Every year there is an ITALY day in the Netherlands around Castle Haarzuylen. Food, cloth, cars, you name it and its on show

VVC's intrepid chairman is en route to the coming weekend's World Vespa Days (formerly Eurovespa), staged this year in Zanka (just southeast of Veszprem) in Hungary.

Dario Cerano, President of Vespa Club AMICINVESPA Busto Arsizio, brought this 'Vespa' curiosity to my attention, when he sent me a link to an article featured on Italian motorcycling website motociclismo.it

Ralf Jodl at SIP Scootershop sent me a link to their updated Vespa wideframe catalogue..

Bernd Kirschner of Hola Vespa specialises in Spanish Vespas; his workshop is based in southern Germany's Bavaria region and he regularly visits España, importing vintage scooters.

Circumnavigating the island, taking in the cities and towns of Palermo, Taormina, Gela and Marsala and the tre mari, or three seas, that surround Sicily.

“Quattro Stagioni” - not talking about the pizza variety, an option found on the menus of many pizza restaurants these days, I refer instead to an Italian term meaning “Four Seasons”.

"Giallo" is yellow in Italian and this lovely small frame Vespa is most definitely that! Photographed by Andreas Dotzler, owner and rider of a modern Vespa.

When holidaying overseas, particularly in Italy, I often keep an eye out for classic Vespas, listening for that all too familiar “pop-pop” of a Vespa’s engine.

I say London to Brighton ride.. for me it was a Tring to Epsom to North London ride!

SIP Scootershop present the 2nd edition of their quartermile Race for Vespa & Lambretta scooters as part of the "German Vintage Scooters Championship" DBM.

Some photos below taken at last weekend's PrimaverArese event kindly sent in by VVC member Federico Savogin and friends from Vespa Club Busto Arsizio Amicinvespa - grazie a tutti ; )

My day off yesterday was spent at Retrospective Scooters; having taken my Motovespa GT160 in for a service, following the winter break. An MOT is no longer required but I would rather be safe than sorry!