It's just one big holiday

Nice pictures Mike.:) Bet the crane operator(s) got one hell of a telling off!

Tony.
 
Thanks for sharing, we love Italy and are there most years this time it's Stresa by Lake Maggiore,a first for us. Lovely scenery, great Zed country
 
A good job they only had the small jib on then?;)

Tony.
 
I reckon I'd have done the same thing. Not the sort of thing you expect to happen every day eh?

Tony.
 
No, that really was a close one.
And to stay (nearly) on topic........

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My old boss said the same thing about German too Frankie.

Tony.
 
miller1098 said:
We have been to Italy a No of times from May to December,the smell of jasmine the plant not the girl is lovely in May ,it was very hot last week in Tuscany/ Umbria .Pisa ,cheap flights,car hire and easy navigation.Our destinations on this trip were Bagno Vingoni ,Cortona,Siena and Volterra I can recommend all of them,we had a lovely b&b in Bagno, locanda del loggiato lovelyView attachment 18345
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Miller's quote: "....cheap flights,car hire,,,,,,,,,,,,"
????????????????????????????? REALY???????????????????
OMG........... I was there about 7 years ago and had to rent a car for 2 weeks. My insurance from home covered the rental, but they wouldn't accept it. It almost cost me the same price as the round trip flight. What a rip off............... I was furious........and an economy car !!!!!!!!!!!!
 
JackJabba said:
Looks nice, have never been to mainland Italy. I do like your Avatar picture more, where was it taken?
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It's the Sierra Nevada ,Spain I've ridden and guided
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there on a few occasions there's also some lovely driving roads ,but it's such a drag to drive your own car there.and hire cars aren't quite the same
 
Great pictures @miller1098 :p
Glad you had a good time :)
You put my pictures to shame =))
But I shall still post them when I get home :)
We fly home at 19.30 tonight :(
 
Looks like a fantastic area to visit. We love the slow pace of life when we go abroad its hard to adjust when we get back.
 
@miller1098
Hi Hugh,
Just looking at Italy now for a short break 2-3 days just with the wife.
I go over Milan for work a lot but not been there socially for years.
Given it's a short break (and the Mrs doesn't like too much Italian driving/passes in those super quick hire cars!) what can you suggest.

Top Gear perfect road trip 2 got me thinking Amalfi coast and Capri but for such a short break maybe not a good idea with summer traffic.

Was also thinking Porto Fino, quick drive from Genoa.

We like the older picturesque towns but has to be by the seaside.

I will do the lakes, cheap flights into Malpensa and only an hour away but the Mrs wants seaside for our first trip there together.
 
Dino check out the Italian magazine Quattroruote,they have a list of the best driving roads north and south should be an english link.
Check out Bergamo ( Milan oria Al serio) airport also ,good place to stay and close to lakes
 
Dino D said:
@miller1098
Was also thinking Porto Fino, quick drive from Genoa.
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Portofino is nice but parking is very limited they actually close the road off at peak times and it's a long walk in. We parked up in Santa Marguerita and took the ferry in to Portofino. If you go try Camogli just up the coast (we thought it was better) but there are quite a few along that stretch of coast line.
Genoa is very lively at night.
 
Dino D said:
@miller1098
Hi Hugh,
Just looking at Italy now for a short break 2-3 days just with the wife.
I go over Milan for work a lot but not been there socially for years.
Given it's a short break (and the Mrs doesn't like too much Italian driving/passes in those super quick hire cars!) what can you suggest.

Top Gear perfect road trip 2 got me thinking Amalfi coast and Capri but for such a short break maybe not a good idea with summer traffic.

Was also thinking Porto Fino, quick drive from Genoa.

We like the older picturesque towns but has to be by the seaside.

I will do the lakes, cheap flights into Malpensa and only an hour away but the Mrs wants seaside for our first trip there together.
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We drove up the coast past Cecina to Pisa and found it was really busy up the coast road and each town seemed full of people on holiday.it was much more relaxed in the country.we stayed at this hotel a few years ago,it an hour from Pisa and about 45 mins from the coast.http://www.booking.com/hotel/it/bor...9ea9065af0fa4e20c775e303X1;type=total;ucfs=1& Not really a seaside person I'm afraid I can't recommend anywere special.but Just come back from Volterra and it doesn't disappoint the church on top of the hill is quite spectacular the Roman theatre is great and so many little streets plenty of nice places to eat,the Roman Theatre is great it and some of the amazing stuf they built inspired us to get our 6 ton sewrage plant over our little bridge on rollers as it was to heavy to lift lol
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