Invasion of the classic bikers Yesterday morning was a Saturday; intended to be a lazy lie-in after a hard week’s work. I’d been doing duty as a gatekeeper, possibly the most boring activity known to man. It seems the less I have to do the more tired it makes me. Anyway, enough of my bleating. […]

Travel facts and local attractions It’s been over a month since I last wrote a diary page. At that time I reported the non-arrival of summer, and sure enough, a few days later it duly arrived. Not as hot as in some years, perhaps, but plenty hot enough, and uncommonly humid for the first week […]

Village life three months in It’s nearly three months since we moved to our little house in Torri, so it’s time for a retrospective. Up till now, personal reasons have prevented my saying much about where I live, but I’m pleased now to be able to paint a fuller picture. Torri is a village of […]