I had left my hat behind, which is why I was tramping the streets of Gijon in northern Spain, looking for a replacement. None was to be had: the Spanish don't seem to go in for them much, so unless I wanted to look like a friend of Mr Ed, the talking horse, in … Continue reading Northern Spain January 2017

The cicadas are still chirruping near this beach to the south of Rome. We have made our way here via a variety of stops. Leaving Suvereto, we continued on our way through the Tuscan hill towns of Montalcino and Montepulciano, each with its own magnificent red wine. If we are honest, we are quite hill-towned … Continue reading Tuscany and Umbria 25 October