Daily Sketch No.155 Tractor near Ghizzano, Central Tuscany

A trip to south east of Pisa today where the landscape is typical Tuscan - rolling hills, fields of sunflowers and Cyprus trees, very different to Northern Tuscany. Many visitors come to this area and tourism is important to the local economy but it is still a farming area, famous for wine and olives.

Daily Sketch No.154 Cafe Capretz at Night, Barga, Tuscany

Originally the undercover market hall, the Cafe Capretz is busy throughout the day but after midnight there is tranquility, just the bats flying around.

Daily Sketch No.153 Fosso Arch from Via di Mezzo, Barga, Tuscany

Via di Mezzo is the main road through Barga Vecchia although only small cars can use due to not only the narrowness but also one 90 degree turn near the Gelateria. The longest vehicle I have seen drive through has been a Volvo estate and that has been in reverse gear!

Daily Sketch No.152 Looking up Via Borgo, Barga, Tuscany

This was one of the three entrances into medieval Barga Vecchia. No archway like the other two entrances, just a very steep hill and in the summer heat not easy, although the local elderly ladies seem to jog up with two bags of shopping no problem! Maybe that is why they live for so long.

Daily Sketch No.151 Church near Villetta, Garfagnana, Tuscany

This church near Villetta between Castelnuovo and San Romano blends perfectly into the surrounding landscape. Around the church are a few houses adding scale to this large building which must have been an important place of worship in the area centuries ago.

Daily Sketch No.150 Fosso Archway and Fiat Panda, Barga, Tuscany

This entrance into old Barga always has things going on, people being dropped off, deliveries, visitors starting their journey through the streets of Barga. You could sit on a bench here all day, there is something usually to watch and observe. Maybe you could set up a video camera for 24 hours and re-run the film compressed into 24 minutes.

Daily Sketch No.149 Original Fiat 500, Barga, Tuscany

The original Fiat 500 is as iconic as the Vespa. Built from 1957, it was a cheap small car for the masses, now a classic car that many people still want to drive including myself!