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Day 3369 (Sunday) 30th August 2026   it was another beautiful day but it was still humid, which should be finished by now. Adam picked us up in Place de la Paid and we headed off to Italy for lunch. It took about an hour and we arrived in Dolceaqua at lunch time. it really is a very pretty place with a famous castle and a bridge.     Dolceacqua is a lovely village nestled in the hills of Val Nervia, and is one of the gems of the Italian Riviera, just minutes from the sea and the nearby French Riviera. Claude Monet,who in 1884 stayed in nearby Bordighera, went inland and in addition to the natural wonders of the coast, was enchanted by the village of Dolceacqua. The Impressionist painter drew the view of the village, the Castle of the Roman bridge of Dolceacqua and in his letters he wrote fascinated: “… the place is superb, there is a bridge that is a jewel of lightness …” Today the medieval village of Dolceacqua is still identical to how Claude Monet painted it in the lat...
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  Day 3367 (Friday) 28th August 2026 Both of these photos of Villefranche were taken in the past This is is Place de la Republique   and this is then seafront   It was quite cloudy today but it was so hot and humid. This morning Huw took the scooter to Super U in Beaulieu and the scooter was yellow with Saharan sand.   When he came home he found this article… The French Riviera awakens under a thick layer of Saharan sand A layer of ochre dust covered cars, terraces and balconies in the Alpes-Maritimes region this Friday morning. The cause? Saharan sand carried by the rain. An ochre veil greeted the residents of the French Riviera this Friday morning. They discovered their vehicles, balconies, and terraces covered in a thin layer of orange dust originating directly from the Sahara. Thunderstorms last night This spectacular meteorological phenomenon, although regular in the South-East of France, is explained by the combination of two aerological factors. A low-pressure...
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