NIGEL'S RAMBLES

• Jamming with the Duke 1 month ago On Friday, I took the afternoon off, to do some photography in the Palazzo Ducale di Sassuolo . It was one of the Este family's palaces. They Ruled an area  of the Po valley that stretched from Ferrara down to Reggio Emilia.Sassuolo is a sprawling, extremely ugly industrial town near Modena, and...
• Spring is Almost Here 5 months ago After a work appointment, I had time to take a walk through the "Fontanili di corte Valle Re", a nature reserve near Reggio Emilia. Here a series of small lakes have formed along the spring line, where water emerges after flowing underground from the low Apennine foothills. It is one of my...
• A Rollercoaster Year 7 months ago  Well this has been a rollercoaster year. Apart from the health disaster that has enveloped us all, and the extra effort to keep my small Engineering practice meeting the ups and downs of a highly volatile workload. it was a moment of big changes to the photographic equipment I use.  Here is my...
• The Battle of San Martino 9 months ago  Some months ago, I visited the site of the Battle of Solferino, a battle in the Italian War of Independence that indirectly led to the founding of the red Cross and the Geneva Convention. This time, whilst I was near here for work, I took a couple of hours off to visit the site of the Battle of...
• A Day in Florence 10 months ago  I have a yearly structural inspection job that I do down in a grubby industrial area close to Florence. It takes me about an hour, and then I have the rest of the day to explore Florence.In past years I have done the obvious stuff like the Cathedral and Baptistry, so this set is about what you...

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