Tesco and Eurotunnel[Copied from another Forum]If you shop at Tesco you'll probably be rewarded with Cash Vouchers. ÌýWhat you may not know is that you can exchange these for 3x their value with Eurotunnel.
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ITALIAN GENEALOGYI am researching my family tree [all UK based], and belong to a Genealogy Group here in the UK - its part of the U3A [an organisation for 'retired persons who want to do things rather than sit at home all d
Wed, 01/04/2017 - 05:24
Cancelling a Eurotunnel BookingÌýI have had to cancel a return trip on Eurotunnel [Car + 2 + Dog], as I have to go into hospital for an op.The booking was 'non-refundable'.I rang them to cancel and they confirmed it was non-
Thu, 05/26/2016 - 08:00
IMU - Its still aroundÌýI thought this had disappeared in the new tax system, but my Comune website says the first payment for 2014 is due by 16th JuneÌýPaid it via my bank today - emailed them the F24
Fri, 06/13/2014 - 08:56
Looks like the days of the easy/cheap trip to italy through Switzerland are numbered.ÌýApparently, the Swiss government has decided to raise the cost of the vignette to 100 Swiss Francs for 2015.ÌýThey are introducing a two month vignette for 40SF,
Sun, 09/01/2013 - 15:58
Petrol prices in France are now comparable with the UK, except on the French Autoroutes.One option is to fill up at the L'Eclerc superstores with their SP95 E10 petrol [its a petrol with some ethylene in - generally used in France - which is OK fo
Thu, 07/11/2013 - 04:25
For a change this year we drove down to Italy via BesanconÌý [avoiding most tolls by taking some good french non-motorways.]However - Besancon roads are in total chaos as they are digging them up to lay tram routes - this will take about 2 more yea
Wed, 07/10/2013 - 16:44
Can you help?I've just completed making a 'variation' of Limoncello. The only change is that I dispensed with the lemons, I and substituted Sloes that I picked here in the UK at the end of last year.
Sun, 01/20/2013 - 09:10
In today's GuardianRyanair have announced their credit card will now be liable to the same charges as other credit cards - so the end of no charge bookings
Sat, 11/10/2012 - 09:07
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Bus - yes there is but it seems to take a couple of hours [plus changes]Ìý seeÌý ÌýÌýFor train detail [pretty regular service from Verona] see
I thought about leaving a car at the holiday house for general use.It would have been a UK car - from this and other forum responses, getting an ½ûÂþÌìÌà car would have been 'difficult'. [although I did consider getting an ½ûÂþÌìÌà to buy, tax and insure a car in Italy]I had considered insurance - I would have used Saga [or similar] for the annual 'use abroad' facilityI'd considered the MOT problem - the car would be new [or nearly new] so wouldn't needÌýan MOT for 3 years, when it would be returned to the UK and replacedÌý- it would be a small/cheap car to keep costs down -Ìýsomething like the Ford Ka that I bought brand new about 18 months ago for under £5kThe downfall of the proposal was what you did with the car when I wasn't there - if I left it at the airport, there were charges and security to consider.Ìý if I left it at the house, I had to pay for transport to and from the airport.All in all - the costs didn't stack up - so I hire
Ìý"Point well made I did mean FENCES!" .ÌýÌýBeing at a loose end, I Googled 'Fenching' - wish I hadn't...................
"but when it comes down to legal transactions such as buying houses and cars etc there should be a common understanding".ÌýÌýÌýLike common house buying rules in England and Scotland?
try a PM to Ronald or Valentina?
MBK - thanks for the warning - it at least made me aware there probably would be a problem.Ìý As i'd booked the overnight stop already - we still went ahead withÌýthe route anywayÌýBoth sides of the dual carriageway were 'singled' in places, with contraflow as well.Ìý It wasn't too much of a problem going from Dunkirk, as we were not having to get to a ferry by a set time, and a later arrival at the hotel didn'tÌý really matter [only in lost drinking time!].Ìý But we didn't want to risk missing the ferry on the way back.
It literally sounds like two stones being knocked together,ÌýÌý.ÌýPerhaps its just that - a local scaring the birds away as he goes out to work in the morning
I'd avoid the property like the plague - tax dodge, plus charges against it etc etc - run like h*ell