Our attempts at country living in Italy: the dogs, the cats, the chickens, the horse and, oh, the humans. The veg patch. Sun, snow, rain, drought, mud, dust. And the odd earthquake or two.
November 12, 2013
After a balmy weekend
After a balmy weekend, Sunday night it started to rain. And it hasn't really stopped since. This is the heaviest rain I've known since living here. Not the most prolonged, but the absolute hugest quantity in so short a time. There are floods everywhere, the fields have streams running across them and there are pools in the bottom of the valley. We have leaks all over the house, water coming in through the roof and through the windows (useless window fittings). Yesterday was spent in damage limitation, lugging buckets and pots around to catch the drips, and then emptying them every few hours, they filled up so fast.
No way out...
This morning I drove Alessio to school and a 10-minute trip took 45 minutes. Our way into town was (and still is) blocked by a large landslide across the road, so I had to go round the long way, which was also blocked by a landslide, so I had to go round the even longer way — which was just having its landslides cleared by a digger... The countryside is awash in water, landslips and mud everywhere, it's crazy. And still it rains.
Stay at Palomba! Feed the chickens, groom the pony, walk the dog, dig the veg patch ... no, okay, relax on the terrace, swim in the lake, hike in the hills ... it's your holiday! Check out our rental apartment at www.palomba.it
I live in an old converted farmhouse in central Italy with my partner John and our son Alessio, aged 14. We scrape a living as a copy editor and graphic designer respectively (haven't yet sent the boy out to work, but it can't be long) and we rent out a pretty apartment during the summer. It's a really nice place to stay and this is a great area for a holiday. Great area to live, too.
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