"About 8 weeks" was the answer from our geomtera, Sauro, when we asked how long it would take to build the cantina, garage and portico. As it took us six years to get this far then a forecast in weeks rather than months was fine by us. Like the rest of the world we are …
Noi siamo residenti
Photo: The only way to celebrate in Italy when the restaurants are closed On the morning of Friday 24th June 2016 the alarm went off in London at 05:00 for our drive to Italy. We turned on the radio. We were plunged into a state of shock. The UK had voted to leave the EU. …
Twenty seven and counting
"Who the f**k is that calling us at at 8am on a Sunday morning?" It was uncle Alan calling from New Zealand to wish us a happy anniversary. Thanks Alan. It was great to chat with him. Next time we hope to be a little more cogent. This year Jan's birthday was during lock down …
The future’s bright, the future’s orange
Photo: The biggest ride possible staying within the limits of Cartoceto From tomorrow (Sunday 15th November) we enter the Covid Orange Zone. Our region is moving up from Yellow. This means all the restaurants and bars will shut and we cannot leave the confines of our Comune. Cartoceto is quite a small Comune but we …
Finally
A small start but at least we are on our way How long does it take from first thought to a spade in the ground? In our case 6 years. That's how long it's taken us to get planning permission and start the building of a garage, cantina and portico at Casa Angeletti. Admittedly Covid-19 …
London calling
Photo: Not sure why we swapped the autumn sunshine in Italy for this At this time of the year we'd normally be preparing for our return to London for the winter. Not this year. Brexit and Covid means we'll probably be in Italy for the winter, with no idea when we'll be in London next. …
It’s been a while
Photo: A fantastic lunch at Falco in the sunshine on the last day of September with Bernadette and Gerard. We realised today that we've not updated this blog for some time. Looking back at the photographs since our last entry in July, we realised that our life has been dominated by training for and then …
Fields of dreams
Photo: If I stay really still you won't see me. One of our many lizard friends that made it's home in the barbecue whilst we were in lockdown. Fields have dominated our time back in Italy over the last few weeks. Jan has been running next to them and Colin has been doing the same …
Dash for the border
Photo: A border of a different kind. The 'confine' between us and the road President Macron obliged. He confirmed that the French border would open on Monday 15th June. We planned to leave on Tuesday night. A couple of friends crossed the channel on Tuesday morning, no problems. Encouraged, we packed the car, had lunch, …
Time to move on
Photo: St. Katharine Docks, one of our destinations whilst taking our exercise walks Our London Lockdown is coming to an end. At least we hope so. It's all subject to President Macron's speech to the nation on Sunday evening. Unless there is a surprise in store we're booked to drive to Cartoceto on Wednesday. The …
Colin and Jan Fisher 