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Found this - liked itÌý

Wed, 06/03/2009 - 10:42

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Sun, 05/31/2009 - 04:26

If you are planning to travel down to Italy, but don't know where to stay on your overnight stops - this site may be of use;-

Mon, 05/25/2009 - 05:38

After my success answering Annec's question, its my turn. However, I’m not clever enough for an ‘½ûÂþÌìÌÃ’ question – so I’ll go for one with a ‘Greek’ connection insteadI’m a ‘sad’ man who likes numbers.

Wed, 05/20/2009 - 05:08

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Tue, 08/04/2009 - 08:20

Bus - yes there is but it seems to take a couple of hours [plus changes]Ìý seeÌý ÌýÌýFor train detail [pretty regular service from Verona] see

Tue, 08/04/2009 - 04:53

I thought about leaving a car at the holiday house for general use.It would have been a UK car - from this and other forum responses, getting an ½ûÂþÌìÌà car would have been 'difficult'. [although I did consider getting an ½ûÂþÌìÌà to buy, tax and insure a car in Italy]I had considered insurance - I would have used Saga [or similar] for the annual 'use abroad' facilityI'd considered the MOT problem - the car would be new [or nearly new] so wouldn't needÌýan MOT for 3 years, when it would be returned to the UK and replacedÌý- it would be a small/cheap car to keep costs down -Ìýsomething like the Ford Ka that I bought brand new about 18 months ago for under £5kThe downfall of the proposal was what you did with the car when I wasn't there - if I left it at the airport, there were charges and security to consider.Ìý if I left it at the house, I had to pay for transport to and from the airport.All in all - the costs didn't stack up - so I hire

Answer to: Fenches
Mon, 08/03/2009 - 07:48

Ìý"Point well made I did mean FENCES!" .ÌýÌýBeing at a loose end, I Googled 'Fenching' - wish I hadn't...................

Answer to: Strange Bird !
Fri, 07/31/2009 - 13:18

Fri, 07/31/2009 - 10:36

"but when it comes down to legal transactions such as buying houses and cars etc there should be a common understanding".ÌýÌýÌýLike common house buying rules in England and Scotland?

Answer to: AVATAR
Fri, 07/31/2009 - 08:24

try a PM to Ronald or Valentina?

Wed, 07/29/2009 - 06:05

MBK - thanks for the warning - it at least made me aware there probably would be a problem.Ìý As i'd booked the overnight stop already - we still went ahead withÌýthe route anywayÌýBoth sides of the dual carriageway were 'singled' in places, with contraflow as well.Ìý It wasn't too much of a problem going from Dunkirk, as we were not having to get to a ferry by a set time, and a later arrival at the hotel didn'tÌý really matter [only in lost drinking time!].Ìý But we didn't want to risk missing the ferry on the way back.

Answer to: Strange Bird !
Wed, 07/29/2009 - 04:42

It literally sounds like two stones being knocked together,ÌýÌý.ÌýPerhaps its just that - a local scaring the birds away as he goes out to work in the morning

Tue, 07/28/2009 - 11:30

Tue, 07/28/2009 - 09:11

I'd avoid the property like the plague - tax dodge, plus charges against it etc etc - run like h*ell