We use visorando with the IGN map base. €12, but the advantage is that you get other people’s tried and tested walks and thus avoid ending up on paths that no longer exist etc. It was also useful with our gîte as a way of giving people local walks.
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I use rainviewer when I want to know, well, if it’s going to rain sooner or later.
I’m not in love with it, so if anyone has a better similar one trick pony for simply showing radar, please advise.
I used to use Raindar II for years because it was simple and visible, but lately it doesn’t seem to work well.
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Citymapper
I use it to navigate the Paris metro , bus and RER, but it is also useful in about 10 other French cities and a dozen in the UK (not that any of you would need any help there).
Yes, you can get some of the same thing using Google Maps, but this seems a lot more flexible and comprehensive. It will also track your progress on the metro (or bus) and tell you when to get off.
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I read that as where to get off the first time. That’s quite confrontational in British English. 
We use RainToday, which is just one hour ahead but tells us if we should wait a bit before going for a walk!
American English as well. There are certainly more polite ways of saying it, though I don’t think Americans would really give it that much thought.
lightningmaps.org excellent real time info on lightning strikes
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I see gazillions of aerial photos and videos taken over villages and towns in France, I think the rules get ignored most of the time in typical French fashion.
Obvs. if you flew a drone over a famous chateau when it’s busy, or a big sporting event you might get your collar felt.
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2 really good apps -
- Myradar warns you when its about to start raining, and for how long. Also provides weather warnings. The display is pretty brilliant too.
- Windy - great weather app, also allows you to compare the different forecasts based on the weather models being used.
I second that recommendation. I discovered it when I did kite aerial photography and have been using it for 10 years or so.
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Now that probably deserves its own thread 
It might have done 10 - 15 years ago. Known as KAP It has been replaced by drones.
I had a science museum hot air blimp for the want of a better phrase and put a light weight camera strapped to it . As it was black as the air heated it would rise allowing some pretty unsteady photography.
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Interesting 
I did consider a helium balloon situation but then along came drones and the rest is history
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How did you get it back down?
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Tug on its tethering line 
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I’ve got one called ‘Radio UK’, you can get the BBC stations on it. Found it when Sounds stopped working on my phone 
An alternative to having to use a VPN.
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I am using BBC Sounds app and without a VPN. It’s useful for me because I listen in the car via android auto which does not let you use a VPN.
When the old BBC Sounds app stopped working I thrashed around changing all sorts of settings. Now it works perfectly and without a VPN
This is what I think I did. I switched on VPN to UK. I created a new Gmail address and signed in. I went onto Google play and set payments to a UK credit card.(Even though I did not intend to make any purchases). I downloaded BBC Sounds from the UK play store (which is different from French play store) and checked it was working. I then logged out of that new account and returned to my normal one. When I opened the newly downloaded BBC app it worked perfectly - and without a VPN.
As I understand it, you can’t select which play store Google uses. Google decides using a number of clues. IP address, SIM card number etc but it’s main clue is where potential payments come from. I am not a expert but perhaps any techies reading this will correct me if I am wrong.
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Hello, one of the apps I find most useful is Newpipe: it gives you free access to all of YouTube without adverts or tracking 
.https://newpipe.net/
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Which one? Loads in Playstore