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  Day 3406 (Tuesday) 6th October 2026. This is Roquebrune Cap Martin and this is Villefranche-sur-Mer. It was lovely and sunny today, after two days of high clouds so we went into Nice to enjoy our weekly kebab. There have been some protests around France and most of our park was cordoned off, I’m not sure what they are expecting from the protests but they are well prepared. (More on this later.) While we were eating Huw spotted a giant pineapple-type fruit growing on a tree palm tree and I looked it up when I got home and found this… Macrozamia moorei A true living fossil, the Macrozamia moorei is a robust cycad which has already been in existence for 300 million years. Neither a fern nor a palm, the Marozomia presents itself in two distinct and complementary states: in the male state, with a cone filled with pollen, or in the female state, with ovules. Etymology Macrozamia is a Neolatin term composed of the words “macro” (“largest”) and “Zamia”, derived from “Zamia nuces”, itself...
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  Day 3405 (Monday) 5th October 2026. This is Villefranche-sur-Mer and this is Saint Tropez   What’s happening in France this week Students blockade a lycee in Lille. (Photo by Sameer AL-DOUMY / AFP) The first round of the presidential primary for France’s left-wing parties gets under way, protests and strikes aplenty, and the curtain goes up on a major cinema festival. Monday Journalism – The 33rd edition of the prestigious Prix Bayeux Calvados-Normandie for war correspondents gets under way. Integration – The sixth annual Week of Integration for Newly Arrived Foreigners in France, organised by the Directorate General for Foreigners in France, gets under way with events planned across the country.   Sport – France’s senior men’s football team play Belgium at Stade de France in the fourth round of the Uefa Nations League. The match kicks off at 8.45pm and is broadcast live in France on TF1. More lycée protests? - Students at French high schools staged protests on Thursday...
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  Day 3404 (Sunday) 4th October 2026 This is Rue Obscure in Villefranche-sur-Mer and this is Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. It was a beautiful sunny day and there was yet another cruise ship in the bay so the passengers had a lovely day to visit our little town, I had some work to do today proofreading a dissertation about strokes victims, it’s incredibly boring but it’s all money. When I finished we walked into town to have some lunch. We called into Le Phare first and there were some people there so we had a drink with them before going down to the square to have a burger in Bobby’s. There was quite a lot of noise this morning and we realised that it was les Mariniers en rose, which is a charity for breast cancer. Les Marinières en rose Sunday, October 4th at 8:00 AM Plage des Marinières Promenade des Marinières 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer   A fun and friendly sporting event in a stunning setting, all to benefit the fight against breast cancer: 100% of the funds raised will be donate...
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