Cannes has a strip of sandy beach all along its waterfront; the town takes excellent care of it, and not only during the film festival. The sand is turned over every night using construction machines like the one this huge shovel belongs to. Other machines then “comb” the beach and collect garbage that may have been deposited there by the sea or forgotten by careless visitors. Even though it is technically forbidden, some people sleep on the beach, particularly during the months of July and August. The crews working the beach always have to make sure that no one is in the way as the type of shovel shown above could definitely inflict serious injury. But enough of such gloomy thoughts: tomorrow,  we shall talk about... Christmas!