To Hot To Drive Or Call

To Hot To Drive Or Call

By roychinnorNo Comments
You may be thinking to yourselves "that photo isn't Bridget!" and you would be about right. If the colour was changed to lime green, then this was all I saw of two of these machines as they buzzed me on the route to Menaggio. Up until now, a picture is all I had seen, then along come two, just like London buses (well not quite like them, but you know what I mean). I can tell you that the picture does not do them justice. Bridget and I spent a couple of restful days in Menaggio, on the banks of Lake Maggiore. I first came here on our (Bridget and I) inaugural run together in 2006. That year we had followed the whole of the coast of Italy, down the west coast, around Sicily and back up the east coast from where we drove over to the Italian Lakes. We first stopped at Bellaggio then crossed over to Menaggio. I decided...
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By roychinnorNo Comments
Weekend break on the banks of Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. Even with the usual throng of tourists from all over Europe and the States, it has been both reflective and relaxing. The route here from Esch sur Sure is below:   I was somewhat disappointed that having paid the Swiss toll for using their roads of £45, I was then held up at one of the tunnels under the alps for well over an hour. However, it is difficult to complain too forcefully when you see the views along much of the route. I have videoed quite a bit of it and am launching a new YouTube Channel with a ten minute clip for those interested. The link to watch is https://youtu.be/qSKzz41Jmdw  and if you like it and wish to see more as the trip unfolds then please when you are in YouTube select Subscribe. It doesn't cost anything, although whilst on the subject, I shall once again plead for a donation...
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