{"id":2246,"date":"2018-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/https-www-kergudon-com-sunday-01-july-drought-or-deluge\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T15:55:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:55:25","slug":"sunday-01-july-drought-or-deluge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-01-july-drought-or-deluge\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 01 July – Drought or Deluge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week\u2019s blog<\/a> ended with a statement that we generally needed to take more time to relax.\u00a0 It also started saying how amazing the weather had been \u2013 and looked like it would continue to be.\u00a0 Thankfully, at least for the start of the week, the forecast was correct and the incredibly hot weather continued.\u00a0 In fact, it was so hot that I couldn\u2019t work outside for a couple of afternoons during the week due to the excessive heat.<\/p>\n

I only say that the forecast was accurate at the start of the week as, having got so hot, we were desperately in need of some rain which was initially forecast for yesterday but didn\u2019t arrive.<\/p>\n

I did manage to make some progress on the garage bay that I had levelled the previous week.\u00a0 As this is one of the bays that we intend to have garage doors fitted to, we want to keep it as dry as possible.\u00a0 To help, having levelled the floor I have laid a plastic sheet to minimise the amount of moisture rising from the ground and have used the final tonne of sand or so, which wasn\u2019t needed on the p\u00e9tanque pitch, to create a protective layer before we add gravel at some point.<\/p>\n

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I have also completed the final internal cladding in the last remaining garage bay, the one furthest from Hayloft.\u00a0 I had only managed a few planks of this before because it remained the most crowded bay of them all with minimal access to complete the cladding.\u00a0 Having taken a lot of rubbish to the tip in the last couple of week and shuffled some of the remaining items about, I could finish the cladding and use the planks which were taking up space on the driveway \u2013 or most of them at least.<\/p>\n

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This means that, with the small exception of the garage doors, all of the woodworking aspects of Grange is complete \u2013 a major achievement.\u00a0 It is only clearing the bays and laying gravel remaining.\u00a0 Soon!!<\/p>\n

This was my only major achievement of the week with the rest being routine things like grass cutting and fun.\u00a0 With the very dry weather the grass has (almost) stopped growing but, with the forecast for rain I thought it sensible to cut although it is looking as parched as it ever has in our short time here.<\/p>\n

Having said that we need to take more time to relax, with the weather staying unbearably hot, we took a day off and went to the beach.\u00a0 What we could (should?) have done was explore and find a beach we have never used before so we can recommend it to guests.\u00a0 What we actually did do was head back to the amazing white sand beach of Dossen on the north coast as we knew it is dog-friendly and, when the tide is out, has vast expanses of fantastic golden sand.\u00a0 This is used by large numbers of land yachties while the sheltered and calm waters are great for wind and kite surfing.<\/p>\n

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David packed an excellent picnic and we took our new beach shelter with us to provide the dogs with some shelter from the sun \u2013 although they didn\u2019t seem to like it very much and didn\u2019t venture in preferring to cool off in the sea.<\/p>\n

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Dossen is connected to the Ile de Siec which can be walked to at low tide and provides an interesting place to explore.\u00a0 There are 2 occupied cottages on the island which would be fantastic to live in \u2013 if not very practical \u2013 but I would love to know the history of the island as it was evidently a thriving little port at one point with the remains of a once impressive slipway and the and the ruins of a number of other buildings and dwellings.<\/p>\n

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A great day at the beach was followed by a fantastic BBQ at home with some excellent Breton seafood and movie night in the cinema.<\/p>\n

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Today has also been a day off and, with the promised rain and thunderstorms not materialising, a great day to go and watch the annual TriBreizh<\/a> triathlon<\/p>\n