Tesco and Eurotunnel[Copied from another Forum]If you shop at Tesco you'll probably be rewarded with Cash Vouchers. Â What 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 Booking I 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 around I thought this had disappeared in the new tax system, but my Comune website says the first payment for 2014 is due by 16th June Paid 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. Apparently, the Swiss government has decided to raise the cost of the vignette to 100 Swiss Francs for 2015. They 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 Besancon [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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If you use the search facility [halfway down the RH side of the page] and type in searches like "van" or "removals" etc etc , you should get some useful info
If all else fails - you could taxi it to termini imerese and catch a train to Ragattisi Birgi [2 changes - takes between 4 and 5 hrs]. Ragattisi Birgi is very close to the airport. Not ideal perhaps, but it could be a short term solution whilst you sort out parking
Not so sure the idea has been thought through properly.  Ban plastic bottles - shops will either sell fizzy drinks and 'juices' in bottles, cans or TetraPaks - these will still get dumped - bottles smash [danger of injury], cans rust, tetrapaks clog everything up. Also - frisk tourists to make sure they don't bring any plastic bottles in? Anyone thought it might be cafes etc dumping their plastic bottles in the canals to save on rubbish collection charges?
I did read [on the old site I think] that you can ask your Comune to designate your land a 'no hunting' area. Apparently this can have an effect - presumably because its the Comune and not you saying not to hunt.  Of course - some will say that if you move to a new country, you should accept [but not necessarily agree with] their way of doing things
no - its not a proper by pass, just a route that avoids Basle entirely.  Come down the German autoroute towards Basle [if coming from France, join it from Mulhouse], take the exit to Lorrach [jcn 68] and follow this road to the Swiss border where it joins the Swiss motorway system. The road is mainly dual carriageway [the rest is being upgraded and looks pretty close to opening] and it has always been a quick route into Switzerland that avoids the delays that often occur in Basle
"We are particularly relying on Alan as we always follow his advice on the route, especially around Basle which makes an amazing difference."  The best advice on fuel prices I can give is to get off the motorways to fill up with diesel [except in Luxembourg where I believe that prices are fixed by the government] - you can save about 5% by just popping in to any supermarket [the bigger the better] - this holds for France, Switzerland and Italy [where I found prices ranged from 1.440 down to 1.306 for petrol last week]  Have just driven back to UK this weekend - the Basle 'By-Pass' was great - drove through the checkpoints without stopping - although there was a biggish queue the other way [Germany into Switzerland], which I put down to the latest American 'pants wetting' on terrorist threats
I'd take a cossie,.................... unless you're a teapot
If you have space in the car, take a few logs with you so you can at least light a fire when you get there Then wave a log in front of a neighbour and ask where you can buy some - the local farmer delivers ours. [in my 'Dog ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ' this request boils down to "Dove Comprare"** - I know its grammatically incorrect, but it works] You should be able to get something in the local supermarket - and don't forget the fire lighters and matches   ** - pronounced  "Doh Vay Com Pra Ray"
Private Messages can easily be sent [just like an email]  Click on the name of the poster [submitted by XXXXX] to bring up his/her Profile Click on the Contact tab Write the message and click send When you get a message sent to you - a number [1 for 1 m2ssage, 2 for 2 etc] appears after the All messages in the Private Messages box on the right hand side of the webpage  I'll send you a PM to demonstrate
"Now you have put doubt in our minds,are you able to say his name on this forum?If not then just his initials." This would best be dealt with using the PM facility