Ben and Dave’s Blog

We have had much less pottering in the last 7 days than the previous week and have managed to complete one significant task, make good progress on 2 others and I even spent a couple of days back in Priory. The Priory work was, again, relatively minor and involved lots of preparation for painting in…

So, despite saying in last week’s blog that I would once again focus my attention to Priory, that hasn’t happened. We have actually had a much quieter week and I have done more ‘pottering’ than focus on any major task.  For the start of the week the weather, frustratingly, remained dry and hot, which was…

Happy Easter to everyone.  It has been an odd weekend in that, being the first holiday of the year we would normally have guests in the gîtes but, with the travel restrictions in place, we are obviously empty but it has felt even quieter than previously. The movement limitations have seen a cancelation of all…

Last week’s blog said that the dry weather would allow us to complete the shredding of our felled sycamores and get back to work in Priory.  Neither turned out to be the case! The weather did remain dry and we did continue the shredding.  The blog said that there were probably 3 days left to…

We hope you are all well, staying active and making the most of the requirement to stay at home. We have received lots of lovely messages of support and peoples’ best wishes – thank you for them all.  Thanks especially to a lovely couple who stayed with us for a month last year, Judith and…

We hope you are all well. Last week’s blog was a description of limitations implemented in France to try and limit the spread of coronavirus.  Since then these have become more stringent with anyone leaving their homes having to carry a certificate stating which of the limited justifications for travelling applies to their journey. Almost…

Last week’s blog said that, by today, I’d have hoped that both the bathrooms would be finished other than the decoration.  I also mentioned that the project was progressing more slowly than I’d have liked.  You may know where this is going … The last week has continued to progress Priory, and principally still plumbing. …

Apologies for not being able to post a blog last week.  I was all ready and prepared but when I tried to upload some images to our website it was obvious there was a problem with our site editor.  Our IT department (David) has found a way that I can post while WordPress sorts out…

Apologies for not posting a blog last week.  We, as all of the UK and NW France were in the teeth of Storm Dennis.  Thankfully, here at Kergudon we have escaped any significant wind damage and, being high up flooding is never going to be a problem.  With the exception of a few hours without…

The last week has been one of those frustrating time when, despite working all week, when you look back at what has been achieved you get the feeling that it isn’t as much as we should have! That said, we have generally continued to build rather than demolish, and add to the charm of the…