A VERY,VERY, HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY;

SUNDAY 3rd / JULY 2016.

We were awoken by the ‘ Church Bells ‘ this morning calling the ‘ good & righteousness ‘ people to their prayers, we thought that we should get up and join them in ‘ thought ‘ anyway! After freshening up we had breakfast, Brenda made her famous ‘ Campo ‘ Poached Eggs on Toast ( see the picture below  ) - the eggs were dropped off yesterday afternoon ‘fresh’ from our neighbours ‘ Campo ‘ ( Family Market Garden )  in the valley below the village.

We have had a very hot night, it was still very warm as we were going to bed and it stayed hot, even getting warmer as the night went on, it makes it rather uncomfortable to say the least, at one stage it reached 28 degs! Today, as the sun was out early, its already boiling hot, there is no breeze, which does not help, so by this afternoon we are in for a ‘ hot one’ to say the least, Brenda has just been for a short walk along to the ‘ Rotiisserie’ ( see the picture below ) to order our Chicken for later and came back saying that its going to be a ‘ scorcher ‘ today! Next week we are in for a typical July period of very hot sunshine and no air, be prepared is our motto!

Yesterday I showed a picture of the iconic ‘ Cunard Building’ at the Pier Head in Liverpool, as it was celebrating its 100^th birthday, its one of the ‘ Three Graces ‘ which are a ‘ Unesco World heritage ‘ site, later in the afternoon the ‘ Cunards’ “ Queen Elizabeth “ came up the River Mersey, skippered by ‘ Cunards’ first lady Captain at the helm, were it berthed at the ‘ Landing Stage ‘ in front of the Pier Head, it stayed for all the celebration including a large Fire Works display later, see the pictures below including one of the world famous ‘ Mersey Ferry Boats’ – ‘ Snowdrop ‘by its side, Jack & Lyn went on a ferry trip the other day on it ( the Ferry Boat, not the QE !) The ‘ Snowdrop’ was painted in homage to the anti-submarine ‘ dazzle camouflage’ from the first world war, it was designed by the noted British artist ‘ Sir Peter Blake’ who was made famous for his design of the Beatles album ‘ Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band ‘ back in 1967.

We had a big sports day yesterday afternoon and evening and its more of the same to come today; Tennis, Grand Prix, Football and of course my favourite, the Tour De France, see the route map for Stage 2 this afternoon from ‘ Saint-Lo to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin ‘ over a ‘flat’ 183 kms with a steep uphill finish, watch this space!

With the ‘Rotisserie Chicken’ this evening we are having a nice Mixed Salad with Parsley new Potatoes, next week’s menus are not yet planned, we are taking it one day at the time, watch this space.

In ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ little Princess ‘ Reina’ is back with us for her usual five days, over the following 2/3 weeks she will be with us even more as Lee’s mother is getting married over in England and then Daniela’s sister is coming over here for her wedding the following week! ‘ Scruffy’ is also booked in for a visit, ‘Chispa’ as usual will be calling in all the time. On Monday evening we have our regular appointment with the Chiropodist and the weekly shopping will be back to Friday.

Finally a quick update on the re-launch of ‘ Castle Radio FM 89.2 & Online on the WWW’ which is due to take place on the 1^st August; the new studio complex in ‘Puerto de la Duquesa’ is well on the way, the ‘ live’ broadcasts will also be on  ‘ Web-Cams ‘so you will be able to watch and listen all at the same time! Fingers crossed that my show ‘ Sir Malcolm’s Saturday Classic Show’ gets back on ‘ air’ by then from my studio ( sorry no web-cam at the moment!) here in the heart of sunny Manilva! Watch this space!!

PS, ' NEWSFLASH '


We have just had a very big scare and then a good stroke of luck; I was sat on the settee watching the TV when I touched my ear to feel for my earring, it was not there,  " PANIC THEN FOLLOWED " We shot upstairs to the bathroom where I had a shower 3 hours ago, there was no sign of it in the shower or the sinks , as you would expect, we were looking everywhere for it, with no luck, just as we had given up Brenda shouted ' I'VE FOUND IT ' !! It was on the bathroom floor behind a stand and she then found the sleeper by the bath !!  " RESULT " Its an ' Antique Diamond ' and is very special to us as Brenda bought if for me in a Jewellers in Rhos-on -Sea, North Wales, before we left the UK.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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A VERY WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY;

SUNDAY 12^th / JUNE 2016.

We both managed a nice lie in this morning as the village is very quiet and we had no dogs in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ to welcome, no shopping ( we are stocked up !) no early places to go and ‘travels’ to go on! After breakfast of ‘ Smoked Bacon Butties’ & tea we are getting our selves ready slowly, showering, shaving ( Me!) pampering ( Brenda !) choosing our outfits etc!

The sun was out early and its already warm and by lunchtime it will be very hot, there is still a little breeze that is making it very pleasant, the week ahead’s forecast is also looking settled and fine with more of the same and getting a little hotter.

Just a quick update on the sports front; Hamilton is on the pole position for the ‘Canadian Grand Prix’ – in the ‘UEFA European Championships’ Wales played very well and had a good win 2-1 while England also played the best they have in a long time and led 1-0 until the 92^nd minute when Russia equalised! England next game is on Thursday against Wales!! Watch this space.

At lunchtime we are going along to the ‘ Brasserie’ at the Golf Club for a drink before we go up the next valley below the village for our ‘Sunday Roast Lunch’ at “ Taste by Dirk “ We are ‘checking out’ both places to see if they are worthy of our patronage in the future! Watch this space.

Tomorrow morning Mano is picking me up and we are going across to Marbella to collect the hire car, when I return I will collect Brenda and we will go up to the ‘ Manilva Green Aparthotel’ to check out the folks two-bed roomed/two bath roomed apartment and put in the folks ‘ Welcome Packs’ ( Tea, Sugar, Water, Bread, Butter, Jam, Weetabix etc !) with a nice plant in the lounge! Then in the early evening we are going along the coast to ‘La Linea De La Concepcion’ and Brenda is going to walk, fingers crossed, across the border into Gibraltar Airport to welcome Jack & Lyn, Norah & Jenny to sunny Spain and Manilva! I will be waiting on the border in the 7 seater hire car, a ‘ Seat Alhambra 2.OTDI’ to bring them back along the spectacular coast road!! Watch this space.

NB; The Blog will be posted at different times, as I have the chance, due to the very busy itinerary that is planned while the folks are here for ten days, keep watching this space!!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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