I'm planning my route down for a months visit in July.
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I logged on this morning to my local webcam, to look at the snow on the ski slopes.
Thu, 01/05/2012 - 04:47
Loved the note about changing the locks!
Wed, 09/21/2011 - 09:20
Mon, 07/25/2011 - 05:21
For many years now I have used the likes of 'mappy', 'via michelin' etc for calculating different routes down to Italy - for us its a part of our holiday, so we don't always want to take the quickest/shortest route down.Ìý We prefer to vary the rou
Wed, 06/01/2011 - 09:25
Today I received an email from the Swiss Travel Centre.Ìý The relevant portion is;- "The GBP price for a Vignette will increase from 01 June 2011 and we wanted to give you the opportunity to purchase this years’ Vignette before the pric
Mon, 05/23/2011 - 09:45
I've just driven down and back for a [much too] short holiday, and feel that an update on how fuel prices look on the way down would be useful to fellow travellers The following is a good site for seeing what prices have been likeÌýÌý
Mon, 04/04/2011 - 05:02
P&O have introduced a new ferry on the Dover - Calais route - its called the Spirit of Britain. They seem to have a special offer on at the moment [on this ship only] I've just booked a return crossing [car + 2] for £60 - significantly less th
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 06:08
Does Tomato soup exist in Italy? We were feeling a bit under the weather when we went out to Italy 2 weeks ago.Ìý As part of the R&R process, I fancied some soup, and looked around the supermarket.Ìý There were lots of different soups, but I rea
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 08:29
The route/timings for next years Giro d'Italia have been posted Ìý My son rang me up to inform me that the route passes about 100m away from
Sat, 11/06/2010 - 07:04
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If you want maximum heating efficiency, and no smoke - a wood burner is the obvious choice. ÌýHowever,ÌýÌý -Ìý If heating efficiency etc are not sacrosanct, there's little to beat a nice roaring open fire. ÌýWe chose the open fire - its a holiday home, not used a great deal in Winter, although we do usually do about 4 weeks in the skiing season.Ìý The open fire is more than enough [after a couple of days warming the walls] to cause the central heating to cut offÌý [it's set at 21C] ÌýYou could always 'mix and match' your options - one room with the feature open fire, and the rest with wood burners.
Thanks - have re-assigned my 'favourite'
I went stright to 'latest activity', Ìý[its set up as one of my 'favourites' on internet ExplorerÌýI then opened your [this] post, read it and thought 'great idea'clicked 'back'it went straight to 'locations', not 'latest activitiy'ÌýStill a bit of tweaking needed, I think
ÌýTry this siteÌýÌýÌýI particularly like the “Maurice, The Car Chicken Coopâ€ÌýAlso – see;-ÌýÌý
The report in the Grauniad this morning says that the police were on there way back from giving a talk to students on 'Road safety'
ÌýÌý[The O2 card seems the free one]
.......it could be 90 - mathematically, if a line is normal to another, its at right angles - but that doesn't explain the '(F)'ÌýCould it be musical?
Beggared if I can sort this one - I agree it shouldn't be body temperature [as the value is not constant]ÌýÌýWill think on ..................
The Walrus and the CarpenterWere walking close at hand;They wept like anything to seeSuch quantities of sand:"If this were only cleared away,"They said, "it would be grand!"Ìý"If seven maids with seven mopsSwept it for half a year.Do you suppose," the Walrus said,"That they could get it clear?""I doubt it," said the Carpenter,And shed a bitter tear.Ìý
this website -
Ìý and found it under "Giardino Barbecue"
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[I googled Gala'sÌý "spiedo girarrosto"]Ìý