Doing a daytrip to Florence as technically it's shoulder season now. Mainly to take that photo of the Duomo from the foothills across the river that you see in Room With a View and elsewhere ;-)
20th Sep 2026 12:32:23 [86.lo.gg.ed]
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Beautiful square and yes a nice walk around the walls to work off the pasta and grappa.
20th Sep 2026 12:25:26 [195.lo.gg.ed]
Montone for me - a town that Walt Disney would have built if he was trying to build a Tuscan village for one of his theme parks. Stunning.
Going there next week. My favourite place is Lucca between Pisa & Florence. Old Tuscan walled town that gets bypassed by the hordes. Working my way down to Palermo by train over two weeks. No football ;-)
20th Sep 2026 12:21:14 [86.lo.gg.ed]
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Recommend the Umbria/Tuscany border.
20th Sep 2026 12:07:47 [195.lo.gg.ed]
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“Authentic Italian food at a decent price?”
20th Sep 2026 12:06:27 [77.lo.gg.ed]
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I wasn’t looking for tips OI :) I was looking at nick’s link
20th Sep 2026 11:57:32 [195.lo.gg.ed]
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The dog track in TF's post had a nicer exterior than what it was when it was recladded
20th Sep 2026 11:22:54 [45.lo.gg.ed]
Even when I was a kid, it always looked like a carbuncle
When we lived in Durnsford Road early 50's-early 60's , close to the sewage plant - my mother always said we were never healthier
20th Sep 2026 11:22:02 [86.lo.gg.ed]
then we moved to Merton Park
Chelsea mate of mine is in Benidorm & watching their home game. Sent me a pic of a Benidorm Dons flag. Anyone know who that is?
20th Sep 2026 11:14:02 [82.lo.gg.ed]
I'm thoroughly useless at links etc.
Some great village bistros TF, though maybe they've been replaced by McDonalds since we stopped driving to France.
Just reading the programme from Thursday and spotted that we now have an impressive (and growing) list of 19 prohibited items within our bag policy. My immediate thought was - maybe easier to just say what's allowed?
20th Sep 2026 10:38:51 [31.lo.gg.ed]
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That’s a great one OI - love that you can make out The Corner Pin. Don’t know if it was called that back then?
20th Sep 2026 10:24:20 [195.lo.gg.ed]
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TF's picture is probably 1960s as there are floodlights and a roof on the West Bank. When did the electricity pylons get built? Early 60s?
20th Sep 2026 10:08:39 [81.lo.gg.ed]
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[Link]
a 1928 one with smaller sewage works and no electricity substation
20th Sep 2026 10:04:36 [81.lo.gg.ed]
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Morning all. How old is that picture in TF's link? Presume that's a sewerage or reservoir or something where the Ford Garage/Vauxhall showroom is now.
20th Sep 2026 09:09:18 [45.lo.gg.ed]
Funny there's a Frenzy on there ("ST since 2003") commenting, admitting he was an Arsenal fan.
