Nicola and Lucia have worked hard over the last week to give Casa Marconi a coat of white paint and I have restored all the missing items. Now it looks really great and I’m very sad to leave and go back to Twickenham today.

Nothing is ever perfect: the fuse trips when the new kettle and the new washing machine are working at the same time. But you can’t have too much of a good thing… I’ll sort that out on my next visit!