap it when I went to the reception desk to book another appointment the computer system was not working!!

The forecast for the week is looking settled and getting warmer, which is late for us in sunny Manilva; this week I have an appointment with my Dermatology consultant on Wednesday lunchtime so we are going to Estepona first thing in the morning ( 10-00am opening!) as Brenda needs some cosmetics and I need a cut and trim at my barber’s. Tomorrow our friend Gillian has asked us down, quite literally, as her house it a the bottom of some very steep steps on the side of the valley, at ‘6ish’ for drinks as it is her birthday and she is having some friends and neighbors around.

Just about now the dog usually comes crashing in; to put the record straight her name is actually “ Chispa ” – ‘Little One’ not Cheta as we have always called her, we found out a little while ago when we saw her passport and birth certificate for the first time; we had miss- understood her owner Isabel who is rather old and speaks a very traditional and old Spanish with a speech impediment! She responds to both names now as she is multi-lingual, ie. she has learned English from us and so when we call or tell her things we can do it in both languages! – The dog not Isabel !!

We have finished our latest ‘Patterson’s’ and have started on two more books that Anna brought with her; the TV is back to normal so we will catch a film this evening. Tonight for supper we are having Cold Chicken with leftover vegetables and Potatoes from last night; Mano and Anna really enjoyed the Chicken,Mano loves his vegetables, we had a good catch up and Mano was on a ‘High’ after the wedding on Saturday went exceptionally well!

The late film was a 'Cracker' - " Fast and Furious 5 " from 2011 - filmed in Rio De Janeiro ! It's the first one of the series that we have seen,the car action/chases/crashes are spectacular and stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker?! in the main roles,Jordena Brester is the love interest,Dwyne Johsnson has bigger shoulders,arms and muscles than Vin Diesel! The baddie is Joaquim De Almeida and the girl on the 'Ducati Streetfighter' is Gal Gadot!!

Thought for the Week;  see above as it is a picture one.

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MANILVA SPAIN TODAY