{"id":1812,"date":"2017-10-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/https-www-kergudon-com-sunday-29th-october-the-tour-is-coming\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T15:55:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:55:12","slug":"sunday-29th-october-the-tour-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-29th-october-the-tour-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 29th October – The Tour is Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week\u2019s blog<\/a> ended saying that we would have some exciting news about the route of the Tour de France in 2018 \u2026<\/p>\n

That news is that the Tour is coming to our commune and will pass through the centre of Sizun, only 7 kms from us.<\/p>\n

The route for next year\u2019s tour was published last week and it will spend 4 days in Brittany<\/a> with 2 of them, Wednesday 11th<\/sup> and Thursday 12th<\/sup>, passing very close to us making Kergudon the perfect place to come and witness the Tour close up.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday the tour will leave Lorient and head to the departmental \u2018capital\u2019, Quimper.\u00a0 Quimper is a beautiful city in its own right and well worth a visit however, en route the tour passes through Ch\u00e2uteauneuf-du-Faou and Ch\u00e2teaulin, both of which are about 30 minutes from us.<\/p>\n

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On Thursday the route runs from Brest to M\u00fbr-de-Bretagne and passes through Sizun and Commana \u2013 both 5 minutes from us.\u00a0 The Tour visited last visited M\u00fbr-de-Bretagne in 2015 and, as a challenging hill climb, it was considered a great success for the tour and spectators so, while they only climbed once in 2015, next year they will be tackling the gradient twice.<\/p>\n

The precise route details are to be determined but there will be lots of opportunity to see the Tour in all its glory using Kergudon as a base.<\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s blog also said that we were without family guests for the first time in a while \u2013 which was true \u2013 but last week we were joined for 3 days by some very good friends who we hadn\u2019t seen in a few years and who hadn\u2019t yet visited our new venture.\u00a0 As such, last week wasn\u2019t the most productive (again).<\/p>\n

Our friends are also spaniel owners and they brought their dog, Bosun, along to play with Garratt and Brandon.\u00a0 Having 3 spaniels was the perfect excuse for lots of fantastic walking including around the Lac du Drennec on a classically misty autumn day.<\/p>\n

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Our friends\u2019 daughter, Millie, is 13 and she has an interest in photography.\u00a0 The pictures of the lake and dogs were all taken by her \u2013 I think they are excellent.<\/p>\n

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While our friends were here we took them to Locronan<\/a>, the beautiful preserved ancient village a little to the south of us.\u00a0 While we were there we saw them putting up the Christmas lights which make the town the most magical place and a must see if you\u2019re visiting Brittany.\u00a0 We also visited Morlaix, a larger but still beautiful town, a little to the north of us, and visited our favourite pub, Ty Coz, and found a fantastic new restaurant that we would definitely recommend, Les Bains Douches<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Having enjoyed our friends\u2019 company for a few days meant that I haven\u2019t made huge progress around Kergudon although I have finished the wood store.\u00a0 The single day that I thought (hoped) it would take was a little ambitious (again!) but I managed to complete it ready for stocking.\u00a0 I plan to protect the wood at the front with some waterproof fabric covers that I will make over the winter but in the short term I will use plastic when we fill it up.\u00a0 First I want to continue levelling around Grange so we can lay gravel and that will be my focus for the coming week which looks to be another dry and relatively warm one.\u00a0 Fingers crossed.<\/p>\n

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

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