{"id":2224,"date":"2018-06-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/https-www-kergudon-com-sunday-24-june-boule-gites\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T15:55:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:55:24","slug":"sunday-24-june-boule-gites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-24-june-boule-gites\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 24 June – Boule Gites"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finished last week\u2019s blog<\/a> hoping that this week would be more productive than the preceding couple.\u00a0\u00a0 Thankfully it was.\u00a0 The first thing to say is that the weather has been amazing \u2013 and looks as though it will continue to be so for the foreseeable future.\u00a0 Summer has arrived!<\/p>\n

I also said that, if I did nothing else, I would have a p\u00e9tanque pitch to show you.\u00a0 Thankfully I have.\u00a0 That took up most of the first half of the week continuing to clear the pitch of gravel and slate and laying the membrane down to prevent the sand from going down and the weeds from coming up.<\/p>\n

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

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

The sand was delivered on Tuesday morning which gave us a good idea of how large a lorry we can request when we are able to order the gravel.\u00a0 We ordered 5 tonnes of sand which was delivered in their 13 tonne lorry which, just, got down Str\u00e9at al Louarn and into our back gate \u2013 although I am glad that I haven\u2019t yet put up our actual gate yet!<\/p>\n

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

The sand we have ordered, as recommended by the quarry, is called 0\/10.\u00a0 Before, I assumed sand was sand and its all the same.\u00a0 But no.\u00a0 This, like the gravel, is graded so it has grains supposedly between 0 and 10 millimetres and apparently, when compacted, makes for a better p\u00e9tanque pitch.<\/p>\n

Having ordered 5 tonnes of sand we have only needed to use about 4 so I have a tonne lying in the drive and, once again, preventing us from driving all the way round.\u00a0 So my focus for the second half of the week was clearing out a garage bay where I can use the surplus.\u00a0 During the build the bays, like the space which is now p\u00e9tanque, became a storage area (aka dumping ground) so the floor was not level and had stones, slate and other bits in the way.\u00a0 They were also not always level with the entrance sill which would have been a problem driving in and out.<\/p>\n

This photo doesn’t show the different levels well as it was so sunny outside but you can see some of the larger pieces of slate.<\/p>\n

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

We have started with the bay nearest Hayloft and completely cleared and levelled it.\u00a0 Again this was job which took longer than I\u2019d anticipated as much of the ground was so compacted but it has made a huge difference.<\/p>\n

Today we have been kindly loaned a garden roller to flatten the interior and compact the p\u00e9tanque pitch \u2013 a process which apparently takes a lot of rolling when the sand is wet but will definitely be worthwhile.<\/p>\n

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

During the week we have visited an open day for a wholesale nursery<\/a> the other side of Carhaix, one recommended by our gardening neighbours.<\/p>\n

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

You will recall that I complained about the amount of weeding we now need to do \u2013 which David has been doing again this week like a man possessed to the point that he has broken the hand fork!\u00a0 We visited the nursery in the hope of getting some good ground cover plants \u2013 which we have.\u00a0 We bought some vinca, delosperma and pachysandra (like I know what I\u2019m talking about!) as well as some new red hot pokers for the tropical bed and succulents for a sink we want to plant up.<\/p>\n

The nursery also has an amazing variety of hostas, which we love, but sadly so too do the slugs which we seem to have a large number of. We didn\u2019t get any this year but, as the open day is annual, when we get around to extending the tropical bed and building the pond we will definitely get a large variety (in the hope that the pond attracts sufficient toads and frogs to eat the slugs!)<\/p>\n

Village life continues to be fun with this weekend being the French F\u00eate de la Musique, a nationwide event when most communes and villages hold concerts and musical activities.\u00a0 Yesterday was also Saint Cadou\u2019s Tantad (bonfire) for the F\u00eate de Saint Jean which was great fun.\u00a0 Next week is the annual Tribrezh triathlon on the lake too and on 12th<\/sup> July Le Tour passes through Sizun \u2013 more of that next week.<\/p>\n

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With so much on we need to take more time to relax although David has started a Sunday morning yoga group on the Stamadec beach of Lac du Drennec, a beautiful spot on a clear Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

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

Next week more progress on the garage bays of Grange \u2013 and lots of rollering!<\/p>\n

\u00c0 bient\u00f4t.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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