The summer is finally over

It has been a long hot summer and a wonderful September but finally it is over. How do we know ? The swallows which arrive each spring and nest under the roofs in Barga Vecchia have started to congregate at the highest point in Barga ... the Duomo.

Each morning there are now thousands of them circling round the Duomo, sitting on the tops of the trees and chattering to each other. It is only a matter of time now before one morning we will wake up to find them all gone as they start their migration south to warmer climes.

The circle continues.

Except, somebody forgot to tell one insect that it was time to move on. In Piazza Angelio last night at 10 pm there was an insect singing away to its hearts content. The fact that it was a chilly late September evening seemed to have made no difference. Download this small MP3 file and judge for yourself here