A telephone call this lunchtime reminded me that the weather is un-seasonally warm. I have been basking in temperatures reaching the high twenties to low thirties and it got me thinking back to the time when we first ‘moved into the house’ Well moving in is probably an over exaggeration, there was a part of […]
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Electricity – or lack of it
In common with seemingly most of Europe yesterday was a bit wintry and cold, grey and miserable here near Gubbio in Umbria, Italy. Made all the worse by a day without electricity. It surprises me just how dependent we all have become on this invisible product. Here, during the restoration at Bellaugello Gay Guesthouse we […]
I want an iPhone 4………..
I want an iPhone 4. Now I know they are not really very good, I know they have problems with their antenna and poor signal reception, I know that if you drop them they break, I know they look dreadful in a case, I know that in China you can buy an excellent copy for […]
Underfloor Heating – Riscaldamento in Pavimento
Dawn heralded a lovely crisp frosty morning here in Umbria, Italy, and it is on mornings like these that I am so grateful to have installed underfloor heating here at Bellaugello Gay Guest House. I potter about preparing breakfasts on the cotto flooring with no shoes, not even socks, it is an utter delight, as […]