Sunday 22 May – Now – Now

Well, we made it.  And, unusually for us, we completed the work the day before the gîte’s first guests arrived! In last week’s blog I was reasonably confident that we were well on-track to have Granary ready without having to work through the night at any stage – which we did for its first refurbishment…

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Sunday 15 May – Now the Then

You are likely to be aware that my efforts for the last few weeks have been refurbishing Granary after a full re-wire.  I now have 6 days left before we have guests arriving so there is a firm deadline, which is probably a good thing! This week has been very productive again so I am…

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Sunday 8 May – Granary Now, Then and Before Then

The focus for the last 7 days has been, as you’d expect, progressing Granary. In last week’s blog I had hoped that, by now, we would have completed both the kitchen and bathroom.  Unfortunately, neither have been finished, which is disappointing but, thankfully, not disastrous for the timeline.  I have been able to progress other…

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Sunday 01 May – The Smell of Progress

Where has this week gone?! At the end of last week’s blog I had said that we should be able to make some additional great leaps forward in Granary this week.  Looking back, we have certainly made progress but can I say there have been great leaps?  Perhaps not. However, we have continued with putting…

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Sunday 17 April – A Seventh ‘P’ – Peeved!

Happy Easter or, with our activities of the last week, should that be Merry Christmas?  I’ll explain later. Last week’s blog explained that my focus was realising the Six ‘P’s of work to ensure we get the best result possible.  This week, I have found a seventh ‘P’ (and I’ve used the family-friendly one rather…

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Sunday 20 March – Interesting Times

It has been exactly a month since I last wrote a blog – sorry!  Of course, this means that the Granary renovations are now all complete and the gîte is looking fantastic again.  Er, not quite! As previously when I haven’t blogged, we have been away on a little break.  This time, as previous years…

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Sunday 20 February – AMPle Things to Do

I didn’t post a blog last week as I didn’t think that there had been so much progress to update and, again, certainly nothing that made for attractive pictures.  I’m not sure there is much different this week! Pascal has continued to work in Granary although, as is the nature of what he’s doing, there…

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