Been Away Awhile

Just now returned from the wedding and honeymoon in Italy after a rather protracted abscence.

For obvious reasons I didn't travel with a laptop, so didn't maintain an on-going update here. But I do have a few hastily scribbled notes -- some of which are a wee bit illegible on account of the Pinot Grigio. But heck, I was on holiday.

Suffice it to say, there is much to write about and pictures to post over the coming days (sic).

Also, I'm about to embark upon an epic adventure in battle with the foul and wasteful Thames Water (TW), which insists on randomly digging-up the pavement outside our house and whose aging pipes I blame completely for our rising damp.

Oh, btw: Stop the press. Italy is very hot in the summer. Its cities are also very ancient -- so much more than ours. But surprise surprise, Italy's water system runs very efficiently and its verdant fields are throughly irrigated. And there's noticable abscence of its utility cos digging-up its roads every few metres.

I know Italy's football league is utterly corrupt, as is its government -- but then so's ours. ..And the food's generally better.

There are lessons here and vitriol aplenty...