Herb Riddle's photos with the keyword: Piombino

A line-up of private house letterboxes makes todays wall. It nice that the colours are in harmony I think. Seen in the centre of Piombino. HWW, have a great day. The pip shows one of our post boxes.

Seen in the centre of the old town of Piombino. These sienna colours of the walls are so typical of Tuscany. If the street had a different surface and people different clothing, take away the wires just add a horse and cart and hey presto, we’re in pre-war Italy. No real vivid imagination required! Essential full screen.

A trip into this Tuscany town takes us to an impressive promenade ending at the Piombino lighthouse masquerading as a small castle tower. The ‘fences’ here are of the concrete variety but they do the job and in fact look quite nice. As can be seen this is a favourite place for picture taking. The land in the background is in fact the Isola d’Elba which was where Napoleon was exiled in 1814-15. Ps The seagull PiP was taken from these walls too Enjoy the weekend.

A look at the quite fishing harbour here. A few fishing boats are moored alongside the quay to my left side but we have mostly small pleasure boats here. The modern street dwellings with the tower reflects some of the Tuscany building traditions of places like Volterra and San Gimignano, not too far away from Piombino. HWW. Enjoy the day.

Seen in the old town of Piombino; this fellow takes a rest with his electric scooter while he consults his phone. – looking just so Italian - I think! ……. And yes, a great place to visit. Essential full screen

Tuscany, Italy: A short bus ride from our ship brings us to this rather nice small town. We are near the old fishing harbour here and not too far from the town centre itself. Before we get to those places, it is hot and so let’s take a seat and contemplate this wonderful setting looking over to the Island of Elba. The Pip shows the location of these benches facing the fishing harbour wall. Enjoy full screen. Have a great day.

A bit of rope can come in very handy to stop people venturing too far. Here we have a view just near the old fishing harbour looking up to the ‘Faro della Rocchetta’ – old lighthouse, disguised as a fortified tower. More concrete fences awaited us but that is for a later time. Enjoy the weekend