A RATHER ' WET & CLAMMY SUNNY MANILVA ON FRIDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEKEND.

FRIDAY 14^th/ SEPTEMBER 2018.

We were both up early this morning and after a very quick freshen up we took little prince ‘ Percy ‘ & ‘Scruffy ‘ for their first walk of the day, around the bottom of the village, ‘Percy’ slept all night on our bed and ‘ Scruffy’ went in his favourite spot, under the bed on the Marble floor! They have got on very well, when we returned I shot off on my travels down to Sabinillas for the weekly shopping, Brenda gave them their breakfasts and had a quick toast & tea herself.

I had a quick toast & tea in ‘ ItsZabar ‘ before ‘ Mercadona’ opened, I called into the ‘ English Bookshop’ for the local newspapers and  dropped down into the ‘Puerto de la Duquesa Marina’ to call into the English Butchers’ for some essentials.

I then attempted to go along to the local market, at the end of the promenade, but got caught in a traffic jam, outside the ‘ Ciudad Deportivo de Sabinillas’ ( Sports Centre ) -  as this evening it’s the 8^th Annual “ International Basketball Tournament “ between the reigning champions  Real Madrid and Olympiacos of Greece. All the streets are blocked off and a fleet on large trucks were unloading all the flooring/ seating/ staging etc! Mario, the Mayor, offered us complimentary tickets, but we had to say ‘ No Thanks ’ as we are busy in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ (2)

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After finally picking up some fresh flowers a pot plant, I shot back up to the village to unload back at the house, I then dropped ‘ Scruffy’ off outside Rose’s apartment block, we love having him , he’s such a lovely ‘gentleman’ - starting to go a little grey, he very loving and follows me everywhere, at lunchtime little princess ‘ Reina’ was dropped off by Daniela, for her two night sleep-over.

Overnight it was very ‘close & clammy’ as there are thunder clouds around, up in Ronda yesterday afternoon they had ‘ flash-floods’ and later they hit Casares, the ‘White’  village in the mountains behind sunny Manilva, thankfully the weather front then changed direction into the high ‘Sierras’ – so hopefully we are missing the heavy ‘Rain’ for now, it was still very clammy this morning, as the sun was trying to break through, with black clouds over the mountains, with the possibility of thunder storms in the air later, down to 23 degs+ - over the weekend we are in for more of the same, then next week is now looking dry and getting warmer as the week goes on, hovering in the high 20s by next weekend. Watch this space.

PS; It’s just started to ‘ RAIN ‘ !

See below the new ‘ Calle Mar’ this morning after the street cleaning had finished.

The latest news on the new ‘Estepona Hospital’ is good, there is just  100 days to go until the work is completed!

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Today’s Stage 19 of the ‘ La Vuelta 2018 ‘ goes from Llieda into ‘Andorra’ – over 154 kms, with a high climb to the finish.

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This evening for our supper we are having  ‘ Goujons of Hake Fillet ‘ – using local breadcrumbs from the Bakery, shallow-fried in Vegetable Oil, with Mushy Peas & twice-cooked ‘ Chips’ – with lots of Lemon Wedges & Homemade ‘Tartar’ sauce on the side.

After our supper we settle down to watch some TV, as the new ‘IPTV’ system is back up & running!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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A COLD 'DAMP' & OVERCAST SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY.

TUESDAY 28^th/ NOVEMBER 2017.

I was up first this morning to see little princess ‘ Reina’ back with us for the day, she shot into her duvet and we then freshened ourselves up and grabbed a quick toast & tea before walking down to the ‘Wine Centre’ to catch the local bus down to Sabinillas, Brenda went for the extra shopping to ‘ Super-Sol’ and I walked to our Bank to arrange the accounts to pay for the repairs to the car, I then dropped into the main Council offices to check on the coach trip times to go and see the Malaga ‘Xmas’ lights on Tuesday, 4-00 pm outside the ‘Wine Centre’!

I jumped into a taxi and on the way back up, to a not so sunny Manilva, collected Brenda from outside the supermarket. We then sorted things out back at the house, last night I shot down to our local Butchers in ‘Calle Inglasie’ for the diced Beef for tomorrow night’s Curry, I then, later this morning,  made a nice ‘ Comfort Soup’ by blitzing the leftover ‘Hotpot’ with a little Vegetables & Chicken stock.

While I was out, last night, there was some action in ‘Bar Rojas’ – it was being cleaned out by a couple with their children, it looks like they could be the new tenants, I will check with Lumy, when we see her! I also bumped into our friend Araceli and ordered 3 large Pointsettia’s’ from her, she sells them to locals for Charity. Finally last night I checked on the progress of the Contractors ‘JCB’- they have cleared the street up ‘ Bar Castillo’ and this morning are working their way towards the top of our street, watch this space.

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Just as we set off this morning it was cold & overcast and a light drizzle had just started, it looks like it’s in for the day, no sign of the sunshine breaking through, over the next couple of days we are in for more rain getting heavy at times, then on Friday and over the weekend it’s back to normal for the time of the year, hovering on the 16/19 degs mark, overnight down to possibly 4/7 degs during the night,  next week is hopefully dry & sunny leading up to the ‘ Manilva Gastronomic Food Festival’ on Friday/Saturday 8/9^th December, watch this space.

See below a picture of the beach in Sabinillas this morning with the weather front coming in!

For our supper this evening it’s going to be ‘Pan-Seared Medallions of Pork Fillet ‘ accompanied with a sauceboat of a creamy ‘Green Peppercorn ‘ sauce, with Whole Green Beans and ‘Saute’ Potatoes using diced Baby New potatoes, tomorrow morning I’m going to make a large pan of my now famous ‘ Beef & Mushroom Curry ‘ for our ‘ 46^th  Wedding Anniversary’ supper!

After lunch today we will settle down to watch all the ‘Quiz’ shows that we follow and then after supper ‘channel hop’ to find something to watch, we are spoilt for choice with over 500 hundred channels to check out!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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