THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY FROM SUNNY MANILVA;

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" THE LIVERPOOL OVERHEAD RAILWAY "

' SEAFORTH RAILWAY STATION ' 

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A WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY 5^th/ APRIL 2017.

Brenda was up first this morning to see ‘Reina’ back with us for the day, she then took ‘ Scruffy’ out for his morning walk, he arrived last night for his sleep over, with his executive bed, he sleeps on our bed and then his, he was picked up later this morning by Rose after they came back from Adrian’s hospital check up, I stayed in bed for a little lie in as I have a very stiff and painfull shoulder, Brenda has administered the ointment and I’ve taken a painkiller, we had our toast & tea and then sorted ourselves out for the day ahead

Mano is calling in later as we have to go into the Town Hall to re-register some of our Spanish documents, he called in yesterday to check them out, this morning I’ve now arranged a hire car from the regular company in Marbella, we have decided to play safe, our car is really only for local trips, they are dropping off, on Friday, a new ‘ Citron Picasso ‘ – automatic with Sat-Nav! Watch out ‘ Mojacar ‘!!

The weather forecast has changed a little, for the better, it’s now staying warm and sunny for the rest of the week and over the weekend, the threat of the wet stuff has been blown away, it’s a little cooler 18/19degs at the moment, the sun is out and the sky is bright blue, next week for the ‘ Semana Santa ‘ festivities it’s going to get up to 23/24degs,  fingers crossed, watch this space.

See below the “ SS Lusitania “ in the Canada Dock in Liverpool

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She held the holder of the ‘ Blue Riband ‘ and briefly the world s largest passenger ship until the completion of her sister ship ‘ Mauretania ‘ – on the 7^th/ May 1915 she was sank by a German U-Boat torpedo, off Ireland, a second, unexplained, internal explosion sent her to the seabed in 18 minutes, with the death of 1,198 passengers & crew.

For our supper this evening we are having ‘ Pan-Seared Calves Liver ‘ with Grilled Pork Sausages & Crispy Smoked Bacon, a rich Red Wine Onion / Shallot Gravy on the side, with Cabbage with Acelgas, Glazed Carrot Batons and the rest of the ‘ Boulangere ‘ Potatoes, tomorrow evening it’s one of our favourites,  ‘Grilled Chicken Wings ‘ with Baked Potatoes.

As I was talking about ‘ Langan’s Brasserie’ yesterday it brought back some memories of the clubs we used to visit at the same time; on one occasion we were in the “ La Valbonne “ – one of the first grand ‘ Discotheques ‘ – owned by the legendary ‘ Club Man’ Louis Brown. I was dancing with a friend’s wife and swung her in the air, we knocked down one of the sound system speakers off the wall and were ‘ Asked to Leave’!


See below the speakers in the club!

The next club we entered was the ‘ Infamous ‘ ‘ Club Apache ‘ were we were shown the door, again, when the same friend’s wife tried to join the up-market, stripper, on the stage, as she could do a better job!!

We also used to go to the famous “ Tokyo Joe’s “ just after it opened, the ‘ Celebrity Greeter ‘ – ‘ Sir Dai Llwelyn ‘ know as ‘Dirty Dai & the Seducer of the Valleys ‘ was a friend of a friend, so we ended up in the ‘VIP ‘ area on the free champagne, those were the days!

After supper this evening we will channel hop and find something to watch, the new ‘ Fiber Optic ‘ cable instillation is getting closer to our house every day, we will be then able to get the new ‘ Black Box ‘ entertainment TV system installed, watch this space.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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ANOTHER GLORIOUS WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY.

THURSDAY 9^th / MARCH 2017.

This morning Brenda was up first, for a change, and after a quick freshen up she shot off down to the surgery for the routine tests, meanwhile I had a little lie in before the ‘Council’ water wagon came down our street washing away the dirt, no ‘ Reina’ this morning as Daniela has the day off to revise and write a 15,000 word dissertation/thesis ready for her senior ‘Accountancy’ exams next week over in London.

When Brenda returned we had ‘ Crispy Smoked Bacon Butties’ and mugs of steaming tea to set us up for the day ahead, well that’s our excuse! ‘ Charlie’ went home last night so it’s very quiet in ‘ Doggy World Heaven ‘ at the moment, with no dogs back with us until Monday, ‘Reina’ for her normal five days and on Wednesday ‘ TJ ‘ an old ‘Jack Russell’ who is with us for two nights and three days until Friday, his Dad & Mum are getting married in Gibraltar! ‘ Chispa ‘ has just called in to see us and her friends, so doubt she will be back over the next few days, as usual, charging in & out as she’s running around!

Tomorrow morning I’m out on my travels down to Sabinillas for the weekly shopping and then later in the afternoon I have my appointment across at the hospital for my assessment with the ‘ Anestesia Consultant ‘ – we are stopping off on the way back for a nice glass of ‘Cava’ at the ‘ H10 Estepona Princess ’  and then calling into ‘ Marlows ‘ Fish & Chip shop for our ‘ Fish n’ Chip’ supper! On Saturday afternoon it’s the ‘ Carnival Parade’ along Call Mar, over the weekend its then all happening down in the main square in Sabinillas.

See the poster below.

The sun was out very early this morning, the sky is bright blue again and there is no breeze, by lunchtime its due to reach 25/26 degs, tomorrow and over the weekend we have more of the same, just going a little cooler as a light breeze comes off the Mediterranean, next week is looking warm & sunny, watch this space.

See below some pictures of the ‘River Mersey ‘ over the last few days;

No word or sightings of the ‘ Moffatts ‘ up in Mojacar, at the moment,  they are enjoying the village and the area before moving on, North, South or West, watch this space.

See below an old postcard from ‘ Old Colwyn ‘ to remind them of home!

At lunchtime we went up to ' Bar Ocana ' next to the chemists in Calle Mar, we had very nice 'Tapas ' off their new menu with cool drinks, Mano & Anna with their friend Pam, from North Wales, who is staying with them were sat outside 'Cafe Plaza' on the other side of the road, we had a good catch up with all the news & gossip, all the bars are talking about the new plans to make 'Calle Mar' traffic free, after the 'Semana Santa' celebrations at Easter, they will all have to take down their various outside canopy's to conform to the new Councils standards, watch this space! 

This evening for our supper we are having the rest of the ‘ Chicken Curry ‘ with twice-cooked ‘ Chips ‘ – tomorrow is ‘ Fish Night ‘ ( see above) – on Saturday it will be ‘ Steak Night’ and then on Sunday we have yet to decide the menu, watch this space.

Last night over here in the second leg of the ‘ Champions League ‘ Barcelona pulled off the greatest comeback ever, needing three more goals at 88 minutes, they beat ‘ PSG’ in the 95^th minute 6-1 ( agg 6-5 ! ) after being down 4-0 after the first leg! One of the ‘ Greatest ‘ games of all time, the Spanish press this morning has gone mad!!

See above some old pictures of ‘ Exchange Station ‘ in Liverpool, sadly now closed, the end of the line from my side of Liverpool,  ‘Steam ‘ at its best and also one of the ‘Electric’ trains that I went on all the time to Southport & Ormskirk.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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