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Showing posts with label So Many Happy Memories.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label So Many Happy Memories.. Show all posts
Sunday, November 05, 2017
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Monday, May 18, 2015
A VERY SUNNY MANILVA ON MONDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEK;
No lie in
needed this morning so we were ‘up and at’ am’ first thing to get the week
ahead on the go! The sun is out, the sky is blue and there’s a slight breeze in
the air, another perfect day here in sunny Manilva and down on the ‘Costa Del Sol ’! The week ahead is also looking
good with more of the same and getting warmer as the week goes on.
This week
in ‘Doggy World Heaven’ we have a busy week as ‘Reina’ is back with us on
Tuesday & Thursday before ‘Charlie’ arrives on Friday for his holiday as
Brian & Jan are going home to Liverpool to see their family and at the same
time to watch the 175th ‘Cunard Steamship’ celebrations on the River
Mersey when the “Three Queens” are arriving! ‘Scruffy’ will be back with us
later in the week after Rose comes back off her holiday ( TBC) and of course
‘Chispa’ will be here everyday to play with all her friends!
We had our
usual breakfast and then sorted the menu’s out for the week ahead; this evening
its sliced cold Roast Chicken with salad then tomorrow I’m calling into our
butchers in the village for some ‘Escalope of Pork Loin’ for Tuesday supper and
some of his excellent diced stewing Beef as on Wednesday we are having another
old classic “ Beef Bourguignon ” made to my recipe before something with ‘Campo
Egg’s on Thursday – Friday is ‘Fish Day’ and Saturday its of course ‘Steak
Night’ – Sunday is TBC.
Sadly
Douglas & Lyn are not able to come across to meet up as they have run out
of time with their friends Pedro & Ann so it will have to be another time
in the not to distant future. Meanwhile tomorrow our dear friend Jenny Faux,
who worked for us for many years at the ‘Hotel Seventy Degrees’ in Colwyn Bay,
is arriving with some of her family for a holiday down in Duquesa Marina so
hopefully we will be able to meet up with her sometime as no doubt she will
also be seeing Mano & Anna and Sally Ann who are also great friends.
At the
moment Sally Ann is in the process of opening a shop down in Sabinillas “ Sabby
Chic” selling household furniture & items that have been restored
.
Sally Ann in 'La Boutique' in Sabinillas
Sally Ann in 'La Boutique' in Sabinillas
Over in
Melbourne Lyn & Jack have been at a party for Lyn’s first Great Grand Son,
she also has two Great Grand daughters, ‘Kyan’ was three – in the pictures
below you can see Lyn, her daughter Annette and Kyan.
So last
night Barcelona Atl , Madrid Barcelona
My
Liverpool picture below shows the famous “ Bluecoat Chambers” in School Lane
behind Church Street, built in 1716 as a charity school, it’s the oldest
surviving building in the center of Liverpool and is also the oldest Arts
Centre in the UK – the last time I was there was to see a ‘Model Railway’
exhibition many years ago – another one of my many passions – now not a lot of
people know that – they do now!
This
afternoon we will be back up on the roof terrace later, reading, we are at the
moment on ‘Patterson’s’ again, before our ‘Happy Hour’ cocktails while
listening to the local Radio stations. What a Life!
Early this evening Mano & Anna called in for a chat and gossip as its Mano's night off,they stayed for a while and had a couple of drinks before heading off into the sunset!
Early this evening Mano & Anna called in for a chat and gossip as its Mano's night off,they stayed for a while and had a couple of drinks before heading off into the sunset!
So back to
reality and after supper this evening we will catch up with all the news,
sport and weather details before settling down to watch a film.
Thoughts
for the Day; See above.
..
Friday, July 13, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
MANILVA OVER THE WEEKEND.
THURSDAY/FRIDAY/SATURDAY/SUNDAY 15th/18th MARCH 2012.
Well the weather forecast for the next few days and into next week is good, more of the same with sun and clear skies; the last five months – October/February – have been the driest and sunniest in the last thirty years, we have only have had two days of rain and this weekend it reached 24 degs in Sunny Manilva ! But it is ‘Semana Santa’ week coming up at the end of the month when the record in the past for the Easter religious processions is not good so we are not there yet !! We met Anna outside Bar Rojas on Thursday morning and sat and had a coffee in the warm sun, later Brenda was up in her favourite spot ,the roof terrace, reading her latest book as I was updating the blog.In the evening it was the second leg matches in the ‘ UEFA Europa League – Manchester Utd. went out to Athletico Bilbao,who played brilliantly and Manchester City went out also to Sporting Lisbon but at least put up a fight.
On Friday morning we went down to Sabinillas in the car, they will be missing us at the bus stop, to do the shopping and pick up the papers; later we went for our walk with Cheta and once again bumped into Mano and Anna, this time by Bar Rojas so we took in the sunshine and caught up with all the news. In the afternoon I watched the racing from Cheltenham, it was the ‘ Gold Cup ’with Kato Star going for a third win – sadly she was pulled up after spraining a muscle at the water jump, ‘ Synchronised ’ ridden by A.P McCoy won, his second win in the Gold Cup, the trainer was Jonjo O’Neil, his first win in the Gold Cup and the owner was J.P. McManus the legendary Irish gambler with his first win ! In the evening for dinner we had Pan Fried Fillet of Hake, the fishmonger suggested filleting the fish rather than cutting it into steaks as per normal, and I floured it and finished it in foaming Lemon Butter which we had with Garden Peas and Square Chips, earlier in the day Brenda suggested that it would be nice with a Tomato sauce on the side so I set to and made a rich Tomato sauce with local Tomatoes,Onions,Garlic and Sweet Pimento powder and of course the secret ingredients ( Sugar,Vinagar and Tabasco ) but with one difference, this time I used a Blender for the first time which suddenly Brenda had remembered we had hidden away ! It was a Wedding Present with a ‘ Rosemary Conley ’ juicer/blender that we have never had the chance to use ! You split the works in two and attach the blender, it worked perfectly and I then adjusted the consistency with ‘ Harina Fino de Maiz ’which we found the other day to replace our Cornflower – and yes it is all right to use Cornflower and Arrowroot – James Martin on ‘ Saturday Morning Kitchen ’this weekend was cooking with it !! It was a delicious supper and we have used the Tomato sauce since with Pasta and Courgettes !
We walked down to the sports complex on Saturday morning after our breakfast and I took the pictures below of the Seven-a-Side Football and the Basketball. At lunchtime it was the Quarter Finals of the FA Cup, Everton could only manage a 1-1 draw with Sunderland so it’s replay next week. Then it was the big one “ The Six Nations Rugby ”Scotland got the wooden spoon after loosing to Italy and all the other teams; next it was Wales v France at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff with Wales going for the ‘ Grand Slam ’their third in seven years ! It was a “ Helluva ”game and Wales played really well and beat the French 16-9 and won the Grand Slam ( all five teams beaten ) and at the same time avenged their defeat in the World Cup by the French ! Brenda came down in her Bikini from the roof terrace to watch the celebrations. In Cardiff there was over 250,000 people crammed into the city which then went mad ! Later England beat Ireland at Twickenham when they overwhelmed the Irish pack and won 30-9.For dinner we had Steak and Chips with all the trimmings and then settled down to watch a little TV.
Yesterday, Sunday was a glorious day as we went for our walk; it was hot and not a breeze in sight as we sat outside Bar Rojas,Mano and Anna joined us for a drink and later we had the Paella for lunch. Before our walk I had entered a competition in the ‘ Sur in English ’Each week there is a picture of a iconic building somewhere in the world which you have to give the name of and which city it is in ! This week the picture with the clue – was of an iconic shipping company headquarters in one of the great ports of the UK. It was of course Liverpool and the Pier Head but they were wrong with the clue as the building shown was the ‘ Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Building’ know locally as the ‘ Dock Office ’ not the ‘ Cunard Building’ which is next to it !! So I have sent a long e-mail and the pictures above showing “ The Three Graces ” with the ‘Royal Liver Building ’ with the two mythical Liver Birds on the clock towers where my father worked for the ‘ Royal Liver Friendly Society’ for many years ! I also sent pictures of the old trams called the ‘ Green Goddesses ’ which we used to go onto town on and also the famous ‘ Overhead Railway ’ which was the first electrically operated overhead railway in the world which we caught from Seaforth.Another binding memory was seeing for the first time in the docks what was at the time the worlds largest floating crane ‘ Mammoth ’ Great childhood memories of Liverpool back in the 1950s !
In the afternoon I watched Liverpool beat Stoke in the FA Cup 2-1 and set up a possible semi final place against Everton at ‘ Anfield South ’ ( Wembley ) if they can beat Sunderland in the replay ! Big Bri watch out !! Torres scored two goals for Chelsea as they beat Leicester 5-2 in the over match whilst Manchester Utd.in the Premier League beat Wolves 0-5 ! In the evening for supper we had Lamb Cutlets Roasted on Boulangere Potatoes with all the usual vegetables served with Fresh Mint sauce. Here in Spain Barcelona won with a Messi wonder goal but Real Madrid could only draw at home with good old Malaga 1-1. We then watched the late film “ Misson Impossible 111 with Tom Cruise being Tom Cruise !
Thought for the Day;
One is never old to unlearn bad habits.
..
.
Well the weather forecast for the next few days and into next week is good, more of the same with sun and clear skies; the last five months – October/February – have been the driest and sunniest in the last thirty years, we have only have had two days of rain and this weekend it reached 24 degs in Sunny Manilva ! But it is ‘Semana Santa’ week coming up at the end of the month when the record in the past for the Easter religious processions is not good so we are not there yet !! We met Anna outside Bar Rojas on Thursday morning and sat and had a coffee in the warm sun, later Brenda was up in her favourite spot ,the roof terrace, reading her latest book as I was updating the blog.In the evening it was the second leg matches in the ‘ UEFA Europa League – Manchester Utd. went out to Athletico Bilbao,who played brilliantly and Manchester City went out also to Sporting Lisbon but at least put up a fight.
On Friday morning we went down to Sabinillas in the car, they will be missing us at the bus stop, to do the shopping and pick up the papers; later we went for our walk with Cheta and once again bumped into Mano and Anna, this time by Bar Rojas so we took in the sunshine and caught up with all the news. In the afternoon I watched the racing from Cheltenham, it was the ‘ Gold Cup ’with Kato Star going for a third win – sadly she was pulled up after spraining a muscle at the water jump, ‘ Synchronised ’ ridden by A.P McCoy won, his second win in the Gold Cup, the trainer was Jonjo O’Neil, his first win in the Gold Cup and the owner was J.P. McManus the legendary Irish gambler with his first win ! In the evening for dinner we had Pan Fried Fillet of Hake, the fishmonger suggested filleting the fish rather than cutting it into steaks as per normal, and I floured it and finished it in foaming Lemon Butter which we had with Garden Peas and Square Chips, earlier in the day Brenda suggested that it would be nice with a Tomato sauce on the side so I set to and made a rich Tomato sauce with local Tomatoes,Onions,Garlic and Sweet Pimento powder and of course the secret ingredients ( Sugar,Vinagar and Tabasco ) but with one difference, this time I used a Blender for the first time which suddenly Brenda had remembered we had hidden away ! It was a Wedding Present with a ‘ Rosemary Conley ’ juicer/blender that we have never had the chance to use ! You split the works in two and attach the blender, it worked perfectly and I then adjusted the consistency with ‘ Harina Fino de Maiz ’which we found the other day to replace our Cornflower – and yes it is all right to use Cornflower and Arrowroot – James Martin on ‘ Saturday Morning Kitchen ’this weekend was cooking with it !! It was a delicious supper and we have used the Tomato sauce since with Pasta and Courgettes !
We walked down to the sports complex on Saturday morning after our breakfast and I took the pictures below of the Seven-a-Side Football and the Basketball. At lunchtime it was the Quarter Finals of the FA Cup, Everton could only manage a 1-1 draw with Sunderland so it’s replay next week. Then it was the big one “ The Six Nations Rugby ”Scotland got the wooden spoon after loosing to Italy and all the other teams; next it was Wales v France at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff with Wales going for the ‘ Grand Slam ’their third in seven years ! It was a “ Helluva ”game and Wales played really well and beat the French 16-9 and won the Grand Slam ( all five teams beaten ) and at the same time avenged their defeat in the World Cup by the French ! Brenda came down in her Bikini from the roof terrace to watch the celebrations. In Cardiff there was over 250,000 people crammed into the city which then went mad ! Later England beat Ireland at Twickenham when they overwhelmed the Irish pack and won 30-9.For dinner we had Steak and Chips with all the trimmings and then settled down to watch a little TV.
Yesterday, Sunday was a glorious day as we went for our walk; it was hot and not a breeze in sight as we sat outside Bar Rojas,Mano and Anna joined us for a drink and later we had the Paella for lunch. Before our walk I had entered a competition in the ‘ Sur in English ’Each week there is a picture of a iconic building somewhere in the world which you have to give the name of and which city it is in ! This week the picture with the clue – was of an iconic shipping company headquarters in one of the great ports of the UK. It was of course Liverpool and the Pier Head but they were wrong with the clue as the building shown was the ‘ Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Building’ know locally as the ‘ Dock Office ’ not the ‘ Cunard Building’ which is next to it !! So I have sent a long e-mail and the pictures above showing “ The Three Graces ” with the ‘Royal Liver Building ’ with the two mythical Liver Birds on the clock towers where my father worked for the ‘ Royal Liver Friendly Society’ for many years ! I also sent pictures of the old trams called the ‘ Green Goddesses ’ which we used to go onto town on and also the famous ‘ Overhead Railway ’ which was the first electrically operated overhead railway in the world which we caught from Seaforth.Another binding memory was seeing for the first time in the docks what was at the time the worlds largest floating crane ‘ Mammoth ’ Great childhood memories of Liverpool back in the 1950s !
In the afternoon I watched Liverpool beat Stoke in the FA Cup 2-1 and set up a possible semi final place against Everton at ‘ Anfield South ’ ( Wembley ) if they can beat Sunderland in the replay ! Big Bri watch out !! Torres scored two goals for Chelsea as they beat Leicester 5-2 in the over match whilst Manchester Utd.in the Premier League beat Wolves 0-5 ! In the evening for supper we had Lamb Cutlets Roasted on Boulangere Potatoes with all the usual vegetables served with Fresh Mint sauce. Here in Spain Barcelona won with a Messi wonder goal but Real Madrid could only draw at home with good old Malaga 1-1. We then watched the late film “ Misson Impossible 111 with Tom Cruise being Tom Cruise !
Thought for the Day;
One is never old to unlearn bad habits.
..
.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
JUKE BOX JURY .
Tuesday 23rd March 2010.
Now a little something to get the all memories of the good old days going; in the kitchen at the villa is a large original Wurlitzer Juke Box as you can see in the picture below and everyday at some time we play and occasionaly dance to all the favourite tunes of the past; I have listed below some of the all-time Juke Box classics to remind you of our past musical heritage !! In no particular order.
Eddy Cochran – C’ Mon Everybody / Summertime Blues.
Buddy Holly – Maybe Baby / Peggy Sue.
Marcels – Blue Moon.
Frankie Ford – Sea Cruise.
Elvis Presley – Hound Dog / His Latest Flame.
Dion – The Wanderer.
Connie Francis – Who’s Sorry Now / Lipstick on your Colla.
Bill Haley – Rock around the Clock.
Jerry Lee Lewis – Chantilly Lace.
Fats Domino – Ain’t that a Shame.
Los Lobos – La Bamba.
Ricky Valance – Tell Laura I love Her.
Gene Vincent – Be Bop A Lula.
Now doesn’t that get you thinking about the past – send in your requests !
Thought For The Day;
Nobody Cares if you don’t Dance well,Just get up and Dance.
M
Now a little something to get the all memories of the good old days going; in the kitchen at the villa is a large original Wurlitzer Juke Box as you can see in the picture below and everyday at some time we play and occasionaly dance to all the favourite tunes of the past; I have listed below some of the all-time Juke Box classics to remind you of our past musical heritage !! In no particular order.
Eddy Cochran – C’ Mon Everybody / Summertime Blues.
Buddy Holly – Maybe Baby / Peggy Sue.
Marcels – Blue Moon.
Frankie Ford – Sea Cruise.
Elvis Presley – Hound Dog / His Latest Flame.
Dion – The Wanderer.
Connie Francis – Who’s Sorry Now / Lipstick on your Colla.
Bill Haley – Rock around the Clock.
Jerry Lee Lewis – Chantilly Lace.
Fats Domino – Ain’t that a Shame.
Los Lobos – La Bamba.
Ricky Valance – Tell Laura I love Her.
Gene Vincent – Be Bop A Lula.
Now doesn’t that get you thinking about the past – send in your requests !
Thought For The Day;
Nobody Cares if you don’t Dance well,Just get up and Dance.
M
Monday, March 15, 2010
NEWS UDATE AND GOOGLE MAP REVIEW.
Monday 15th March PM 2010.
This afternoon we are taking thing easy after the weekend excitements; Brenda is sat in the lounge listening to her teach you self Spanish lessons as we are preparing to move back to Manilva in the next few weeks and have got out of the habit of talking and thinking Spanish. The Sky system has not come back on since Friday so we are missing watching the TV and it looks like we will not be able to watch the Seven Ages of Britain and the Wonders of the Solar System as well as the racing from Cheltenham!
Meanwhile I have remembered a new toy to play with; Google Maps!! I’ve just been online and had forgotten what you can do, I started in Manilva and found our house and then walked down through the village to Mano and Anna”s house. I then went over to Colwyn Bay and found Tim and Thea’s house in Old Colwyn before I walked up to Rhyd-y Foel and found our old house “ Craven Cottage ” We then went over to the Wirral and found the street that Brenda was born in and in which her sister Jenny still lives. Then we headed over to Australia and found where Jack and Lyn have moved to outside Melbourne. Watch out as I could be outside your house next!!
This afternoon we are taking thing easy after the weekend excitements; Brenda is sat in the lounge listening to her teach you self Spanish lessons as we are preparing to move back to Manilva in the next few weeks and have got out of the habit of talking and thinking Spanish. The Sky system has not come back on since Friday so we are missing watching the TV and it looks like we will not be able to watch the Seven Ages of Britain and the Wonders of the Solar System as well as the racing from Cheltenham!
Meanwhile I have remembered a new toy to play with; Google Maps!! I’ve just been online and had forgotten what you can do, I started in Manilva and found our house and then walked down through the village to Mano and Anna”s house. I then went over to Colwyn Bay and found Tim and Thea’s house in Old Colwyn before I walked up to Rhyd-y Foel and found our old house “ Craven Cottage ” We then went over to the Wirral and found the street that Brenda was born in and in which her sister Jenny still lives. Then we headed over to Australia and found where Jack and Lyn have moved to outside Melbourne. Watch out as I could be outside your house next!!
Saturday, February 06, 2010
CASA OLIMPIA.
Saturday 6th February 2010.
Over the last few days the weather has improved; the sun is out and the temperature has risen to over 20 degs.during the day so we have the doors open and the dogs are out all the time, yesterday after coming back from shopping down in Tarifa we washed the Smart car for the first time in ages, as you can see in the picture above! On Thursday we went across to see Vidal and Gissy,we have not caught up with them since November and in the meantime Vidal went over Xmas to Peru and then on to Trinidad to see his mother and family;Gissy also cut,coloured and styled Brenda’s hair as you can see in the other picture below. My hair which is now below my shoulders also has a light trim! It turned out to be rather lucky trip over to Estepona as in the morning as we got up Brenda broke a tooth so we called into the dentists and she was able to get it looked after and fixed by the afternoon on our way back, also I picked up a money transfer from Western Union to keep us going over next week! We have had no more news from Chris over in England about “ Plan A ”so far so watch this space.
Last weekend on Saturday 30th January the night turned into day as the full moon was huge; the moon was the biggest in 133 years as it was height in the sky and closest to Earth, nobody alive today will have ever seen the moon so big and bright! I could not get a good picture to blog as our digi-cam is only a basic one, sorry!
We are watching the TV and catching up with a lot of old series that we never had the time to watch in our past life; Inspector Morse,Midsomer Murders,Heartbeat,The Darling Buds of May,Frost,to name but just a few! Over the last couple of weeks I have been watching Ballykissangel and was very shocked yesterday when Assumpta was electrocuted in the pub cellar after Father Peter had just told her that he loved her!! The BBC as usual has just started to show the new David Dimbleby program “ Seven Ages of Britain ” which is very interesting and very well researched and of course we watch QI with Steven Fry all the time. During the last few weeks Michel Portillo has been on Great Railway journeys around the UK, which as a young boy I spent all my time trainspotting,traveling all over Europe on trains and in my bedroom my bed was in the middle of a very large model railway system !
PS; We have just come off the Skype video phone to Jack and Lyn in Australia and we are going to try and contact Lyn;s son Jeff and his wfe Annette in Kuala Lumpur !
Over the last few days the weather has improved; the sun is out and the temperature has risen to over 20 degs.during the day so we have the doors open and the dogs are out all the time, yesterday after coming back from shopping down in Tarifa we washed the Smart car for the first time in ages, as you can see in the picture above! On Thursday we went across to see Vidal and Gissy,we have not caught up with them since November and in the meantime Vidal went over Xmas to Peru and then on to Trinidad to see his mother and family;Gissy also cut,coloured and styled Brenda’s hair as you can see in the other picture below. My hair which is now below my shoulders also has a light trim! It turned out to be rather lucky trip over to Estepona as in the morning as we got up Brenda broke a tooth so we called into the dentists and she was able to get it looked after and fixed by the afternoon on our way back, also I picked up a money transfer from Western Union to keep us going over next week! We have had no more news from Chris over in England about “ Plan A ”so far so watch this space.
Last weekend on Saturday 30th January the night turned into day as the full moon was huge; the moon was the biggest in 133 years as it was height in the sky and closest to Earth, nobody alive today will have ever seen the moon so big and bright! I could not get a good picture to blog as our digi-cam is only a basic one, sorry!
We are watching the TV and catching up with a lot of old series that we never had the time to watch in our past life; Inspector Morse,Midsomer Murders,Heartbeat,The Darling Buds of May,Frost,to name but just a few! Over the last couple of weeks I have been watching Ballykissangel and was very shocked yesterday when Assumpta was electrocuted in the pub cellar after Father Peter had just told her that he loved her!! The BBC as usual has just started to show the new David Dimbleby program “ Seven Ages of Britain ” which is very interesting and very well researched and of course we watch QI with Steven Fry all the time. During the last few weeks Michel Portillo has been on Great Railway journeys around the UK, which as a young boy I spent all my time trainspotting,traveling all over Europe on trains and in my bedroom my bed was in the middle of a very large model railway system !
PS; We have just come off the Skype video phone to Jack and Lyn in Australia and we are going to try and contact Lyn;s son Jeff and his wfe Annette in Kuala Lumpur !
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
CASA OLIMPIA AND MARBELLA.
Saturday/Sunday 17th/18th October 2009.
Saturday 17th.
After breakfast on the balcony we went down to Tarifa to catch up with the shopping; on our return Brenda went into one of her cleaning modes when every thing gets the full treatment so I retired to the TV lounge to watch the sport ! The weather is hot and sunny with no wind so the days are very pleasant and by the afternoon it reaches 26 degs.In the evening we had steak and frits for dinner and then settled down to watch SCD after the Grand Prix qualifying which was exciting.
Sunday 18th.
We all got ourselves dressed up after breakfast as we were going to the cemetery in Marbella; we had promised to take Joan, if none of the family were here, to the grave of her late husband as she likes to go on the anniversary of his birthday to lay some flowers; it was a beautiful day and we found the cemetery at the top of the old part of the town. Joan has picked this spot as it is the most beautiful situated cemetery with all the trees offering shade and tranquility, as you can see in the picture. Joan arranged the flowers herself and had a little chat to him; it was very moving but also very nice at the same time. The cemetery has all the usual walled graves covered in flowers as well as large gravestones and family mausoleums which are all looked after as well as the grounds. We then came back to Guadalmina for our Sunday lunch at Tricky Rickys;it turned out that Joan lived just behind the restaurant by the side of the golf course and the last time she was in the restaurant was when the whole family had a surprise birthday breakfast party for him a few years ago! All in all it was a very happy day and Joan was very strong and we enjoyed her company as we had another lovely Sunday lunch. When we got back to the villa I watched the Grand Prix from Brazil and later Emma on BBC1. A very nice day down on the very hot and sunny Costa del Sol.
Saturday 17th.
After breakfast on the balcony we went down to Tarifa to catch up with the shopping; on our return Brenda went into one of her cleaning modes when every thing gets the full treatment so I retired to the TV lounge to watch the sport ! The weather is hot and sunny with no wind so the days are very pleasant and by the afternoon it reaches 26 degs.In the evening we had steak and frits for dinner and then settled down to watch SCD after the Grand Prix qualifying which was exciting.
Sunday 18th.
We all got ourselves dressed up after breakfast as we were going to the cemetery in Marbella; we had promised to take Joan, if none of the family were here, to the grave of her late husband as she likes to go on the anniversary of his birthday to lay some flowers; it was a beautiful day and we found the cemetery at the top of the old part of the town. Joan has picked this spot as it is the most beautiful situated cemetery with all the trees offering shade and tranquility, as you can see in the picture. Joan arranged the flowers herself and had a little chat to him; it was very moving but also very nice at the same time. The cemetery has all the usual walled graves covered in flowers as well as large gravestones and family mausoleums which are all looked after as well as the grounds. We then came back to Guadalmina for our Sunday lunch at Tricky Rickys;it turned out that Joan lived just behind the restaurant by the side of the golf course and the last time she was in the restaurant was when the whole family had a surprise birthday breakfast party for him a few years ago! All in all it was a very happy day and Joan was very strong and we enjoyed her company as we had another lovely Sunday lunch. When we got back to the villa I watched the Grand Prix from Brazil and later Emma on BBC1. A very nice day down on the very hot and sunny Costa del Sol.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
NORTH WALES,THE WIRRAL AND MANILVA.
Sunday 19th October.
We were up bright and early but not as early as Tim who goes down to the beach to walk Jasper every morning; we had Bacon butties for breakfast and then popped out to catch up with the local news,We called into our friendly newsagents in Llanddulas which is the village below Rhyd-y-Foel where we used to live and then called in to see Jenny Faux who has just been back in touch with us by e-mail,so we are know up to date with all the gossip! We found out that Margaret who was our breakfast and vegetable cook for many years follows us on our web page when Janet who was our pastry chef brings her a copy to read! Thank you both for following us !We then called into our good neighbours in Rhyd-y-Foel,Gwyn,Carol,Liam, and Amanda to bring them up to date as well. At this time of the year the trees are in full Autumn colour and North Wales is at its finest.In the evening we sat down to dinner with Tim and the family as well as Patrick and Beth who have been Tim and our friends for many years,Patrick works with Tim at the school,Tim and Thea had roasted a Leg of Lamb with all the trimmings including Thea’s now famous Yorkshire Puddings! All washed down with a very fine couple of bottles of Rioja.
Monday 20th October.
Carol Ann Mellor.
25th December 1949-13th October 2008.
After picking up the flowers from the florist in Abergele we went across to Willaston to Carol’s house where all the family had gathered and passed on our thoughts to them including her mother Dorothy and her brother Dave who had just flown in from Canada.We then drove to Christ Church in Port Sunlight where the Rev’d Tom Carmichael took the service,he had done his homework very well and talked about Carol being born on Christmas day and how she got her name when her dad called into see his “ Christmas Carol”! He then went on to tell the story of Carol in her white hotpants sat in the Bridge Inn and meeting Fred for the first time with his mate Roy,I new this story as I was there when it happened and Brenda arrived in her pink thigh boots and hotpants as well !!Our two favourite Hymns,Jerusalem and The Lord is my Shepherd were sung by a very large congregation of family and friends who we had spoken to outside the church before the service including Fred’s three sisters from Port Sunlight.The Cremation was at Landican and we then returned to the Bridge Inn next to the church for refreshments.It was a beautiful crisp Autumn day on which we celebrated the life of our dear friend Carol and our many happy times with her and Fred and their children,Yolanda,Ben and Michelle.We then said our farewells to them and to Dorothy and Dave who is returning to Canada on Saturday.
The only time you have is now,enjoy what you have and you will be happy-the Mellor Clan motto to a tee!
Tuesday 21st October.
On Tuesday morning we set off back to the Wirral and first of all we called into to see Jane’s mom, Nan at her cottage as when we called into the hospital on Monday evening after the funeral she had just left for home a hour before!Nan is still not very well and is taking it a bit easy as she recuperates after her illness.We caught up with all the news as we had not seen her for many years, we have been friends for over forty years when I went to work for her husband ,Bert at the Bridge Inn-the rest is history! We then called in to see Brenda’s sister Jenny and her husband John and had a spot of lunch with them before we went back to Old Colwyn to have supper with the Moffatt family and say our goodbys and thanks as we had to leave for Manchester airport at 4-00am! for the flight home.
Wednesday 22nd.October.
After dropping off the hire car the Monarch flight took off for Gibraltar early so we expected to have no problems at the other end;as we approached Gibraltar it was covered in a very thick cloud and then a severe rain storm hit and so we had to circle for over half an hour until the cloud lifted and the runway was cleared of the flood water!The airstrip is very short and goes out to sea at one end and at the other end is stops just short so you do not want to skid,we landed and the pilot gave it the full reverse thrust and brakes as they do and we stopped a few feet from the runway red lights!!All very exciting and a good reason to have a stiff drink as soon as possible,Mano and Anna picked us up across the border and gave us a very nice welcome home in the warm rain.Tomorrow we have our flu injections in the morning and then a day at home washing and ironing as Carolyn called us and we are moving over on Friday evening to Guadalmina as they have a very early flight on Saturday;we will be there until the 7th.November looking after the villa and their animals including Bruno the dog so fingers crossed that the sun come out and then we will be able to swim in the pool,It’s a hard life but somebody got to do it!
We were up bright and early but not as early as Tim who goes down to the beach to walk Jasper every morning; we had Bacon butties for breakfast and then popped out to catch up with the local news,We called into our friendly newsagents in Llanddulas which is the village below Rhyd-y-Foel where we used to live and then called in to see Jenny Faux who has just been back in touch with us by e-mail,so we are know up to date with all the gossip! We found out that Margaret who was our breakfast and vegetable cook for many years follows us on our web page when Janet who was our pastry chef brings her a copy to read! Thank you both for following us !We then called into our good neighbours in Rhyd-y-Foel,Gwyn,Carol,Liam, and Amanda to bring them up to date as well. At this time of the year the trees are in full Autumn colour and North Wales is at its finest.In the evening we sat down to dinner with Tim and the family as well as Patrick and Beth who have been Tim and our friends for many years,Patrick works with Tim at the school,Tim and Thea had roasted a Leg of Lamb with all the trimmings including Thea’s now famous Yorkshire Puddings! All washed down with a very fine couple of bottles of Rioja.
Monday 20th October.
Carol Ann Mellor.
25th December 1949-13th October 2008.
After picking up the flowers from the florist in Abergele we went across to Willaston to Carol’s house where all the family had gathered and passed on our thoughts to them including her mother Dorothy and her brother Dave who had just flown in from Canada.We then drove to Christ Church in Port Sunlight where the Rev’d Tom Carmichael took the service,he had done his homework very well and talked about Carol being born on Christmas day and how she got her name when her dad called into see his “ Christmas Carol”! He then went on to tell the story of Carol in her white hotpants sat in the Bridge Inn and meeting Fred for the first time with his mate Roy,I new this story as I was there when it happened and Brenda arrived in her pink thigh boots and hotpants as well !!Our two favourite Hymns,Jerusalem and The Lord is my Shepherd were sung by a very large congregation of family and friends who we had spoken to outside the church before the service including Fred’s three sisters from Port Sunlight.The Cremation was at Landican and we then returned to the Bridge Inn next to the church for refreshments.It was a beautiful crisp Autumn day on which we celebrated the life of our dear friend Carol and our many happy times with her and Fred and their children,Yolanda,Ben and Michelle.We then said our farewells to them and to Dorothy and Dave who is returning to Canada on Saturday.
The only time you have is now,enjoy what you have and you will be happy-the Mellor Clan motto to a tee!
Tuesday 21st October.
On Tuesday morning we set off back to the Wirral and first of all we called into to see Jane’s mom, Nan at her cottage as when we called into the hospital on Monday evening after the funeral she had just left for home a hour before!Nan is still not very well and is taking it a bit easy as she recuperates after her illness.We caught up with all the news as we had not seen her for many years, we have been friends for over forty years when I went to work for her husband ,Bert at the Bridge Inn-the rest is history! We then called in to see Brenda’s sister Jenny and her husband John and had a spot of lunch with them before we went back to Old Colwyn to have supper with the Moffatt family and say our goodbys and thanks as we had to leave for Manchester airport at 4-00am! for the flight home.
Wednesday 22nd.October.
After dropping off the hire car the Monarch flight took off for Gibraltar early so we expected to have no problems at the other end;as we approached Gibraltar it was covered in a very thick cloud and then a severe rain storm hit and so we had to circle for over half an hour until the cloud lifted and the runway was cleared of the flood water!The airstrip is very short and goes out to sea at one end and at the other end is stops just short so you do not want to skid,we landed and the pilot gave it the full reverse thrust and brakes as they do and we stopped a few feet from the runway red lights!!All very exciting and a good reason to have a stiff drink as soon as possible,Mano and Anna picked us up across the border and gave us a very nice welcome home in the warm rain.Tomorrow we have our flu injections in the morning and then a day at home washing and ironing as Carolyn called us and we are moving over on Friday evening to Guadalmina as they have a very early flight on Saturday;we will be there until the 7th.November looking after the villa and their animals including Bruno the dog so fingers crossed that the sun come out and then we will be able to swim in the pool,It’s a hard life but somebody got to do it!
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