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  Day 3351 (Tuesday) 11 th August 2026  This is Roquebrune–Cap–Martin and this is Mont Boron, between Nice and Villefranche. It was really hot and humid today and the clouds were quite low. As lunchtime was looming we decided to go to Fort de la Revère to eat a picnic lunch and bought a sandwich from the boulangerie. When we were almost there we could see that the fort was in the clouds and we wouldn’t be able to see the fantastic view so we turned back and headed to The Saint Michel plateau instead. We have been to the fort a number of times and we’ll be able to go again so it wasn’t too disappointing.    Fort de la Revère Fort de la Revère Description Type of work Fort Séré de Rivières Construction dates from 1882 to 1885 Fortified belt Nice  stronghold ​ Use fort of enclosure Current property Alpes-Maritimes  department Garrison 429 men Rampart weaponry 13 cannons and 4 mortars Flanking armament 4 pieces Armored organ nothing Modernization of speci...
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  Day 3350 (Monday) 10 th August 2026  We had a flyover yesterday to celebrate the end of the female Tour de France, we couldn’t see the planes but we saw the blue, white and red stripes of clouds. Yesterday evening there was a storm inland up the mountains, we couldn’t see these clouds but Huw found these amazing photos of them this morning. Our new flowers are settling in nicely and my ‘Picture This’ App tells me that these are called Purple Coneflower these are Strawflowers and these are Wingpod Purslane.   Huw had to work on Ken’s house this morning and when he came home we went into Nice on the scooter for our weekly treat of kebab in the park. As always on a Monday here’s What’s happening in France this week. The Local France. A woman wearing special eclipse-viewing glasses. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP) The first walkouts of easyJet cabin crew could take place this week, Paris hosts the Esports World Cup, it’s getting hot again, and there’s a near-total eclipse ...
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