A STILL VERY GREY & OVERCAST SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY.

THURSDAY 13^th/ JUNE 2019.

I was up early, again, this morning and after a very quick freshen up I shot off across to the ‘Estepona Hospital ‘ to the ‘Physiotherapy Department’ for my last appointment this week, with Encarni, the ‘Head Physio’ for treatment on my left hand, I’m back next week for four more days, from Monday to Thursday.

I found a spot to park at the top of the hill, past the Hospital, and then walked back down to ‘Tikitapi’ for my usual tostado & tea, before crossing over for my last session this week. I brought a friend from Manilva back this morning and yesterday, ‘ Sonia’ is having treatment on a strained shoulder.

Back at the house Brenda took ‘ Lolo’ out for his first walk of the day, he’s very quiet at the moment, he’s missing his friend ‘ Scooby’ – ‘Chispa’ is in & out as usual, tomorrow little princess ‘ Reina’ is being dropped off for a sleep-over and late pick up on Saturday.

Overnight the wind has dropped, so this morning as I set off it was still very grey & overcast, the sun was attempting to break through, yesterday afternoon it turned out warm & sunny, after a ‘ dark’ start, so hopefully it will be the same today, later reaching 24 degs+ - with still the threat of the ‘ wet-stuff’ in the air and on the forecasts! 

NB; By lunchtime it cleared and was very hot & sunny!



Tomorrow is going to be the same, then over the weekend the very ‘ Hot-Spell’ is starting, hovering on the 29 degs mark, next week going even hotter, on most days reaching 32 degs+ !! We are in for a ‘Hot-One’  Watch this space.

Over in North Wales, in Colwyn Bay, the weather is a little different, to say the least, cold, wet & windy, as you can see below as the promenade at the far end by Old Colwyn, was hit by the storms, meanwhile over here along the coast we had the ‘Mediterranean’ waves crashing onto the beach!

And here!

At lunchtime after our walk with ' Lolo' we called into 'Bar Castillo' for a nice cool drink, our friend Andy came along and joined us, we had a good gossip and catch-up!

Today we are having an ‘ at home day’ – taking things as easy as possible, as it’s the ‘ Staffs’ night off, the ‘Head Chef’ is taking the ‘ Second Chef’ out for supper, along to ‘ Bar Castillo’

Last night after supper we watched the new series, on ITV, a ‘comedy-drama’!? -  starring Hollywood actor Rob Lowe, as the new ‘Chief Constable of Lincolnshire’  based in Boston – “ Wild Bill “ – we had a severed head in a freeze, family problems with his young daughter, a ‘ fat’ local lady Detective, and all the Police force against him, in the end  he saved a women from jumping off the top of a Wind Turbine, that happened to be the one that decapitated her daughters head, that was found in the freeze!!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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A VERY HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ,WITH A LIGHT BREEZE, ON THURSDAY.

THURSDAY 28^th/ JUNE 2018.

I was up first this morning to see little princess ‘ Reina’ back for the day, as usual, she shot upstairs onto her duvet, outside the office/studio door, she spends the morning there, then she comes down at lunchtime, on the various settee’s, as you can see in the picture below.

‘Paddy’ slept all night on the marble floor and then came on the bed this morning for his ‘ cuddles’ – before we all had a further lie in, after freshening up we took him out for his first walk of the day, down the shady side of the street, there was a very refreshing breeze blowing, making it very bearable, as it’s still very hot & sunny, when we returned we had our usual light breakfast of ‘ Weetabix’ toast & tea, before putting the shopping list together, ‘Paddy’ retired into his ‘ day-bed’ as you can see below.

As I said above, this morning we have yet another glorious day here in sunny Manilva, the sun was out early and the sky has cleared and is bright blue, as there is a very pleasing breeze blowing down from the mountains behind the village, by lunchtime it will still be 33 degs+ - tomorrow and over the weekend we are in for more of the same, next week is going to be a ‘ hot-one’ with very sunny weather, getting hotter each day, in the mid 30s+ - overnight hovering on the 20 degs mark! Watch this space.

Yesterday over in Estepona the local ‘Council’ & the very progressive Mayor, re-opened the ‘Market’ in the old part of the Town, below the Church, it was in the old days very poor, with just a few stalls and no selection, but now as you can see in the pictures below, it’s very smart & up to date, not as a ‘Wholesale/Retail Fruit, Vegetable, Meat & Fish Market’ but as a ‘ Gourmet’ destination spot!

This evening we are going out for our supper, we have given the ‘ Head Chef & the Staff’ the day off, it’s going to be a regular day-off during the very hot weather, the very small kitchen, despite the large extraction hood gets rather hot, to say the least, as ‘ Bar Castillo ‘ is closed for their holidays, we are going to ‘ Bar Rojas ‘ for a light ‘ Tapas’ supper, hopefully they will show the ‘England v Belgium’ game at the World Cup Football’ over in Russia, on their new outside, large-screen TV!

On Friday we are having our usual ‘ Fish Night’ with ‘Tail-End of Salmon’ on the menu, then on Saturday it will be our usual ‘Steak Night’ – Sunday is still TBC, possibly another ‘Roast Chicken ‘ from the local ‘ Rotisserie’ in Calle Mar, watch this space.

Meanwhile over in Everett, Ontario, Canada, this weekend the folks, Sandra & Bill will be celebrating “ Canada Day “ – the anniversary of July 1st 1867 when the Constitution was enacted, linking the three separate colonies together!

See below a picture of Jeff & Annette , outside Sandra’s house, on their visit/stop-over, a couple of weeks ago, on their way from Brisbane to Edmonton to see their daughter Kate, it’s a small World!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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A OVERCAST & VERY CLOSE SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY.

THURSDAY 6^th/ JULY 2017.

We all had a little lie in this morning as ‘ Reina’ is not back with us until Monday morning, ‘Scooby’ spends all night on his rug or on the marble floor under the bed, he waits in the morning to be taken out for his first walk of the day, Brenda was on ‘ duty’ this morning, she walked around the garage complex, they are still working inside and on the entrance installing the new barriers, ‘Scooby’ is being collected later today after his summer holiday with us in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ – he’s going to be missed, we love having him for company, he’s such a gentle dog, easy to look after and a real character. ‘Chispa’ has just called in to say goodbye!

We are taking things easy today, this evening we are going out for supper along to ‘ Bar Castillo’ and then going down to the ‘ Casa De Los Torres’ Cultural Centre for the ‘Trombone’ concert, next Thursday it’s ‘Flamenco Fusion’ and the following week ‘ Flamenco & Bulls’ – finally at the end of the month it’s the annual concert of the ‘Manilva Brass Band ‘ taking place on a stage in Calle Mar, watch this space.

This morning has started a little overcast & close, overnight it was also hot & sticky, the ‘ Lavante’ wind has dropped, when I checked the car yesterday, in the small square where it’s parked, it was covered in ‘ Sahara Sand’ – it started first time, I’m going to check the oil & water later, we don’t need the car until a week on Tuesday when Brenda had an appointment at the ‘ Costa Del Sol Hospital’ past Marbella for her six month check up/review with the ‘Kidney’ Consultant, the sun is back tomorrow and over the weekend and into next week it’s getting hotter each day into the mid 30s, watch this space.

Tomorrow morning I’m out on my travels down to Sabinillas for the weekly shopping, I will catch the early, local bus, down and then come back in a taxi, I’m going to call on the way back into ‘Super Sol’ for the ‘English’ essentials as no flowers or wall plants  are needed.

When I return I will prepare my special ‘ Fish & Seafood Pie’ topped with Brenda’s even more famous ‘ Mashed Potato’ – it contains Hake, Cod, Salmon, Mussels, Prawns & Gambas in a very tasty White Wine Cream Sauce made with a ‘ Mirepoix ‘ of small diced vegetables( NO Cheese or Hard Boiled Eggs!) in my classic recipe!!

Yesterday we watched the excellent coverage on ‘ BBC TV 1 & 2 ‘ of the Tennis from Wimbledon as Murray, Nadel, Konta and Watson all won, meanwhile I also managed to watch the final 6 kms of the first climb in the ‘Tour De France’ up the ‘ La Planche des Belles Filles’ as ‘ Team Sky’ showed their intentions, Chris Froome took over the ‘ Yellow’ jersey from his team mate Geraint Thomas, he also made time on all his main contenders, the Italian National Champion Fabio Aru, who is in great form, won the stage with 2,3 kms to go when he jumped away, Froome was third, today’s Stage 6 is from Vesoul to Troyes over 216 kms with a sprint finish, watch this space.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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