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15 October 2014
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Italy Part 1; Across the Med

At night, when the sea roughened up a little, spray scudded over our beds on deck, snuggled under...

Italy Part 2; Salerno and Beyond

It turned out that a German armoured car had come on patrol but had returned again seeing another of our...

Italy Part 3; Advance From Naples

During our ‘spell’ here, we went back to Sorbella — typical Italian village, narrow...

Italy Part 4: Crossing the Garigliano

This night passed without incident and we returned for breakfast, made a fire in a makeshift brazier and...

Italy Part 5; Crossing the Gargliano cont'd

From Picilli, we went back to Casa Luce, another town with no remarkable qualities, and from there to Sarno...

Italy Part 6; To Rome and the North (i)

Eventually, we leaguered some miles from Rome with the silhouette of St. Peter's just appearing above...

Italy Part 7; To Rome and the North (ii)

From Arezzo we moved to a small village — Laterina. A day or two afterwards we went via the track on...

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