Day 3176 (Tuesday) 17 th February 2026 It was lovely and sunny today, it was better than yesterday but we’re not complaining about it because we had a lovely day. For the first time this season we saw the boat ‘Jamais plus Jamais’ and it came in really close – let’s hope it’s back for the summer. We had a great day yesterday, we went to Lou Bantry for lunch and we were quite a crowd. The food was very good and we had a lovely time and we right in the middle of it all. As always I took too many photos and here they are… This was at 9.30 yesterday morning as they started decorating the boats. The crowds started to grow After lunch Pat and Dee came up to our flat to watch the battle, we really have one of the best views in Villefranche. I think this was the biggest crowd we’ve had for the battle. After a while the parade and drummers came down Rue du Poilu and frightened little Badger to death. These are photographer’s photos which Huw found online. We haven’t done French for a while...