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Tesco and Eurotunnel[Copied from another Forum]If you shop at Tesco you'll probably be rewarded with Cash Vouchers.  What you may not know is that you can exchange these for 3x their value with Eurotunnel.

Sun, 03/18/2018 - 16:50

ITALIAN GENEALOGYI am researching my family tree [all UK based], and belong to a Genealogy Group here in the UK - its part of the U3A [an organisation for 'retired persons who want to do things rather than sit at home all d

Wed, 01/04/2017 - 05:24

Cancelling a Eurotunnel Booking I have had to cancel a return trip on Eurotunnel [Car + 2 + Dog], as I have to go into hospital for an op.The booking was 'non-refundable'.I rang them to cancel and they confirmed it was non-

Thu, 05/26/2016 - 08:00

IMU - Its still around I thought this had disappeared in the new tax system, but my Comune website says the first payment for 2014 is due by 16th June Paid it via my bank today - emailed them the F24

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 08:56

Looks like the days of the easy/cheap trip to italy through Switzerland are numbered. Apparently, the Swiss government has decided to raise the cost of the vignette to 100 Swiss Francs for 2015. They are introducing a two month vignette for 40SF,

Sun, 09/01/2013 - 15:58

Petrol prices in France are now comparable with the UK, except on the French Autoroutes.One option is to fill up at the L'Eclerc superstores with their SP95 E10 petrol [its a petrol with some ethylene in - generally used in France - which is OK fo

Thu, 07/11/2013 - 04:25

For a change this year we drove down to Italy via Besancon  [avoiding most tolls by taking some good french non-motorways.]However - Besancon roads are in total chaos as they are digging them up to lay tram routes - this will take about 2 more yea

Wed, 07/10/2013 - 16:44

Can you help?I've just completed making a 'variation' of Limoncello. The only change is that I dispensed with the lemons, I and substituted Sloes that I picked here in the UK at the end of last year.

Sun, 01/20/2013 - 09:10

In today's GuardianRyanair have announced their credit card will now be liable to the same charges as other credit cards - so the end of no charge bookings

Sat, 11/10/2012 - 09:07

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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]  see  http://www.sii.bz.it/  For train detail [pretty regular service from Verona] see http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en

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 Italian car would have been 'difficult'. [although I did consider getting an Italian 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 need an MOT for 3 years, when it would be returned to the UK and replaced - it would be a small/cheap car to keep costs down - something 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.  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

 "Point well made I did mean FENCES!" .  Being at a loose end, I Googled 'Fenching' - wish I hadn't................... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fenching

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".   Like 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.  As i'd booked the overnight stop already - we still went ahead with the route anyway Both sides of the dual carriageway were 'singled' in places, with contraflow as well.  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't  really matter [only in lost drinking time!].  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,  . Perhaps its just that - a local scaring the birds away as he goes out to work in the morning

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