{"id":1307,"date":"2017-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/https-www-kergudon-com-sunday-12-february-wood-work\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T17:07:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T17:07:31","slug":"sunday-12-february-wood-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-12-february-wood-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 12 February – Wood work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday 12 February – Wood work<\/h1>\n\n\n

As forecast in last week\u2019s blog<\/a>, the weather was a bit iffy at the start of the week and I had 2 more days doing my carpentry\u00a0 (a.k.a woodwork!)\u00a0 Much of it was preparing things that will be built later and a couple I have kept secret from David as well.<\/p>\n

One of the \u2018surprises\u2019 that I had been preparing was something that David had asked for sometime ago.\u00a0 It was a \u2018house\u2019 for our boite aux lettres.\u00a0 For those familiar with France you will know that, certainly in the country, rather than the postie delivering your mail through the door everyone has a box in front of their property where mail is left.<\/p>\n

The box we inherited when we arrived was quite old and had rusted through in a number of places meaning that we often had wet mail.\u00a0 We actually bought ourselves a new box within a couple of months of moving here but, as we wanted to move its location as well, although didn\u2019t know where, we never swapped them over.<\/p>\n

On a journey Dave saw that someone had built a house in which to house their boite and he asked me to do the same \u2013 which led to a further delay in exchanging our old box for the new one.\u00a0 As building the house never quite got to the top of the most urgent list it was not done \u2013 until now.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t quite finished but I gave it to Dave today and, when I have stained the post it will sit on, we will replace the old mail sieve!<\/p>\n

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Sadly I had to stop my woodwork on Wednesday when the weather improved and we were able to progress the garage \u2013 and we made some great progress.\u00a0 Over the rest of the week we have managed to complete all the rafters on the roof and have built the end gable wall which means that we should be able to start covering the roof next week.<\/p>\n

I apologise, a bit, for posting more pictures of the garage (it is our major project) but, amazingly my facebook post on Wednesday of progress reached 940 people and last week\u2019s FB blog post got to 407 so I have reached my New Year\u2019s readership ambition<\/a>.\u00a0 Thank you to everyone who has read, shared and responded.\u00a0 Now the hard bit will be keeping \u00a0it up!<\/p>\n

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As the garage has progressed we have discussed what we are going to call it.\u00a0 As you will know, we have given our g\u00eetes English names, Priory, Granary, Hayloft and Stable, none of which, with the loose exception of Priory, have any relationship with what the buildings actually were, but it has made us think carefully about what to call the new building.<\/p>\n

We have made a short list of a few names and would be interested in your thoughts as to which you prefer.\u00a0 We do have a favourite \u2013 no pressure(!) \u2013 but would like your input.\u00a0 Those on the list are:<\/p>\n