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Hornby R315 LMS Class 8F 2-8-0 loco train + firebox glow feature in Mint Condition for sale on ebay this week
The train is from Hornby Railways, model R315 – 8193 LMS Black – bought for £35.99 in the 88 and was only available for 2 years, 00 Gauge Scale Model, Made in UK. This model is LMS and has a unique feature of the firebox Glow inside the main engine room. The model Number on the Loco reads as 8193, this rarely available locomotive is finished in LMS black livery and with the correct factory black spoked wheels and detailed valve gear, it is absolutely stunning. ...
Wrenn W2770 For Sale on ebay
Rare Wrenn Railways OO/HO gauge W2270 Locomotive Train – 80135 B.R Green, boxed for sale on ebay this week with No reserve! All bargain hunters and train enthusiasts beaware that the ebay sale ends Sunday Calling all model train enthusiasts, We have a genuine Wrenn Railways Model Locomotive Train for sale. This unique model (W2270) is a higly prized model train, our model comes complete with original boxing. The locomotive is from Wrenn Railways, model...
The Great BIG Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc stood in the way of us returning from italy to France… We had stayed in aosta the night before, and our worse nightmare had began, SNOW fall!!! – by the time we woke up! the snow had laid! – Did this mean snow chains???? – we wasnt sure, the main roads had been cleared it looked! As we apporached the climb, we realised the snow was falling heavy then ever! but no other car seem to have snow chains on! – Everytime we came out of one of...
roadtrip is on! first stop… levanto..
Its christmas… its home time… the big roadtrip home is on! First stop… levanto, then turin, aosta, mont blanc, chamonix, basel, frieburg in to france, paris, caen, to calais… Will be tweeting as we go! Read More
Umbria and Perugia and so so more…
Castigilone Del Lago, Perugia, Assisi and Todi, Umbria beauty spots even in December Castigilone Del Lago Around 14 years ago i came on holiday to Italy with my cousin ben to see our cousin john in a place called Castigilone Del Lago, a small medieval town on the Lake Trasimeno. The huge lake covers this area, and in summer the place is a hotspot, but in December different issue, ghost town especially around 2-4 on saturday afternoon!- Luckily we arrived at dinner time, and...
Frascati… porchetta and great wine
Reasons to visit Frascati! – spend an afternoon among the gods in frascati 1. The prime dish is the porchetta – roasted suckling pig Frascati Porchetta is probably the best i have ever tasted! unexpectedly though the crackly was poor! it wasn’t solid at all! more like uncooked bacon! The whole pig has bee grilled over open fire for longer then 48 hours, which give it a wonderful crust and an extremely juicy meat. check out this blog on italian food: -http://nordenberlin.wordpress.com/tag/porchetto/ Lena...
Ducati! – Ducati Museum visit just outside of Bolgona
DUCATI! – superbikes, racing bikes, road bikes this place has been on my list for a while to see! Bikes are coming into my life finally! – Really interested now! after Monza and the GP race, dieing to get my license, but here in italy don’t even need one, to hire my vespa its was easy, just took my driving license, i think in italy its counts for both! what a system! love it! ANARCHY… The museum is biased towards ducati racing with only a few road bikes...
Its Vespa time! – My dream has been to ride a Vespa here in italy
Finally done it, hired a vespa for the weekend 125cc nice, silver! had a stupid screen though, but oh well! -its a VEPSA! VEPSA, its part of italian life! Quick history on Vespa bike, Vespa is an Italian brand, manufactured by Piaggio. The name means wasp in Italian, WASP! They started been built due to the war effort, here wikipedia bit: Post World War II Italy, in light of its agreement to cessation of war activities with the Allies, had its aircraft industry severely restricted...
Mayday, Mayday… Dying city, Bagnoregio
Bagnoregio is one the beauty’s of italy, hidden away this town/city is dying, it has only 17 local inhabitants now, but the views and food from here, are out of this world. The town is based perilly close to the cliffs, many houses have long since fallen off the edge of the cliffs, apparently history has that the residents had to flee to during a major earthquake and have stayed every since. The Italian call it “il paese che muore” (“the dying town”). Its...
Orvieto, the town on a volcanic
The history of Orvieto is a city and comune in Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The site of the city is among the most dramatic in Europe, rising above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are completed by defensive walls built of the same stone called Tufa. Cathedral of Orvieto is well worth the visit! great stopping place when on your way to florence, etc. Also the Underground city, The city...
Verona and Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona and if you visit, you can supposedly see the balcony he wrote the famous scene in Romeo and Juliet about! Verona has to be one of most beautifully Italian cities, its my no.3 place have visited in italy, its got everything, it for me feels more romantic then venice, you have the small narrow streets, the widening river around it, the arena which they still use, the Piazza delle Erbe, the balcony from romeo and juliet, juliet’s Tomb, ponte...
The eye of the beholder… Venice!
Venice, Venezia is one of the those places everyone in the world wants to go to? but does it live up to the dream? Visiting Venice, read my blog post on how the no’s and do’s of Venice, act like an venetian, be like a local! Acting like a local is the key to surviving Venice in my eyes, prepare yourself for endless queues, endless stopping and starting, bring your walking boots. Right the low down! – Its important to slow down in Venice, do as the Italians do,...
Roadtrip coming up?
Got a big roadtrip coming up, the journey home for Christmas? Which way should i go? The snow will stop me! Thinking the route through turin to aosta and on through the mont blanc tunnel! into france? any thoughts anyone! Read More
San Marino 1 – England 0
In 1993 Stuart Pearce hit his underhit back pass towards shilton, allowed forward Davide Gualtieri to score for San Marino, (who at the time had never won an international game) inside the first eight seconds of this qualifier. England still won the game 7–1, but qualification was highly unlikely anyway as England needed Poland to defeat the Netherlands, but the Dutch won the game 3–1 and England were knocked out. Remember it like yesterday, now to arrive in San Marino,...
Harry’s Bar,Venice (Venezia)
Probarly the best bar in the world, well most!!! what for though! – richest! least looking bar! but most well-known bar in the world! – The home of the Bellini – the home of all cocktails!!! Its totally not what you would expect! think of your bar, an american bar! nothing like that fought! For me its a mix of english tea-room with the shinning’s bar tenders with the greatest tasting drinks you can never afford! Its a bar for the rich and glamorous! The...
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