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  Day 3360 (Thursday) 20 th August 2026  This Villa between Nice and Villefranche is where Sean Connery used to live. and this is the fort in Mont Boron. It was quite cloudy this morning but still very hot and Huw found lots of messages telling us to expect a stormy afternoon so we decided to be good and stayed at home. There was a huge cruise ship in the bay and the passengers were coming back and fore as usual. It’s always a real shame that the people on the ship don’t get to see our beautiful little town in all its glory. This is a message from the mayor of Nice…  Our department is under an orange alert for thunderstorms. A storm is expected this afternoon in the Alpes-Maritimes. As a precaution, the city's parks and gardens are closed from noon onwards, and the command centre has been activated. Valleys and waterways are under increased surveillance. I urge you to be cautious and to stay informed of the evolving situation. This is an orange storm alert. It says ‘stro...
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  Day 3359 (Wednesday) 19 th August 2026  This is the port in Nice and this is Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild in Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat. There seems to be no end of the heatwave here at the moment and there are lots of articles around about saving water and what you can and can’t drink – here’s one of them… Is it safe to drink tap water in France during heatwaves? Is it dangerous to drink tap water during heatwaves in France? (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP) Throughout France’s five heatwaves this summer, tap water has sometimes been coming out of faucets surprisingly warm. Is it still safe to drink? During France's heatwaves this summer, many householders have noticed that the water coming out of the cold tap is distinctly warm - or even hot, in several Paris apartment blocks 'cold' water  coming out at 31C  was recorded. After repeated periods of extreme heat, temperatures in tap water can rise, particularly in buildings where pipes are exposed to warmer conditions. At ...
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Day 3358 (Tuesday) 18 th August 2026  This is Menton and this is La Roya, North of Nice.   It was very hot and humid again today and we decided to go and see the crypt in Nice thinking it would be cool in there, but first we had our weekly kebab in the park. There were some fully grown young men playing on the seesaw, it was very entertaining. This is the entrance to the crypt. Digs of the Metropolis’ tram line shone exceptional light on to Nice’s history, the Duchy of Savoy’s fortified stronghold for close to five centuries. The excavation of the Porte Pairolière entrance to the city along the river Paillon is particularly large-scale as it covers approximately 2,000 m 2 . It was located at a critical point for the tram, close to the Place Garibaldi square. This dig had to adapt to the constraints of civil engineering. THE FORTIFICATION OF THE PORTE PAIROLIERE The Porte Pairolière was first mentioned in 1323 as the ‘Porte des Augustins’. It was the city...
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