Monday, July 10, 2017
A VERY HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON MONDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEK.
MONDAY 10th/ JULY 2017.
I was up early this morning to welcome back
little princess ‘ Reina’ for the day, she’s here with us in ‘ Doggy World
Heaven’ for 4 days this week, she then went onto her duvet for a sleep, we then
went back to bed to try and catch up with ours, we have had a long, sticky, sleepless
night as it didn’t drop below 22 degs, we have all the fans on around the house
but are only just managing to keep on top of things, it’s unusually hot for the
time of the year, with August to follow!
After freshening up we had our usual breakfast
of fresh fruit ( Banana ) toast & tea, we then sorted our week ahead out,
we have no plans or appointments, on Thursday it’s the ‘ Chef’s night off so we
are going along to ‘Bar Castillo’ for a light supper before going down to the ‘
Casa De Los Torres, the Cultural Centre, for the ‘ Flamenco Fusion Concert ‘ I
will be out on my travels on Friday morning down to Sabinillas, on the bus, for
the weekly shopping.
The sun was out, as you would expect, first
thing this morning and the sky is bright blue, there is no breeze so it’s going
to be another hot one, hovering on the 30 degs+ mark and for the rest of the
week also, watch this space.
For supper this evening we are having the
rest of the ‘Smoked Chicken & Three Green Bean Risotto’ – cold, with a nice
Mixed Salad, the rest of the weeks menus are still TBC, one day at the time,
last night we had a very enjoyable supper with Dean & Donna, catching up
with their travels, they have lived and worked all over the World including New
Zealand and in the USA, down in the deep South, we enjoyed their company and
are looking forward to meeting up with them, again, soon, Dean tells us, and Donna confirmed, that
he’s a bit of a ‘dab hand’ in the kitchen, watch this space!
Just a quick update with the sports
results; Chris Froome retained the ‘ Yellow’ jersey as the Colombian ‘Rigoberto
Uran’ won an action packed stage nine of the ‘ Tour De France’ On the second
climb of the day Geraint Thomas, Froome’s team mate and right-hand man crashed
on the decent and broke his collarbone, then on the final decent of the day,
the Australian rider, ‘ Richie Porter’ also crashed, at high speed on a very dangerous
and wet/dry road and suffered a fractured collarbone and pelvis, he used to be
Froome’s main team mate, this year he’s in another team and was one of the
favourites to win the race. It’s a rest day today. The Austrian Grand Prix was
rather boring, Lewis Hamilton was 4th - today Wimbledon starts the second
week, when it starts to get serious and exciting, watch this space.
Later we are going to catch up with last
night’s episode of ‘Poldark ‘
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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Sunday, July 09, 2017
A VERY HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY.
SUNDAY 9th/ JULY 2017.
We had another nice lie in this morning before
the church bells started ringing, calling the ‘faithful’ of sunny Manilva to
mass; after freshening ourselves up we had breakfast, a treat, of ‘ Campo’
Fried Eggs with Crispy Smoked Bacon, lots of buttered toast and mugs of
steaming strong tea, that should set us up for the day ahead!
We have a doggy-free weekend, for a change,
next week in ‘ Doggy World Heaven ‘ little princess ‘ Reina’ is back with us
for four days from Monday to Thursday, then on Thursday evening ‘ Chico’ is
joining us for an extended weekend sleep-over, he’s with us until Tuesday
evening of the following week, no doubt ‘ Chispa’ will be in & out all the
time to see all her friends and us! Watch this space.
The sun was out early this morning and the
sky has cleared, there is no breeze so we are in for a hot one, 33+ degs by
lunchtime, next week is also going to be hot, over next weekend it could be a
little cloudy, overall the temperatures are hovering on the 30 degs mark, 20
degs during the night, watch this space.
On the sports front this weekend; it’s a ‘day
off’ for the players, at the Tennis at Wimbledon, over in Austria at Spielberg
its’ the ‘ Austrian Grand Prix’ and in the Tour De France, Stage 9 is in the
mountains as it goes from Nantua to Chambery over 181 kms with three of the top
category climbs on the way, Monday is a ‘ rest ’ day!
See the map below!
At lunchtime we went along to ' Bar Castillo' for a nice cool drink, Dean & Donna came along and joined us, they are coming tonight for supper , then Carlos & Tom joined us so the conversation turned to all matters ' Golf '
This evening for our supper I’m making my
famous ‘ Smoked Chicken & Three Green Bean Risotto ‘ – I sweat-off finely
diced Onions & Shallots, with little crushed Garlic, with a good slug of Brenda’s
White Wine, I then add the Spanish ‘Arborio’ Rice from Valencia, it’s then time
to slowly add the strong Chicken & Vegetable Stock, stirring all the time, over
the next 20/25 minutes, until it’s nearly cooked, I then add the pre-cooked,
three Green Beans, Broad, Runner & French before adding the diced, cooked,
Smoked Chicken & Juices, adjust the seasoning to taste, finely I add some
Parmesan Cheese and a little cream and not forgetting the chopped Parsley, very
important!
Later we will watch a film, for a change,
on the ‘ Kodi’ film channel.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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Saturday, July 08, 2017
A BREEZY & VERY HOT AND SUNNY MANILVA ON SATURDAY.
SATURDAY 8th/ JULY 2017.
We had a nice long lie in this morning as
the village and particularly our street was very quiet, no deliveries, no children,
no church bells, so far, and no chatter from the locals going about their
business. For our breakfast I had a ‘Crispy Smoked Bacon Butty’ – Brenda was
just on her brown bread ration, with mugs of strong ‘ PG Tips’
As we finishing breakfast I caught the end
of the 3rd Test Match over in New Zealand as the game was drawn
15-15 in an epic game of rugby, meaning the series is drawn 1-1 between the New
Zealand ‘All Blacks’ and the ‘ British and Irish Lions’ – ‘Jonny Sexton’ played
his heart out!
The sun was out early this morning and the
sky is bright blue, there is a little breeze that came along during the night,
it makes it very pleasant, by lunchtime it will be hovering on the 30 + mark,
over the next couple of days it’s going a little higher, the rest of next week
is the same before next weekend when it’s going to hotter, watch this space.
We are taking things easy today, doing
nothing in particular, because we can, Brenda is pottering about, at the moment
catching up with the ironing and I’m in the office/studio on the WWW catching up
on the news, reading the newspapers online, ‘Facebook’ messages, E-Mails, etc
before typing and posting today’s Blog, as you can see!
Iv’e just found an old post card picture,
see below, from 1911 approx, showing ‘ St. Johns Lane, opposite St.Johns Gardens
behind St.George’s Hall, in Liverpool, it ran down from Lime Street towards
what would become the entrance to the first Mersey Tunnel many years later, the
building with a spire on the left is St.Johns House, originally for the ‘Pearl
Assurance Company’ – the small street on the left led to the ‘ Stork Hotel’ in
Queens Square, the building with the black windows became staff accomodation
for the hotel, my flat as the Manager was on the first floor, corner, above a
very famous Liverpool pub, the ‘Trojens Head’ in the picture! Happy days and
very many happy memories from the mid 60s!
And how I remember it!
And how I remember it!
This afternoon we will be watching more
Tennis from the ‘Wimbledon Championships’ and then later Stage 8 of the ‘ Tour
De France’ as it goes into the Jura Mountains from ‘Dole to Station Des Rousses’
over 188 kms with four main climbs before the finish, yesterday the German
sprinter, Marcel Kittel, won his second consecutive stage, Chris Froome has the
leaders ‘ Yellow’ jersey going into today’s stage, see below.
For our supper this evening we are having “ French Trimmed “ - ‘ Grilled Entrecote
Steaks’ cooked on a very hot griddle-plate ‘Med-Rare’ – then left to rest, garnished
with seared Asparagus Spears & Button Mushrooms, whole Baby Green Beans and
of course twice-cooked ‘ Frits’ – served with
the classic Egg Yolk & Butter, White Wine Vinegar & Tarragon Herb sauce ‘ Bearnaise ‘ on the side!
Not for the fainthearted!
This evening down on the beach in
Sabinillas it’s the ‘Full Moon – Luna Llena ’ party, all dressed in White, with
singing, dancing, drinking, eating etc as they party till dawn.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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