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On this day in history: Death of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley

July 8, 2022July 9, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley died on 8th July, 1822 while travelling from Livorno in Tuscany to Lerici in Liguria. He was sailing his boat, Don Juan, in in the Gulf of La Spezia.

The 45th parallel…Taglio di Po

June 1, 2021June 25, 2024adminLeave a Comment

There I was, half-way between the North Pole and the Equator. I hadn’t intended to be straddling the 45th parallel but there I was, at Taglio di Po. It was 2013 and I had read in the local paper about the official opening of the cycle route that ran along the river Po, past Taglio […]