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One Ape accident is not news, two might just be
Over the years on this site we have written about and photographed the three wheeler Ape which trundle around this area many, many times. They have featured in articles – how to drive an Ape, a design fault in most of the old apes, a special edition Ape The Piaggio Ape (pronounced “ah-peh”...
Emma plays the Fiera del Cassone in Lucca
Emma e gli Aristodemo’s were the main musical attraction at the 3rd annual Fiera del Cassone this afternoon in Lucca. For those who have never been to or heard of a Fiera del Cassone – all the attractions are situated on the backs of Ape and other commercial vehicles all decked out for the occasion...
Stacking wood and a hidden toad
The weather forecast is predicting that a summer heatwave is just two or three days away but once again it’s time to think about the oncoming winter and get that wood supply sorted out and stacked up ready for when the weather is not so “user friendly”. A combination of high gas prices, a...
Furniture moving in Barga Vecchia
It sometimes comes up in conversation, generally the question coming from new visitors to Barga, just how on earth do you get large objects like furniture through the small and steep streets of Barga Vecchia and into the narrow doors of most of the houses? The answer to the first part of that question...
Carlo Sacco remembered
Some commentators have likened Barga Vecchia to a kind of open air theatre with the residents of Barga all having a walk on part. One of the main actors in this play very sadly walked off stage for the final time one year ago today. Carlo Sacco who had an accident in his Ape unfortunately did not bounced...
Moving 200 year old furniture in Barga Vecchia
Visitors to Barga often comment on the beauty of the steep narrow twisting stone streets in Barga Vecchia and then in their next breath more often than not, wonder out loud just how on earth things moved around inside the old city. Small cars can navigate with some careful driving through two of the...
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Prorogata la chiusura della SP40 “Gallicano – Mologno”
E’ stata prorogata fino all’8 marzo prossimo la chiusura della strada Mologno-Gallicano per...
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Rinnovate le cariche del CIPAF
Lunedì 6 febbraio si è tenuta l’assemblea del CIPAF (l’associazione che riunisce commercianti,...
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Arti Differenti: intervista con Daria Palotti
Daria Palotti, scenografa, pittrice e illustratrice «Artista (quello vero e geniale) è chi riesce...
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Le storie di Roberto Bertoncini e Sergio Filippi: allevano bovini e producono latte quando…non nevica.
Trattori spazzaneve in azione nell’Alta Garfagnana anche a meno 17 gradi. Sfidano il freddo, la...
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Lasagne
Quando si parla di piatti della tradizione non si può non pensare alle lasagne. Il sapore ricco...
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Mia madre è morta
Oggi abbiamo ricevuto via mail questa lettera di denuncia di Leonardo Guidi, cittadino di Coreglia...
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Scottish Diaspora Tapestry, first panel delivered with a surprise
At 9.45 this morning the first of the panels for the Scottish Diaspora Tapestry, from Barga arrived...
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Lo sciopero dei medici di famiglia
La Federazione Italiana dei Medici di Medicina Generale (sigla sindacale che raggruppa molti medici...
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Begging in minus three degrees – life as an illegal immigrant
Okpere (not his real name) left his native Nigeria in 2008 passing through Libya before boarding...
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Cade albero al cimitero, nessun danno
Con il forte vento di questi giorni era inevitabile non registrare qualche danno sul territorio,...
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