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Tooting happily through the streets of Florence, candy bright and proudly polished, drawing crowds and big smiles on their route, beloved...

Meanwhile in Florence - cars may disappear in holes, but further up the hill, busy reaching for the skies and pouring scent on the breeze..

Green patchwork quilts of vineyards, olive groves and cypress trees with a scattering of medieval walled towns - welcome to the Chianti...

Firenze was sparkling after heavy rain showers yesterday, back streets and hidden terraces flush with springtime flora, ready to welcome...

I confess to a growing obsession. A distant love affair if you like - a quiet observance and collection of tiny rooftop sanctuaries -...

Our feathered friends have some very real advantages, not least flight and perspective. I welcomed a small insight into their world...

What a difference a day makes. A trot around the olive groves in a T-shirt at lunch yesterday. Today an early morning gander through...

Shared the quiet of hills, backstreets, olive groves and the historic centre with the dawn chorus (including cockerels), a quick and...

Morning trot around the hills and quiet backstreets on a nose and finger-numbing Sunday. Frosty cobbles and olive groves but sunshine...

Returning from Christmas in Blighty to welcome in the New Year, Florence put on a marvellous show. My personal favourite - and very close...