Just wondering if there is anyone living in the Amandola/ Sarnano/ Force area who is not in Italy at the moment and has olives which need picking as we are hopefully going to the press next week.
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We are just about to have our gas bombolla filled for the winter and were wondering if we could do a quick survey as last time our gas prices seemed much higher than our friends locally. Have just phoned Golden Gas and the price t
Tue, 10/20/2009 - 04:24
Well who could believe that is is a whole year since Karen found those 6 little puppies in a sack at the side of the road. To celebrate their first year, we decided to have a birthday party yesterday at Lago di Ruffino which was great fun.
Mon, 09/28/2009 - 11:28
Does anyone know why the posts are going on twice when I am only adding them once? Not sure what I am doing wrong?
Mon, 09/28/2009 - 10:35
A good Italian friend of ours had just lost her husband - they live in the UK, so we wanted to send them a card. We have been told locally that Italians would usually send a plain white card with a black stripe on the edge along with a flower.
Fri, 09/18/2009 - 09:43
Just wondering if anyone has recently completed a quote online for Direct Line car insurance - getting a bit stuck on a couple of the questions and was wondering if we could phone someone for help please.
Thu, 09/17/2009 - 06:40
At last, some hope for 94 families from the village of Onna. Homes built and bought by money raised by the Red Cross (so hopefully some of our fundraising has gone towards this).
Wed, 09/16/2009 - 04:59
Jessie loves playing stick in the woods, but really not sure where those long legs and huge ears have come from. Hope we can all get together for the pups 1st Birthday Party - will be great fun!
Sat, 08/29/2009 - 12:14
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A lovely copy of Italy's Sibillini National Park Walking and Trekking Guide, kindly donated by Sarah from Cicerone (the publishers).
Very sorry not to have met you the other night at the meal - sounds like you had fun!Didn't put everyones full names down as wasn't sure if folk would mind (so used their initials), but basically I have had confirmation from 9 people plus we were told you wanted between 8 - 10 (more the merrier!) plus A & R, S, D, B, J & J, S & M (hope I havn't forgotten anyone)Then I have 2 ticket donations from friends who can't make it, and 3 more provisional ticket sales from friends who are waiting to find out if they are free. So around 31 so far including us lot.Love the bee lines - Mark will find you hillarious (he obviously thinks like you!). Take care. S & M
Thank you Terry, any new ideas or raffle prizes much appreciated! Look forward to meeting you at the BBQ. How many tickets would you like? (just so we can get a rough idea of numbers!).
Yes Penny, we had to have exactly the same as the original layout, including size of windows etc etc (we were in the Ascoli Province too). As far as we understood it is more or less impossible to change any of the existing layout.
Hi,We were told in Comunanza that the nearest shoe repair place to us (in Villa Conti) is at Roccaflouvione (not sure of the spelling) on the way to Ascoli. I wanted the zip repairing on my boots after my puppy chewed them, but we had a brief look the other day and couldn't see the shop.It is on the main road in the town - didn't have time to stop and ask as we were in a rush, but someone there must know. If you find it can you let us know!!!!
We have bought cuttings / bulbs over when driving down - never been a problem as we were not searched but don't think it is entirly legal - something to do with the bacteria in the soil. If you are driving down and don't go through Switzerland, then there is much less chance of being searched anyway. I know you can legally transport bulbs which have a certificate on them to say they have been tested/ treated. We flew with some blubs we bought in Amsterdam and this was fine. All our daffodils and snowdrops are doing fine and also the plants we bought from my Mums garden. Just can't seem to get any roses to grow but that must be down to our hard clay soil (looks like it would be great for making pots!).