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It has been a very difficult summer for people living in Abruzzo.With no rain falling since June August was dry and very hot.

When very high winds got up it was inevitable that small fires would soon spread and this is exact what happened.A particularly badly effected are was from Bussi to Scarfa along the A24 autostada.The area around Pietranico had also been very badly burnt.By September the temps were much cooler and rain had fallen in the mountains.Some areas that had been burnt were even sprouting new green growths of bracken.However olive trees that were hundreds of years old will not recover.

It was suspected that some fires had been started deliberately in order to clear land for building.In Italy developers can build on land 10 years after a fire.It has been known for this period to be considerably shortened in some cases!!!

The hunting season has begun.I found this out on Sunday when I was slowly filling in some holes in our wall.I turned around to see a man with a gun slung across his shoulder! I did explain to him that I didn't want any shooting around the house and he showed me that the gun wasn't loaded.

Fortunately our local hunters seem more than happy to spend all sunday creeping about in the bushes tracking their prey.Not a shot was fired all day!

I was offered some wild boar which I declined wonder where they get it from as it seems highly unlikely they ever shoot one themselves!

The news of the death of 5 Marsican Bears has shocked the whole of the region. It appears that the bears have been poisoned with strychnine possibly by farmers who are unhappy about the number of bears in the park and the damage they cause to farming;in particular beekeeping.Some of the older generation seem to resent the rules and regulations in the National Parks and are hitting out by killing some of the protected wildlife such as birds of prey, wolves and bears.The wwf have offered a reward of 10000 euros to anyone coming forward with information that could lead to a conviction.

This link to an article in Il Centro (all in Italian explains the latest events)

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ECOTOUR Three money boxes, in the form of the Marsican bear, will be available in the vicinity of the following businesses: Ecotur and La Bottega di Gaia, as well as the “Jorio” refuge within the Park. If you are able to support the project , please also send a donation in a sealed envelope (at least € 5 – don’t be stingy!) with “Save the Marsican Bear” written on the inside and the name of the donor, (the names of the donors will then be submitted to the Park management together with the collected donations) posting it to the following address: Ecotur, via Piave 7, 67032 Pescasseroli (AQ).

if you are lucky enough to be in Abruzzo in November / December here's a list of some local events you can enjoy!.

Houses for Sale Privately click here

I have added a section on my site where I can show picures and details of houses offered for sale privately in the Manoppello area.

Monteodoriso End of October beginning November

Sagra della Castagna (chestnut)

Teramo 19th December

Festa di San Berado

Castelli 15 December - 7 January

Castelli di Natele

Canosa Sannita 1 November

Sagra

Basciano 1 November

Fiera di Ognissantina 

below Alpini get together!

SULMONA GARLIC

Red garlic from Sulmona is supposed to have special health giving properties and now its easy to buy it directly from a shop in Sulmona.

Eurogarlic is at 45 Via Arabona,Sulmona, Itay info@eurogarlic.com

Roy Freezer is a woodworker from Pretoro who can rennovate any type of windows/doors/shutters.This could save you lots of money and help the environment

He also has a workshop with various items of Abruzzi style antique furniture for sale.

For more info click here

Roy and his wife Christine also have a B&B in Pretoro

For more info click here

Any good hotels? I will add a free link to my page on staying in Abruzzo if you email me with details!

We noticed an old red flat bed van in our area reg Pe -279311 with a man and woman in the front.they had lots of metal in the back and were on the look out.As I mentioned in the last newsletter this spring our copper guttering was stolen.

Keep your eyes open for these people!

 Solar Abruzzo!

In San Giovanni Teatino ,close to the airport

Via Aterno 125 info@mariodicesare.it

0854460224