Todo in Tuscany – by the way this photo was taken at La Foce
How could any true Brit resist? – A beautiful Tuscan villa with a friendly dog thrown in for free! Blow the beauty of the villa – the right dogs always find their rightful people don’t they?
Todo and Lawrence and Louise seemed like a match made in heaven – escaping the inescapable noise and dirt of life in London they lived their Tuscan dream near Lucca with this adorable companion who refused to give up his home when his owner died – and like Hachiko in the film that Richard Gere made in 2009, Todo stayed at his post waiting for her to come back.
Todo now has his own Facebook page , Twitter feed and within the next few weeks his own book will be published by Hodder – with a good press launch – which surely must mean a good dinner for the dogs whilst the people quaff their Chianti?
The book is published by Hodder and Stoughton on 7th June and the launch party is on 24th June
Congratulations to Louise and Lawrence on their new home, their new activity and most of all their new clever pets – and best wishes for great success with their book.
ps can’t wait to see the film too!!?
Thank you for such a lovely write-up Penny, Todo would be very pleased. The first photo you have included was actually taken just outside the gates of La Foce, looking back at the famous road created by Iris Origo and Cecil Pinsent as their homage to the medieval roads of Italy. It was our first ‘big’ day out with Todo and he knew it was special. That photo is very dear to Lawrence and I and we had such a lovely day. Iris Origo has been a huge inspiration to me over the years and I love all her books, so to finally visit La Foce was a dream come true.
I was envious of your recent visit to the Gertrude Jekyll gardens and despite the rain it looked liked a wonderful trip.
I hope you manage some sun filled vists soon too!
Hi Louise – I have updated this as the photos had dropped – perhaps you can send me some that I can use for an update.
And yes we have another group going to la Foce on Wed 28th May !