Hi there Got a bit of field which needs cutting about twice a year. The cost and hassle of getting someone locally to do this means that we are considering getting a 2nd hand quad bike and flail mower and doing it ourselves.
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Many of you will already know this via the Facebook site "Preserve and Promote a Peaceful Marche" https://www.facebook.com/groups/504764649541531/For those that don't an
Mon, 01/21/2013 - 12:31
My Burgon and Ball spade and fork have arrived in Italy having been sent by Capital Gardens http://www.capitalgardens.co.uk/ who were happy to ship them out for about £20.
Fri, 12/14/2012 - 14:49
I've just received several emails from andrea@istos.it telling me my membership of several groups on this site has been accepted. Has a mod woken up or am I being spammed/phished/f**ked???
Wed, 12/12/2012 - 12:55
Came across this:http://www.wildboaradventures.co.uk/Pages/DonaldJonesWW2Escapestory.aspxFor those who need a fix of the Abruzzo high places when
Wed, 11/14/2012 - 09:23
having just looked at some fab photos of Rifugio Franchetti in Abruzzo, I'm formulating a plan to visit some/all of the refuges in my area of S Marche/Abruzzo. There are several problems with this:1. I'm about as fit as Bernard Manning was2.
Tue, 09/25/2012 - 07:38
Thanks to whoever it was who recommended this book. A beautiful and elegiac account of old ways of life in the Ligurian mountains. Without being at all sentimental
Fri, 09/07/2012 - 18:51
Trying to set myself up with XE currency exchange.
Thu, 08/23/2012 - 14:19
I advertise with a well-known website specialising in owner-led rentals all over the world. I’ll call it X I had an email on 7th July from a prospective customer (Y) asking for dates which were already booked.
Thu, 08/02/2012 - 09:55
I need to get some wood in when I'm over in September.
Mon, 07/30/2012 - 12:13
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It looks awful - those poor people whose homes and workshops have been filled with stinking mud. Not the sunny Italy of the holiday brochures!
Thanks Fillide - I feel better about shelling out for TI now! I presume you know about their "free calls to Europe" for E10 a month
Agree re the woodburner. Pellet stoves are fine if you've got somewhere to store the pellets and don't mind the noise of the fan - I wouldn't use one in a "quiet" area
Not for the purist maybe - but they ARE very pretty bottles http://www.justminiatures.co.uk/campari-soda-ready-to-drink-10cl-miniature-p-5093.html?currency=GBP
Agree with all of the above (especially the maps). From personal experience I'd suggest you look at the following: Drive to Foce (nice little restaurant) and take off from there on foot up to Lago di Pilato Drive up to Castellucio and take your pick. In fact, just before you go round the corner of M Vettore and Castellucio comes into view there are two routes - on the left takes you past a Refuge and along a track to a Belvedere. It's even been concreted for the disabled, though now in advanced disrepair. Go right and you'll get up onto the ridge of M Vettore You can't miss where I mean, there's a map on the roadside and always cars parked (usually some of them belonging to paragliders) I'm not a real mountain walker, so these may seem too easy for you. But if you just want somewhere to start I hope that helps
You couldn't be more wrong Fillide. Can't be bothered to put you right but you could always try reading his book
So long as he goes I'm happy. Not an Italian but I feel for the country as Raggio describes. Just the briefest of accquaintance with its sufferings (malaria; WW2 rastrellamenti; the mezzadria - never mind organised crime) shows it deserves so much better Forza donne Italiane!!
I agree Lotan, why use a few words when you could ramble on for ever. Whoever said that brevity was the soul of wit was obviously a fool. And I think you confuse the words "debate" and "lecture". I don't think, Fillide, that your "4 yr old on the subway" example proves anything either way. After all, in the Middle Ages when Britain was totally monocultural (leaving aside the fact that the country had already been colonised many times by different races) they burnt old women whom it was decided were witches. Just because two things happen at the same time doesn't mean there's any link.
I always thought that multiculturalism was just a preparedness to allow room for different ways of living. Can't see that a desire for Marmite really offends against that. And I'm always suspicious of any claims that the country you've left behind is all bad. Sounds like special pleading to me. Italy isn't the promised land and the UK isn't the epitome of evil. People arrive and leave for many reasons. If it doesn't work out it's no disgrace. “Whingeing” is annoying but hardly a crime. I agree that if you move to a country you should be sensitive to its ways. But you don't have to slavishly accept everything. And suggesting that Italy is somehow above criticism is just condescension Just my view of course...
An old article giving the history of Fidoka http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article1862006.ece