Ben and Dave’s Blog

Sunday 26th April Happy Sunday all. Sadly, the amazing weather we have enjoyed for the last couple of weeks has finally broken and it has been damp and showery for the last couple of days. While not as appealing for BBQ’ing it will be great for the garden.   It is amazing how quickly things grow…

Sunday 19th April – Week 12 The end of another busy and productive week when we have achieved some real successes and not just in the redevelopment of the gîtes. Firstly, we have received a Certificate of Conformity for our car from VW France which allows us to progress its registration here. There was some…

I can’t believe Easter was only last week – so much has happened it seems like it was weeks ago! I know I posted last week’s blog on Monday evening but I purposely left out the activities we had on Easter Monday.  You may remember the ladies of the Comité des Fêtes asked if we…

Well my wish for the weather to improve at the end of last week’s blog has come good and this Easter weekend has been bathed in wonderful sunshine. Apologies (again!!) for not posting this yesterday as I usually do on a Sunday but, as it was Easter and today is a public holiday, it’s sort…

Sunday 29th March – Week 9 So, as suspected in last week’s blog this week has principally been about painting – lots of painting. Dave has continued to focus on his gym completing the ceiling in white and wall panelling in a dark grey. It looks fabulous but he won’t allow me to post a…

Sunday again – the weeks seem to pass incredibly quickly and this week, despite working hard every day, is the first I look back on and think we haven’t achieved much – mostly because we have worked on the same things we had started before.  We completed the first coat of paint in all rooms…

  Firstly, apologies for not posting my blog last week and to the, literally, ones of my readers who seemed to miss it. I’m glad there is someone who looks forward to hearing about the goings on at Kergudon 🙂 The reason I didn’t blog is not, as the more cynical of you may believe,…

Spring may not be far off in St. Cadou. This week we have enjoyed a number of wonderfully bright days as well as significant showers and a couple of extended wet spells! Most obviously it is evident that the birds, of which there are significant numbers at Kergudon, appear to have started their mating rituals…

So we have returned from our brief holiday where we had a fantastic time skiing in Canada (thank you very much for asking!) Very many thanks have to go to Melissa and Tom, one of Dave’s London PT clients, for their generosity on our holiday, and the real work starts at Kergudon. This week we…