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Wednesday, April 06, 2016

A WARM & SUNNY MARBELLA AND MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY;

WEDNESDAY 6^th / APRIL 2016.

“NEWSFLASH; HEALTH UPDATE ON BRENDA.”

We were up before dawn this morning and shot off across to the ‘ Costa Del Sol Hospital’ on the other side of Marbella by 6-30 am! We were their first customers as you can see in the pictures below!!

Brenda went straight into the ‘Triage’ Doctor and was then seen by the Consultant very quickly, she then had extensive blood tests and went back to another Doctor for the results, the first good result is that her Kidney readings are down and looking better, she was then sent to the latest ‘ Scan’ on her right leg up to her groin, the Consultant told her that there was no signs of any Thrombosis in her leg, knee and thigh” Finely she was back with the Consultant in the ‘Emergency Department’ who gave her the all clear to walk on the leg, slowly for now, she has no need to go back to our local Doctor as the tablets that she taking for the blood circulation are fine!! RESULT !!

As forecast its the most beautiful day down here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ – by lunchtime as we returned at 12 -30 pm, six hours later, the Mediterranean was sparkling as we drove back along the coast road to and up through the hills to sunny Manilva; the forecast for the rest of the week and over the weekend and into next week is for more of the same, even getting a little warmer, 24/25 degs! See the beach down in Sabinillas this morning.

So next we are sorting out the bedding and Brenda is going to use the stairs, once a day, to go up at night and then down in the morning, from tomorrow, she is just using one crutch, for now, but will soon get rid of it as she gets better on her feet, watch this space.

For our supper this evening we are having ‘ Grilled Gammon Steaks ‘ with Garden Peas & ‘ Frits’ – topped with a ‘ Campo’ Fried Egg, tomorrow its ‘ Frittata’ and fish on Friday, Saturday night I’m going back to an old classic “ Beef Stroganoff “ with Rice & Chips!! See below this evenings supper for Brenda!

The rest of the day we are taking things easy and relaxing, tomorrow its the start of the ‘ Grand National’ meeting from Aintree for the three days leading up to Saturday, will be watching it on ‘Channel 4s’ coverage on our large screen TV for the first time in many years!

PS; The ' Chef' is being given a night off next week and is being taken out for dinner to a ' Restaurant' of his choice!!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

Tuesday, February 04, 2014

COOL AND DRY IN SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY;

TUESDAY 4^th/ FEBRUARY 2014.

This morning I was up early and after my tea and toast (Thanks Brenda!) I went and picked Andy up to go across to La Linea to the Traffic Department to finalize the transfer of my English license to Spanish; nearly there as all the paperwork was fine and the correct documents were duly stamped – now I have to wait for all the paperwork to be verified over in England and will then receive a E-Mail to go and collect my new Spanish license and pass in the English one – back in La Linea!

One document that was not necessary was the medical certificate, you don’t need one for the transfer – this means that I was totally miss-lead by the people down in the ‘Sabimedic’ office which cost 40 euros – I’ am going to call in and tell them my thoughts – after all it was the village doctor and Deputy Mayor that did the certificate, he owns the business!!

The pictures above show the ‘Rock’ on a grey day and the new cruise liner that is now docked in the Gibraltar marina, permantly as a floating hotel and conference centre.We called again into McDonalds again for the 'Sausage & Egg Mac-Muffins !!

Yesterday evening we went across to the hospital for Brenda’s appointment with the Eye consultant, after all sorts of tests – a good result as everything is fine and she only needs one more check up in March;now for the bad news/good news day - the hospital has just called to say that my 'Prostrate Biopsy' is next Monday at 5-00pm !! Oh B----R !!
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When we got back I followed the Manchester City v Chelsea game – not good as City lost 0-1 and did not play well, Jose Mourinho had done everything right and Chelsea totally outplayed City!

Yesterday evening I also received a long E-mail for our fried John who had visited on our recommendation “ The Montgomery Pub & Kitchen” in Eastham village on the Wirral where he lives; it read like a classic “Michael Winner” ‘Critique’ that the late-departed food connoisseur who used to write in the ‘Sunday Times ! Thanks John, we look forward to more of them in the future!! I totally agree with your comment about the policy of the ‘New Moon Pub Company’ of only adding a fixed cash amount (£ 10-50) to each bottle of wine to encourage the drinking of the finer stuff! We have done this for many year’s in all our business’s and also when out always drank the finest wines off the lists knowing that the mark-up was low! That was my excuse anyway!!

Tonight we are having ‘Steak a la Plancha’ with sautéed Baby Mushrooms and crispy-fried Onions, mine topped with a fried Campo Egg and Brenda’s with deep-fried Garlic buds, finely sliced Green Beans, twice-cooked chips and a little ‘Béarnaise’ sauce on the side. We will then catch up with the news, sport and weather reports, in the rest of

Spain

especially along the Northern coast and in San Sebastian yesterday they had severe storms and damage but as usual we have missed most of it, the next two days are slightly damp but it’s due to pick up over the weekend.

Thought for the Day; See above.