Following a day of intense heat, last night was one of those beautiful balmy evenings, the warm light breeze wafting the heady scent of lavender across the garden, an excuse for dinner on the terrace at Bellaugello Gay Guesthouse in the delightful Umbrian countryside. Unusually for us the majority of the guys were from the […]
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Sunday Lunch – A tasting menu
Great friends who also have an agriturismo invited me over to Sunday lunch today. It was once again a beautiful sunny day, and the drive thorught the winding lanes over hilltops and through shady valleys was delightful. There is a dusting of snow on the Apeninnes and the Abruzzo hilltops capped in snow were glistening […]
The 50 States
Some things like fine wine and good cheeses improve with age, but not everything. Whilst in general I guess I have improved with age, I have grown out of truancy, now wash my own clothes, am a courteous driver, and am ecologically aware, one thing has not improved; I was running through the webstats for […]
Saturday and the sun is shining!
I awoke to the most wonderful sunrise over the Apeninnes and the sun has contiued to shine over Bellaugello Gay bed and breakfast in Umbria. Hardly a cloud in the sky, the ground should start to dry after yesterday’s wet weather. Spring is in the air!
Yummy Soda Bread
While ranting in my last post the bread was cooking, depsite finding the road in the garden, and several broken tree limbs, this morning I made soda bread. This is a traditional bread recipe of Irish and Scottish origin made without yeast, and utterly delicious. Here at Bellaugello gay bed and breakfast in my recipe […]
Global Warming
I am a Global Warming Sceptic. I Believe it is happening but not necessarily for the reasons the media and politicians would have us believe. I guess our climate is changing, and we are experiencing freak weather, but is this not quite simply a natural cyclical progression of the world. Through time there have been […]
Erba Medica – a baptism by fire
The fields here at Bellaugello are sown with erba medica or lucerne and given the abundant sunshine and occasional rain shower are flourishing. The current crop was first sown here some four years ago, each year being cut twice for animal feed. This year following the first cut it looked possible to harvest and then […]