{"id":1516,"date":"2017-06-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/https-www-kergudon-com-sunday-4th-june-more-grange\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T15:55:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:55:03","slug":"sunday-4th-june-more-grange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-4th-june-more-grange\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 4th June &#8211; More Grange &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week has been an odd sort of mix and, while looking back I can\u2019t always immediately recall what we did each day, the time does seem to have passed extremely quickly and we are back at Sunday again.<\/p>\n<p>I had intended to assist the Assomniak team dismantle the F\u00eate du Bourg event on Monday but, shamefully, I got engrossed in a number of other activities here and didn\u2019t participate.\u00a0 I get the impression I wasn\u2019t essential as the village is back to normal now with little evidence of the party that was here last week.<\/p>\n<p>I mentioned in <a href=\"http:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-28th-may-glastonbury-ibiza-or-saint-cadou\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last week\u2019s blog<\/a> that our remaining roof windows had been delivered to the store so, on Tuesday, I went to Brest to collect them.\u00a0 As we just have the one car and Tuesday is a work day for David, I went via Morlaix to drop him off and back again to pick him up. \u00a0However, before picking him up, I agreed to video one of his Body Attack sessions in the gym which he has posted on his Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>While in London I did the same for a couple of his classes and was always amazed at how seriously some of his participants take the sessions and how coordinated they were for these classes which look seriously hard work aerobically.\u00a0 The level of coordination is not quite the same for his Morlaix group!\u00a0 As I have never participated in Dave\u2019s Les Mills classes I am in no position to comment other than to say they did all enjoy the session and participate enthusiastically generally doing what David was telling them.<\/p>\n<p>David has been making videos of his own this week and compiled some images of our family gites, Priory and Granary, which we will put on our website.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Kergudon Country cottages in Brittany | location maison Bretagne\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BJuRv6VF6xk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"G\u00eete Priory \u00e0 Kergudon Saint-Cadou Finist\u00e8re\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/htT1vY2WnA0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The remainder of the week was spent installing the new roof windows to Grange.\u00a0 The rear is now almost completely finished and only requires the guttering to be put up in the north south end before we can dismantle the last of the scaffolding to the rear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Grange-rear-04-Jun-17-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2422 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Grange-rear-04-Jun-17-3-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Rear of Grange almost complete - both windows in and fully slated - just needs guttering\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/224;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have managed to put 3 of the 4 front windows in, and cut the hole for the 4<sup>th<\/sup>, but these do not yet have their flashing completed so are not watertight \u2013 hopefully next week weather permitting.\u00a0 We do feel as though completion is getting closer now as we get to certain milestones and, you can see in one of the pictures, I have also started putting up the cladding on the north end.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Grange-Front-04-Jun-17-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2421 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Grange-Front-04-Jun-17-3-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Front roof of Grange at Kergudon Gites in Brittany - making progress\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/224;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Grange-as-of-04-June-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2420 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Grange-as-of-04-June-5-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"Cladding started on the south end of Grange at Kergudon Gites, Brittany\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/157;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No cultural activity to report this week that we attended but lots on this month including the F\u00eate de la Musique on 17<sup>th<\/sup> June \u2013 Commana always has a big event in the town square \u2013 and Saint Cadou\u2019s Tantad on the 24<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 big bonfire and Fest Noz in the Salle des F\u00eates, a great night.<\/p>\n<p>However, today was the annual Kermesse (village fete equivalent) at the Morlaix Downs Syndrome school that we have been to each year we have lived here, principally as they have a fantastic plant \u2018lottery\u2019 where they raffle off flowers and shrubs which have been donated by local nurseries.\u00a0 While you don\u2019t always get the most unusual of plants or exotic species, they do work out much cheaper than buying them from a garden centre and we have a lot of planting that we want to do as we continue to improve the gardens.\u00a0 Perhaps one day we will be able to open the gardens to visitors as a number in the commune are doing next weekend for the first time, including our neighbours who are avid gardeners and have turned an old cow field they bought when they moved here 5 years ago, into a lovely garden.<\/p>\n<p>These are this year\u2019s haul which we hope to put in the ground a lot quicker than previous years!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Kermesse-Plants-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2424 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Kermesse-Plants-3-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"Plants and shrubs 'won' at the Morlaix Kermesse to help us improve the gardens at Kergudon Gites\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/203;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Focus for next week, what else, Grange \u2013 avoiding what looks likely to be a lot of showers!<\/p>\n<p>Salut.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week has been an odd sort of mix and, while looking back I can\u2019t always immediately recall what we did each day, the time does seem to have passed extremely quickly and we are back at Sunday again. 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