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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Can he keep on surviving on less than a handful of votes?ÌýÌý YES Ìý Will the opposition manage to unite?Ìý NO Ìý What is clear is that Italy does not need a political crisis right now. What do you think?Ìý An ElectorateÌýgets the politicians it deserves
"Just a few minutes twice a day, morning and evening should be enough. Switch off the heating while you ventilate." This won't work when the air in the house is damp from renovations etc. The best bet is get the house nice and warm and keep it so, and dehumidify for a long time Opening the windows and turning the heat off won't help at all Ìý In the longer term, when the house has dried out properly, small solar powered ventilators [from boat builders] may helpÌý Ìý[]
If the damp trouble occurs when you heat up the room - it sounds like warm moist air hitting a cold surface [the wall] and condensing on it To stop this happening you need to dry the air out - its probably a bit damp in the air from all the renovation works [cement and plaster drying out etc] and is apparent in the room as the wall lacks any plaster or render insulation - making it probably the coldest wall in the house. You could plaster it internally and/or render it externally. or you can open the windows as much as possible [great in winter!] to dry the whole house out [not just the problem room] Whatever you do, the problem should decrease as the house drys out - so you could just try living with it until the next summer when hopefully it will eventually dry out naturally De-humidifiers could help speed up the process, but whatever you do - get plenty of air circulating. Ìý Good Luck.
Shortest from your place to Amsterdam - 1400km - approx 13 hrs Via the coast road [Nice etc] - 1770km - approx 16.5 hrsÌý [nearly all motorway - all except 22km and no Alps] I think [if you're worried about the snow and the mountains] that I'd do the coastal route to France, but then doÌýCalais - Dover,Ìý[or Dunkirk - Dover], as it will be a cheaper option than Amsterdam to Newcastle
"I keep on imagining us all freezing to death crossing the alps and getting stuck in the snow!!!Ìý" From where you are, you could take the coastal route into France and then up the centre of France - you'd miss the Alps that way.Ìý Longer, but flatter
"Norfolk Line have a Zeebrugge to Rosyth crossing". I think that finishes running on 15th December
"I'm still findining it difficult to get decent quality insulated plaster board in Italy, I want to use 92mm thick Kingspan K17 but the Gespol similar ( ½ûÂþÌìÌà ) product is 50% less thermally efficient anybody got a suggestion?" Have you considered buying the board in the Uk and shipping it down to Italy Ìý If it stacks up financially, you couldÌýPM Ìý'coperlacasa'Ìý- he does regular runs with a van to/from the UK
"in the greater scheme of property frauds to which a foreign buyer might fall prey, this is peanuts."
Not if it had happened to you
Hopefully the prison sentence will deter others agentsÌýfrom doing such a 'peanuts' fraud
You could always post something on the thread to bring it back to the top - if you think it is important