After my success answering Annec's question, its my turn. However, I’m not clever enough for an ‘Italian’ question – so I’ll go for one with a ‘Greek’ connection insteadI’m a ‘sad’ man who likes numbers.
Check with the car hire company whether they have any requirements for you to take the car out of the countryORSet the sat nav to go via Menaggio - you'll stay in Italy then
Train, [or bus], to Sorrento, then bus to Positano
Taxi
Car hire - only if you need a car whilst you are there
We walked the Amalfi Coast one year [organised trip], mainly along the mule tracks on top of the cliffs- absolutely fantastic area. There is a bus service along the coast road, and a ferry service http://www.amalficoastweb.com/positano/english/bus_ferries.html
Went online to the Bluespark website [they do this website now]It says"ITALY Magazine has a fresh new look and becomes a product of Bluespark Labs, LLC, a US-based interactive web development agency specializing in powerful, imaginatively designed sites for the media, travel, culture and educational industries."So thats all OK then!!!!!!!!!!
"using fill instead of squared off stone will be a disaster - they will become misshapen and all sorts." The best fill is mixed irregular shape stone pieces, as they bed down best and interlock. Square block fill will distort more easily. The art to gabions is ensuring that the fill is well packed in
"You can have them filled with whatever - concrete blocks are the cheapest I think, but we decided we wanted it to look better than this so we had them filled with local stone." You can use cheap fill for the bulk of each gabion, and only use better stone to make up the exposed faces
"It ............ was cheaper than renewing my AA policy!" Buying a new car is cheaper than renewing an AA Policy! [we do our European Cover through Green Bee as an add-on to the John Lewis car insurance - we used to use the AA]
You said in your original posting;- "..........I tried Deep Wood Off (30% Deet) and I tried some of the sprays that I picked-up in ..........Italy. I got the bites down to about 50 .........." The concentration of Deet is critical to its effectiveness. We use "Jungle Juice' spray which we get in the UK. It is 50% Deet, and most effective for us see http://www.jungleformula.co.uk/range/maximum/
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Check with the car hire company whether they have any requirements for you to take the car out of the countryORSet the sat nav to go via Menaggio - you'll stay in Italy then
Options;-
We walked the Amalfi Coast one year [organised trip], mainly along the mule tracks on top of the cliffs- absolutely fantastic area. There is a bus service along the coast road, and a ferry service http://www.amalficoastweb.com/positano/english/bus_ferries.html
Went online to the Bluespark website [they do this website now]It says"ITALY Magazine has a fresh new look and becomes a product of Bluespark Labs, LLC, a US-based interactive web development agency specializing in powerful, imaginatively designed sites for the media, travel, culture and educational industries."So thats all OK then!!!!!!!!!!
Gala said - "I am under the impression that they must be working on it"Well - they've got one hell of a lot of work to do
"using fill instead of squared off stone will be a disaster - they will become misshapen and all sorts." The best fill is mixed irregular shape stone pieces, as they bed down best and interlock. Square block fill will distort more easily. The art to gabions is ensuring that the fill is well packed in
"You can have them filled with whatever - concrete blocks are the cheapest I think, but we decided we wanted it to look better than this so we had them filled with local stone." You can use cheap fill for the bulk of each gabion, and only use better stone to make up the exposed faces
Try this webpage for info http://www.thestoveyard.com/pwpcontrol.php?pwpID=7115
"It ............ was cheaper than renewing my AA policy!" Buying a new car is cheaper than renewing an AA Policy! [we do our European Cover through Green Bee as an add-on to the John Lewis car insurance - we used to use the AA]
You said in your original posting;- "..........I tried Deep Wood Off (30% Deet) and I tried some of the sprays that I picked-up in ..........Italy. I got the bites down to about 50 .........." The concentration of Deet is critical to its effectiveness. We use "Jungle Juice' spray which we get in the UK. It is 50% Deet, and most effective for us see http://www.jungleformula.co.uk/range/maximum/
There's a fair amount on the internet. This may assist you;- http://www.ilpalio.org/palioenglish4.htm