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23 December 2017

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We’ve had snow. It came at us out of the blue (literally), off the forecast and the radar – great big gentle flakes of the kind we haven’t really seen since the Big Snow of 2012. C was due to … Continue reading →

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10-11 February 2012

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There was a journalist from Forlì talking on the radio just now about the maltempo (bad weather) there. She gave all the usual information, about cut-off villages and heroic rescue operations by Carabinieri officers braving miles on foot through deep … Continue reading →

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2 February 2012

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  For a while, electric light seems uncannily bright when you’ve been without power for more than 36 penumbrous hours. It makes you understand one important reason why the original inhabitants had the living quarters in the upstairs part of these … Continue reading →

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