tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post8826244734100873020..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: Walking (and Eating!) the Waterfront, Somewhere in Italy . . . .materfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-69072337127308991362017-12-18T14:11:18.025-08:002017-12-18T14:11:18.025-08:00Loving how even the simplest jaunts contain their ...Loving how even the simplest jaunts contain their adventure, texture and colour.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-89255509972461759772017-12-18T09:30:19.138-08:002017-12-18T09:30:19.138-08:00I just read your previous post about that magical ...I just read your previous post about that magical train ride through the Alps, and now this. Your routine sounds so lovely there in Italy. I'm off to check out the train website; I've never heard of it before. <br /><br />Plastic - a scourge upon the ocean - and how to stop it? Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-26557685902196888632017-12-18T09:15:46.254-08:002017-12-18T09:15:46.254-08:00So romantic to live a quasi-normal life in another...So romantic to live a quasi-normal life in another land.Georgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10305981957174091874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-66260007750159207402017-12-18T04:54:11.087-08:002017-12-18T04:54:11.087-08:00That was interesting Linda , I have some fishing a...That was interesting Linda , I have some fishing ancestors too . What a tough life they had . Those old ropes are very photogenic Frances .<br />Wendy in York<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-68676658241103829082017-12-18T01:21:02.292-08:002017-12-18T01:21:02.292-08:00So very true - fishing nowadays has become industr...So very true - fishing nowadays has become industrial, with huge nets emptying the ocean. My grandparents were from a fishing family on the North coast of Scotland. The trawlers were tiny. No radar with which to find the shoals of fish, or radio to call for help. No plastic nets or boxes. The women mended the heavy nets. When prawns, lobster or mackerel were found in the nets they were thrown back in the water - the first two because there was no market for them, the mackerel because the fishermen believed they were scavengers and ate the bodies of drowned sailors. Now the trawlers are like factory ships.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.com