Bergamo August 15th Well we got through the tunnel into Italy. We came climbed up through the foothills around Chambery along empty roads and through the Frejus tunnel into Italy. The roads continued to be quiet as we circumnavigated Torino and hit the autostrade for Milan. We rushed across the plain of Lombardy past light industry with the occasional classic Italian farmstead. We did 500 kms in 5 hours in our new car and soon the stunning image of Citta Alta emerged from the hazy air. There was nor escape from the incredible heat in Bergamo. It pushed high 30s and [View Full Entry]

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Appoigny 11th August It is 8:30 and very hot. We were up at 3:30 am this morning to catch a taxi to Luton airport. Mohammed ripped through the empty streets, past Hemel Hempstead, along the M1 and into Luton in 25 minutes; try doing that at 8:30 in the morning. We tried to act like easyjet passengers from airport reality shows but were way too tired. We were very impressed with the lads on a football trip knocking back the pints of lager at the airport bar at 5:30 in the morning—mind you they have probably tasted the airport coffee. Anyway [View Full Entry]

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The weather was beautiful today. Warm and still. There we clouds but they barely interrupted the the sun. We went out to Burnham Beeches-- not to be confused with Birham wood that comes to you. There we walked through the green light and saw old oak trees-- one of them is 800 years old and was so venerable that it had to have a fence around and a notice telling visitors not to feed it. We found out about pollarding but any attempt to describe what it is will send you into a coma. We then drove to Cookham which is [View Full Entry]

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