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I'm planning my route down for a months visit in July.

Mon, 06/04/2012 - 08:13

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

I have just got back from my latest trip to Italy, and thought some of you might be interested to hear about a Swiss hotel that we stayed in on the way down.It is the Hotel Engel in Stans [near to Lake Lucerne, a few minutes from the motorway

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.  We prefer to vary the rou

Wed, 06/01/2011 - 09:25

Today I received an email from the Swiss Travel Centre.  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 like  

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.  As part of the R&R process, I fancied some soup, and looked around the supermarket.  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   My son rang me up to inform me that the route passes about 100m away from

Sat, 11/06/2010 - 07:04

Comments posted

Answer to: house build
Mon, 01/31/2011 - 04:21

"but i was wondering if we go to court can I freeze there assets?" " ....  ask your lawyer - that's what he's there for" - that's what you pay him for

Answer to: house build
Sun, 01/30/2011 - 08:49

" ..... can I freeze their assets till it goes to court?" I doubt it - but ask your lawyer - thats what he's there for

Sun, 01/30/2011 - 04:33

Didn't think the offer would last long - glad I got it though [that sounds selfish - probably is!] --------------- " ......... hope the queuing system works efficiently - and that roads from the ports don't get clogged with the drive-off traffic." There will definitely be a case for turning left at the docks exit onto the road up the [steepish] hill and back to London on the old A2, thus avoiding the crush through Dover itself

Thu, 01/27/2011 - 05:33

Jet2 website says they are flying LeedsBradford to Rome Fiumicino, from about £50 each way, and daily flights from Manchester [from £22 each way]

Answer to: Tomato Soup
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 11:19

Surely a small handful of roughly chopped Basil added a couple of minutes before serving would add to the flavour?

Answer to: Tomato Soup
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 13:03

"very few soups to be found in supermarkets around here in Marche" Up around Lakes Orta & Maggiore there appear to be numerous packets of soups - mainly minestrone, vegetable and lentil/bean/pulses - there must have been 20+ varieties on the shelves - but no tomato

Answer to: coffee machines?
Fri, 01/21/2011 - 17:23

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 14:43

"I like the brazier idea!" Watch out for 'noxious' fumes on the first few 'burnings - and don't breathe them in!

Tue, 01/04/2011 - 09:37

Have you asked at your Comune?

Thu, 12/30/2010 - 08:01

"I'd be thinking about lining the walls with something that didn't get so cold." The normal solution would be to either line the walls with insulated plasterboard or construct a 'stud' wall against the existing walls Either method would usually involve using professionals and would knock up to about 100mm/wall off of the size of the room -and things like power points and switches will need moving. If its just a 'small' wall that is the problem, you could cover it with dense cork floor tiles [and make it a pin board!]