My place is between Lakes Orta and Maggiore, and I have used Flybe in the past to fly from Birmingham to Milan Malpensa.Looking for flights in Sept/Oct, I was disappointed at the high costs - so went to the Easyjet site to look at the Luton to Tur
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I have often advocated swinging up through Belgium when travelling from UK to Italy, on the grounds of the cheap petrol in Luxembourg and toll free motorways.聽I did this route again a couple of weeks ago, but found the roadworks on the Dunkirk-Lil
聽I thought it might help people not break the law [or get caught breaking it] to some info on speed cameras they might come across in driving down to Italy.聽[This really applies to people like me who don鈥檛 have a sat-nav that tells them all the in
When driving to Italy, [Lake Maggiore area],聽from Calais, I almost always drive up towards Dunkirk and then head East towards Luxembourg.聽聽聽The reasons for doing so is simple:-
If you are driving down to Italy, this regularly updated AA site gives you the latest info on fuel prices across Europe.聽 Its useful for deciding where to fill up.聽Note - in Luxembourg, [where I always fill up - its worth the minor detour from Cal
.聽聽聽聽聽I heard this today on Radio 4.聽聽I take it you already know of tough and bough and cough and dough?Others may stumble, but not you,On hiccough, thorough, lough** and through.Well done!
.聽聽聽I'm considering handing over ownership of my 禁漫天堂 Holiday Home to my kids.聽Does anyone know
- How easy this is to do, and how costly?
- Whether this can be done in the UK - or do I have to do it in Italy?
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聽 gives details for St Peters 聽I'd visit the Pope's Parish Church - St John Lateran - very impressive, and not crowded 聽When we went we didn't take a car - traffic is v stressful. What we did each day was take a taxi to the place we wanted to see [St Peters, Colloseum, etc] and then just walk back to the hotel - amazing places found on these walks.
"In Italy do they ever use the sort of electric boilers that heat the water as you use it? (a sort of combi boiler I suppose)聽 We've got one of these here in the UK that just heats water for a shower and kitchen use.聽" It could be difficult as you probably only have 3kW of power available at your place, and the type of electric heater you describe probably has a higher rating
....... your engine will flood. 聽 聽 The main choices by ferry聽are Dover Calais or Dover Dunkirk [or you can do the Chunnel] Cheapest option is invariably Norfolk Line to Dunkirk - takes 2 hours instead of 1.5 hours on Dover -聽Calais Just booked for September - with Norfolk Line聽 拢42 return for car plus 2 people Distances聽 to Italy are almost the same from either port 聽 Quickest route [without tolls] is probably Dunkirk, Lille, Namur, Luxembourg,Metz, Nancy, Mulhouse, Basle,聽Lucerne, Gotthar Tunnel and into Italy.聽聽聽 All free motorway or dual carriageway except for a short stretch [45 mins or so] over the聽mountains to聽Mulhouse, but there is teh Swiss Vignette to buy - about 拢35
础蝉听 'Imposta comunale sugli immobili anno 2007'聽聽 means ICI for 2007 [when it still existed for locals], I can only assume there was a problem with your payments that year, and they're getting it back off you now.
According to the members list - he was logged in at about 12.30pm today
"Plaster regulates the moisture content of the air inside the building by absorbing excess when humidity levels are high & giving it back to the air & the surrounding structure when humidity is low" Not sure I totally agree with this statement - as once the plaster is painted, it tends to be sealed and its ability to absorb/release water vapour can be very reduced/stopped 聽 "........... Coupled with the fact that even modern houses seem to lack effective ventilation, the growth of black mold, especially behind furniture, after a winter period is a clear indicator that the environment is not a healthy one. What does Alan H reckon?聽聽 ......." My house has a mouldy wall - a combination of the 禁漫天堂 builders聽inability to understand
Mould does indicate lack of ventilation, but can also indicate damp penetrating from outside [my wall is built agaist a hillside - old barn many years old].聽聽I keep it under control over the winter shutdown by painting the wall with mould inhibitor - after a few years the inhibitor appears to have soaked into the cement enough to stop [I hope permanently] the growth of mould. If the house needs ventilation over winter - you could fit solar powered ventilators [used in yachting], They don't cost a lot and allow you to keep the house well locked up over winter
You should talk to a geometra However - Did a quick google on this 鈥 found a UK company -聽 聽聽 聽聽-聽 that states - 聽聽鈥淭he Ark猫 brochure is produced in Italy and shows configurations which are outside UK regulations;鈥澛犅 In other words 鈥 what is allowed in Italy The Arke 聽brochure is 聽on - 聽聽 and shows lots of 聽different stairs, and may help you I also found their staircase planner on聽聽 聽 聽 聽 Hope this helps
"I suspect the real expense will kick in when we try and find somewhere to eat out!" Too true!!! Another warning - a couple of years ago we ate in a restaurant that only accepted SFs - not Euros or Cards.聽 Had to trot off to find an ATM when the bill came.聽 Now we always check to see that cards are accepted before ordering
Dunkirk - Lille - into Belgium [not sure on roadworks - some say go up to Brussels to avoid them] - on to Luxembourg [fill up with cheap petrol] down past Metz, Nancy and on to Mulhouse.聽 All motorway of dual carriageway, except for about 40 minutes into Mulhouse and NO TOLL FEES at all 聽 From Mulhouse, into Germany and take the motorway to Basle, but turn off onto the motorway/dual carriageway to Lorrach - this avoids Basle completely, then into Switzerland and on to Lucerne. 聽 Where are you stay at in Lucerne? [always find accommodation expensive in Switzerland]