Wednesday, May 16, 2018

A BREEZY, WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY.


WEDNESDAY 16th/ MAY 2018.




























We had a nice lie in this morning, little princess ‘ Reina’ is back with us in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ tomorrow morning & Friday, Brenda showered first, I’m going later, we then had  ‘Toasted Crispy Smoked Bacon Butties ‘ – as usual, open on brown for Brenda, smothered in ‘HP’ Brown ‘ sauce, with mugs of strong ‘ PG’ Tips Tea! Brenda is still in her ‘ ing’ mode so I’ve moved upstairs to the office/studio and are on the ‘ WWW’ checking the news, reading the E-Mails & Facebook Messages etc, before typing/posting today’s Blog.

We have no other appointment this week, on Friday morning I will be out on my travels down to Sabinillas for the weekly shopping, over the weekend we are hoping to meet-up our friend Joyce ‘ Baby’ – next week we are going across to the ‘ Costa Del Sol Hospital’ past Marbella, on Tuesday evening, as Brenda has her re-arranged appointment with the ‘ Heart’ Consultant, in ‘ Doggy World Heaven ‘ ‘Reina’ will no doubt be back with us for 2/3 days as usual and ‘ Chispa’ will come crashing in & out as normal, to see her friends and us, watch this space.







We have another warm & sunny day, the sky has cleared and there is a light breeze, making it very pleasant, down here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ – by lunchtime it’s due to reach 21+ degs, the rest of the week and over the weekend is now looking dry, warm, sunny & settled, with a few clouds at times, hovering on the 23 degs+ mark, just about right for the time of the year, next week is also looking the same, getting hotter at times, reaching on one of the forecasts 27 degs+ - but still with the threat of the ‘wet stuff’ in the air, watch this space.








This morning the ‘Contractors ‘ working in  ‘ Calle Mar - Sea Street ‘ have started to work on the  ‘ Second Phase ‘ – from the top of our street, past the Town Hall, down to the junction by the ‘Plaza de la Vendimia’ – laying the various different sized & coloured flagstones, then new lamp posts will be put up, finally all along the street there are going to be square white ‘planters’- hopefully with nice flowered plants, as you can see outside our house! Watch this space.


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For our supper this evening we are having ‘ Grilled Gammon Steaks’ – garnished with seared Button Mushrooms and topped with a seared Pineapple Ring and a ‘ Campo’ Fried Egg! Accompanied with Broccoli Florets & Garden Peas and of course twice-cooked ‘ Chips’ – no doubt the ‘ HP’ Brown sauce will be available! On Thursday Brenda has requested my famous ‘ Omelettes of Choice ‘ – Friday will be a ‘ Fish Supper’ using the small ‘ Dab Soles ‘- lightly dusted in seasoned flour and then ‘ shallow fried ‘ in Vegetable oil, over the weekend is still ‘ TBC’ - as we wait to see where we are, watch this space.



Last night after our supper we settled down to watch the second episode of the crime drama  “ Innocent “ as the plot thickened, the missing ‘killers’ hammer was spotted, more lies were uncovered, the two sisters didn’t get on with one another, the ‘ lover’ is also a nasty piece of stuff, the main lady detectives partner, the detective who first investigated the case, seven years ago, has been economical with the truth, his investigation was negligent at best and corrupt at worst, vigilante’s are watching the freed ‘ killer’ and at the end the husband of the suspect sister, who is a boat-builder, showed his daughter how to tie a rope knot, the same knot the killer used to tie the murdered sister in a bag before dumping the body in a Lake! Part ‘Three’ is this evening and the last episode tomorrow night, watch this space.


















Thoughts for the Day;  See above.




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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY FROM SUNNY MANILVA;






























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A VERY WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY.


TUESDAY 15th/ MAY 2018.




























We managed a little lie in this morning before we freshened up and had a quick toast & tea, Brenda is in her ‘ ing’ mode catching up with the chores around the house, meanwhile I shot down to Sabinillas to call into the main ‘Medical Centre’ to arrange an appointment to have my first monthly ‘ Vitamin B-12’ injection, they gave me one for ten minutes later so I had to shoot back up to the house to pick up the injection capsules, as I walked back in the Male Nurse, that I know, called me straight in! Now that’s ‘ Service ‘!


The sun was out early this morning and the sky was bright blue, again, as I shot down through the vine fields, it’s already hot & sunny and by lunchtime we will be in the mid 20s+ - the rest of the week and over the weekend is staying the same, with a few occasional clouds on the horizon, there will be just a light breeze, making it rather pleasant for the time of the year, next week is now looking warm & sunny, but on the long-range forecast there is still the threat of some of the ‘ wet stuff’-  watch this space.








This evening for our supper we are keeping it simple; ‘ Pan-Seared Fillets of Chicken Breast’ – flattened and finished in foaming Lemon & Balsamic Vinegar Butter, with finely sliced French Green Beans and thick-cut slices of Baked Potato sautéed until crisp & brown in Parsley Butter. On Wednesday we are going to have ‘ Grilled Gammon Steaks’ with all the trimmings and of course twice-cooked ‘ Chips’ – Thursday is find something in the fridge day and then on Friday we will be having a ‘ Fish n’ Chip ‘ supper, as usual Saturday will be ‘ Steak Night’ – all depending on when we are going to meet up with our friend Joyce Baby’ – Sunday is still TBC – for the same reason, watch this space.


Just a quick update on the ‘ Moffatts’ Tim & Thea, over in Old Colwyn, North Wales, they have been spotted in the beautiful old city of Dubrovnik, in southern Croatia, fronting the Adriatic Sea, they are there as a ‘ Birthday ‘ present from Jo, their daughter, for Thea’s 60th birthday back in January!


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                                                                        Just a little lunchtime 'snack' to keep him going!













At lunchtime we went for a short walk and ended up sat outside ' Bar Castillo ' for the first time this year, sat in the warm sunshine with a nice breeze, on the new ' Calle Mar' -  as we took in the sights & sounds of sunny Manilva, as we had our cool drinks and some Tapas.


This afternoon we will be catching up with the ‘Giro d’Italia’ on Stage 10 from ‘ Penne to Gualdo Tadino ‘ as the tour crosses the ‘Appennines’ over 244 kms, the longest stage of the Grand Tour, as Simon Yates, the British rider, leads the tour in the ‘Pink Jersey’ – he won yesterdays mountain top stage, when sadly Chris Froome fell behind and lost more time.


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This evening after supper we will be watching the second episodes of the four-part series, over the next three nights of “ Innocent “ – the main character is unexpectedly acquitted after serving seven years for the murder of his wife, lots of ‘telltale signs’ that hint at more to follow, and if so who was the killer, the sister and or her husband, an old friend, who was having an affair with the wife, or somebody from her past?! Watch this space.




















Thoughts for the Day;  See above.



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Monday, May 14, 2018

THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY FROM A VERY SUNNY MANILVA;


































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A VERY WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON MONDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEK.


MONDAY 14th/ MAY 2018.































We were up early this morning and a quick toast tea we freshened-up and put on our best  ‘Bib & Tucker’ before we set off along/down the coast road past the sparking ‘Mediterranean’ to Fuengirola  to meet our friend Julie who’s staying there with her daughter & mother, for a short weeks break, we spotted the “ Hotel Las Piramides – The Pryamid Hotel’ as we came down the slip-road onto the promenade!

Julie’s sister in law, from Dublin, has also joined her with the young daughter, so we met up with them by the indoor pool next to the main pool, we had a very nice catch up with all her news, since we last saw her, she’s married with three children and has become an ‘Independent County Councillor ‘ – we had nice-cool drinks sat in the very warm sunshine, me in the shade, as we caught up with all our news also. It was nice to see Julie and catch up with her, until the next time she’s back on the ‘Costa Del Sol’ – safe travels, good health and happiness.


See the picture below taken with Julie’s phone as I had forgotten to charge up my camera! ( Sorry!)














The sun was out early this morning and the sky was bright blue by the time we set off, there was just a very light breeze, making it very pleasant in the hot sunshine, the perfect time of the year to be out & about. It reached 22 degs+ by the afternoon, the rest of the week is now dry, warm & sunny, with a few clouds on some days, by the weekend hovering in the mid 20s, overnight 16 degs+ Watch this space.








Before we set off we made contact with Joyce ‘ Baby’  up in Alhaurin el Grande, after her car ( a friends!) broke down, yesterday on her way to meet us, she was very lucky, as it was a steering problem, we are hoping to meet up with her later in the week, watch this space, yesterday evening Daniela changed the days that little princess ‘ Reina’ is back with us in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ this week, as their shifts had changed at work in Gibraltar, it’s now Thursday/Friday.


On the way back to sunny Manilva as we passed ‘ Burger King ‘ outside Estepona, and to my great surprise, Brenda said that she fancied one! So I dropped down into Sabinillas and went to the ‘Burger King’ on the promenade, on the beach by the side of the Mediterranean, where we treated ourselves to a ‘Big Wopper ‘ &  ‘Double Bacon & Egg Burger’ with large Fries! Delicious!!











We are taking things easy this evening and will settle back into our routine tomorrow, and catch up with all the news etc, after all the excitement over a ‘ Helluva ‘ weekend, down here in sunny Manilva on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’
















Thoughts for the Day;  See above.





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