{"id":1567,"date":"2017-07-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/https-www-kergudon-com-sunday-2nd-july-slow-and-steady-wins-the-race\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T15:55:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:55:05","slug":"sunday-2nd-july-slow-and-steady-wins-the-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-2nd-july-slow-and-steady-wins-the-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 2nd July – Slow and steady wins the race ….."},"content":{"rendered":"

As forecast, the weather has returned to a more \u2018Breton\u2019 pattern over the last week and we have seen a couple of days with torrential downpours.\u00a0 This has been restrictive in terms of what we have been able to do outside but has been welcome relief for the garden which was becoming more and more like a desert.<\/p>\n

Grange continues to make progress although possibly not as great a leap forward as previous weeks.\u00a0 That said, I managed to complete the final (for now!) concreting around the building with thresholds on the garage bays that will have doors added.\u00a0 (I say for now as, following last week\u2019s deluges we are looking at ways to manage the water from the downpipes and we may create a gully across the front of the building to channel the water away.)<\/p>\n

\"Grange<\/a><\/p>\n

Lee, our builder, has been focussing on the staircase, which is now complete, and doorframe for the games room.\u00a0 Having now got to the point we have the final bit we would like Lee to do is make the garage doors for the end bays so we have agreed that he doesn\u2019t come back to us for at least a week to allow me to progress with the cladding, levelling the ground around the building and painting the render.<\/p>\n

\"Staircase<\/a><\/p>\n

Having discovered the previous week that the masonry paint we bought a couple of years ago was lighter than we wanted, a good friend has kindly agreed to bring some new paint out from the UK next week so we should be able to continue to paint the increasing amount of rendered blockwork we are creating!<\/p>\n

We haven\u2019t made significant progress in the last 3 days – intentionally.\u00a0 On Friday I took a day to visit various brico (DIY) establishments in Brest in preparation for other tasks we have to complete in the next few weeks but, only having one trailer, I need to go back tomorrow.<\/p>\n

This weekend we have spent time with some good friends and returned to one of our favourite restaurants in Roscoff for lunch yesterday, the Hotel Les Arcades<\/a>.\u00a0 Thankfully the weather had dried and warmed up sufficiently for us to sit outside on their terrace overlooking the beach and the \u00cele de Batz.\u00a0 After lunch our friends took us on a mini-tour of the area and introduced us to some new, fabulous, beaches.<\/p>\n

The first we visited was on the Presqu\u2019\u00eele de Perharidy immediately to the west of Roscoff.\u00a0 They told us that the beaches felt like being in the Caribbean which we thought was likely to be stretching a point.\u00a0 However, not having been to the Caribbean myself, I can see what they meant.\u00a0 The sand was pure white and the water crystal clear and turquoise blue also with lovely views over the \u00cele de Batz.<\/p>\n

\"Beach<\/a><\/p>\n

The second beach we were taken to was Penn al Lann on the outskirts of Carantec at the mouth of the Baie de Morlaix overlooking the Ch\u00e2teau du Taureau.\u00a0 This was golden sand rather than white but the water was still beautifully clear and inviting. \u00a0Both are definitely worth a visit and, being a little out of the way we understand don\u2019t get very busy.<\/p>\n

\"Chateau<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite having to go to Brest again tomorrow I have long list of things that I want to achieve next week and, with no Lee, I will be able to focus on a number of things as well as Grange.\u00a0 That includes undercoating the new walls behind Priory in preparation for the new paint arriving and allowing me re-re-build the fence.\u00a0 Much depends on the weather that looks dry for the most part.<\/p>\n

Kenavo.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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