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We now have a new addition to the family here, a orphaned leveret. It is only about 8 days old now, but seems to be doing quite well and putting on weight. Feeding it a kitten milk mixture. Anyone else had experience of bringing them up??

Sun, 02/10/2013 - 10:30

Happy New Year to everyone

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 19:10

Have just seen that there is a proposed filling station strike next week for 2 days!!

Thu, 12/06/2012 - 12:34

Italymag's latest post has just amused us here, about the ½ûÂþÌìÌà Chef Aldo Zilli, as being one of the first to introduce "proper" ½ûÂþÌìÌà food into London.There were many restaurants in London, in the 70's prior to him arriving.One, San Frediano,

Fri, 11/23/2012 - 16:21

Hope nobody has booked flights with this airline in Italy

Sun, 08/12/2012 - 11:55

Didn't take long, before it started. Non ½ûÂþÌìÌà B&B!!! From a TripAdvisor commentBreakfast on the patio was excellent- even including bacon and eggs!

Sat, 08/11/2012 - 15:17

Wonder if anyone having the same problems:1. You read a post logged in, then refresh and then it tells you that you have x number of unread posts, even though you have read all.

Thu, 06/21/2012 - 09:03

Because it was raining today, thought to do some price comparisons re non ½ûÂþÌìÌà B&B's to ½ûÂþÌìÌà ones in Marche. I will not name any, but to be honest, you are better staying in ½ûÂþÌìÌà establishments.

Thu, 05/31/2012 - 17:26

New regulations for those who drive down via France for 2012

Wed, 01/04/2012 - 12:26

Understand there are going to be some new PV industrial size installations in and around Amandola.

Mon, 12/13/2010 - 16:38

Comments posted

Mon, 08/30/2010 - 11:52

Sprostoni. Your consumption figures for electricity are similar to various others that I have and equate to what we normally expect for an average (circa E1200 p.a. ). Based on that, we heat the house here for about 50% of our total expenditure per year.

Mon, 08/30/2010 - 09:04

Also be carefull of the ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ/English pricing system. Our very good ½ûÂþÌìÌà friend a few days ago, found out from someone he was hiring for some work,Ìý that the rate was E12 per hour for ½ûÂþÌìÌÃs, but E15 for non ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ.

Mon, 08/30/2010 - 05:48

For your size of apartment Moruzzo, then you would be better off getting an Inverter for the heating and aircon. Re edited as first link not working properly.

Mon, 08/30/2010 - 03:41

Capo Boi. The table is for the total cost, including all standing charges, IVA etc. Unit cost on the top rate of electricity, is nearly 24cents + another 2C in extra charges + IVA, so you are around 28 Cents per KW.

Sun, 08/29/2010 - 15:17

These are the costs for everything for each year here using electricity, heating and dhw 24 hours per day with a heat pump. OK initial installation is expensive, but over a few years it pays for itself Electricity Costings Ìý Ìý 2007 2008 2009 2010 KW Cost KW Cost KW Cost KW Cost Ìý Jan/Feb 2522 556.52 2803 644.17 2849 862.96 2763 798.38 Mar/Apr 1793 408.69 1862 449.28 1742 502.58 1708 497.20 May/Jun 884 227.88 954 255.82 892 227.06 Ìý Ìý Jul/Aug 835 219.88 879 245.52 793 187.12 Ìý Ìý Sep/Oct 1345 324.81 1575 404.56 1306 352.68 Ìý Ìý Nov/Dec 2194 702.66 1917 541.43 2304 622.42 Ìý Ìý Totals 10573 2440.44 9990 2540.78 9886 2754.82 Ìý Ìý

Sun, 08/29/2010 - 12:00

With all the comments above, I am quite happy to have the whole house heated by the equivalent of a 2kw fan heater. As with everything else, do loads of research before deciding if you want to live in 1 room or the whole house in the winter.

Tue, 08/24/2010 - 14:22

Why not ask the above, he will direct you in the correct way, as he has installed those systems.

Tue, 08/24/2010 - 11:13

Lovely description of the fun of woodburners. Our experience:- Year 1: Heat pump plus 50 quintale of wood if needed for emergencies for the L'Aristico fire in the sitting room. Hard work to stack, but only used a few kilos as not needed unless wanted to see some flames. Gets far too hot though!!! Year 2 to today(4 years later); Still only using a few kilos of wood a year, so still about 40 quintale left from original purchase. Ìý Cost of heating the house 24/7 in all rooms still around E1500 p.a. Result: Happiness and very little wood carrying

Fri, 08/20/2010 - 03:59

They have been shaded, pre-started in pots, but have not grown higher than a couple of inches. Will have to experiment a bit more, maybe clay soil is not good for them. As for the parsnips, this is the first year of trying!!!

Fri, 08/13/2010 - 08:26

This site seems to cover a range of manufacturers, so might help for info.