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The day was a great success for the children, to continue our integration to the village and, an additional bonus was that we got some media coverage <\/a>of our g\u00eetes.<\/p>\n After the Chasse aux Oeufs we went to another Easter Monday annual tradition of the area, the March\u00e9 sur l’eau <\/a>\u2013 a market held next to the dam of the Lac du Drennec. The market had a number of the local artisans selling their products, including the pork farm and boulanger from Saint Cadou, and we had a fantastic lunch of local sausage and potatoes.<\/p>\n Having spoken about getting our bikes out to explore the area since arriving, we did use them to travel to the march\u00e9.\u00a0 It was the first outing for our bikes in almost 4 years and all they needed was their tyres pumping up \u2013 although sadly Dave\u2019s rear tyre didn\u2019t stay inflated for the journey home!\u00a0 All fixed now!<\/p>\n The remainder of the week was spent continuing to develop the g\u00eetes and focussed on HAYLOFT.\u00a0 I won\u2019t add another picture of the kitchen having done last week <\/a>\u2013 although now it has a sink and drawer fronts \u2013 as most of the effort was spent in the bathroom which has been completely re-plaster-boarded in preparation for the sanitary ware. We have been able to progress other jobs that need to be done, including putting in the electrics for a heated towel rail in PRIORY, and\u00a0 We continue making other changes and small improvements \u2013 painting and preserving an iron cauldron, putting up 20 hanging basket brackets, carrying a sofa bed through the village to a new owner (I\u2019m sure we are already recognised as the slightly eccentric English pair) and, having met one of our neighbours moving his horses into a field next to us, he was kind enough to move a granite trough \u2013 mer\u00e7i Gilbert.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>We had hoped to install some of which last week but we have been given our first taste of French \u2018client service\u2019 and are still waiting not only for our items but any sort of communication from the, very large and well known, DIY store we have bought from.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>stripping out the kitchen, in preparation for replacing, and and sub-dividing the eaves bedroom in GRANARY.\u00a0\u00a0The pressure to complete HAYLOFT remains however.\u00a0 Our first guest (who I am delighted to say reads this blog) arrives in 4 weeks\u2019 time \u2013 I\u2019m not panicking (yet) or thinking about a Plan B but I will be on the phone to the store (again) tomorrow morning \u2026<\/p>\n