Port-de-L'Auberlac'h

Sunday 11 February 2024 – See Last Title!

At the end of my last blog 2 weeks ago, I said that we were due to enter a dry period and we had a daunting number of tasks that we need to get our teeth into.  You can draw your own conclusions about how well we did that by the fact that I didn’t…

Digging the water supply trench to the new pool

Sunday 28 January – The Year Starts Here

At the end of my last blog, which was written way back on 7th January, I mentioned that there was unlikely to be another for a couple of weeks. The reason being, as I suspect some may have worked out, we have been away for a short break.  Autumn and winter are our quietest times…

Chaos de Mardoul, Brennellis, New Year's Day walk 2024

Sunday 07 January – 2023:  The Year of the Windy Duck

Sunday 07 January – 2023:  The Year of the Windy Duck We hope you all enjoyed your New Year celebrations whatever you were doing and wherever you were celebrating – or just giving it a stiff ignoring! David and I spent the evening of 31st here with friends and David’s Dad who had stayed over…

Christmas lights Landerneau 2023

Saturday 30 December – Bonne Année

Having written my previous blog last Saturday, so that I didn’t need to on Christmas Eve, I had to do it in a bit of a hurry.  Having re-read it, it became clear that my spelling and grammar, not perfect at the best of times, suffered!  Also, force of habit made me write that it…

Locronan Christmas Lights 2023

Sunday 23 December – Joyeux Noël

I promised last Sunday that I would try and write a Saturday blog with tomorrow, and next Sunday, being significant dates.  I have managed, but will keep it short! We have had a productive week and think we are now definitely back on track for our schedule for the festive period – that’s not to…

Kergudon Christmas deer

Sunday 17 December – A Gîte for all Seasons

Having promised, at the end of my last blog, to write again last Sunday, you may have noticed I didn’t manage to get anything written. That’s not to say we didn’t do anything, but we certainly didn’t do anywhere near as much as we wanted (needed?) and we were perhaps a bit behind the Christmas…

Christmas illuminations

Sunday 03 December – Home Again

It has been almost a month since I wrote my last blog which is no reflection of a lack of activity but that in that time David and I have spent a couple of weeks back in the UK catching up with family and friends. We had a great time and are very grateful to…

Oaks fallen over power lines on Hent Gorreker

Monday 6 November – Ciarán Carnage

Unusually I am posting this week’s blog on a Monday, and there is good reason for that! Last week’s blog said that the weather has been pretty poor all autumn with rain and blustery winds but that it looked like things may take a turn for the even worse as the Met Office has already…

Autumn walk in Huelgoat forest

Sunday 29 October – Shower Dodging

The title of this week’s blog isn’t a reflection of our hygiene habits(!) but what we, and our pool builders, have had to do all week. In my last blog I mentioned that my back had twinged to the point that I was immobile at the start of the week and so this week I…