The passerella, walking bridge, in Ponte a Serraglio is being restored. It has been looking delapidated for some time. It is great to see it being brought back to its beautiful self.
Autumn has arrived and brought cooler weather. Soon the trees will lose their leaves and Ponte a Serraglio will look quite different.
The village still looks beautiful at all times of the day.
I look forward to seeing the passerella open again and looking great.
Montefegatesi is the highest of the Bagni di Lucca villages. Autumn colour is a bit late this year, but it won’t be far off.
The views from the village are excellent.
We walked up to the top of the top of the village, starting at the tiny church in the lower piazza.
Finally at the top with the Dante sculpture.
See more on Montefegatesi.
Ponte a Serraglio is beautiful in any season.
Thank you to John Falkenstein for the lovely photos. I am right now in sub tropical Queensland where we are about to have a storm.
Here are a couple more.
Our run of sunny autumn days is over. It was great while it lasted.
Rainy days are beautiful too and we need rain.
Autumn has arrived.
I am currently in Brisbane, Australia and we have experienced our first seriously hot days. The temperature has been around 35 degrees coupled with high humidity, an all night storm with rain, strong wind and incredibly loud thunder.
I missed the gorgeous autumn in Bagni di Lucca so I looked at some of the photos I took in past autumns.
I will miss the lovely cold winter days with the possibility of snow…I hope there will be some when I return in late February.
There are some interesting things coming up in Bagni di Lucca over the next couple of weeks.
A concert at the Casino to raise money for Auser, which helps a lot of people in the community.
Plant an olive tree.
The final street market for the year.
The heat of summer is behind us and the days are cooler, especially in the mornings and evenings. We have had rain and storms and I often wake up to mists rolling over the hills around Ponte a Serraglio.
The river is full of water after the low levels of summer. After heavy rain it turned brown with mud.
One morning I watched a fisherman hoping for a catch below my balcony.
Trees are beginning to change colour.
The magnolias on the bridge that didn’t do well over summer began to thrive once the weather cooled.
Bees and other insects love the flowers.
I hope the flowers last a bit longer.
All seasons are beautiful in Bagni di Lucca.
Mark and Katrina, new home owners in Bagni di Lucca, made a short return visit before the current restrictions and Mark was busy with his camera again. Here are the results.
Autumn is a beautiful time to drive to Montefegatesi,the highest of the Bagni di Lucca villages. The mountain road is lined with trees in full autumn colour right now.
Montefegatesi.
I went up further to Albereta.
The glorious colour will not last much longer. I am pleased I went for a drive before the recent lockdown.
Autumn is a great time to walk on the stunning wall that surrounds Lucca. The trees are losing their leaves quickly now. Soon the trees will be bare. Come for a walk…
This lovely old tree just outside the wall looks as though it is set for removal. It has been fenced off perhaps because there is a danger of falling branches.
I love walking through the tunnels and up the stairs onto the wall.
I was lucky to be there on a glorious autumn day.
Walking on the Lucca wall is wonderful in any season. Best of all Lucca is just 30 minutes from Bagni di Lucca.
