{"id":2522,"date":"2018-10-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/https-www-kergudon-com-sunday-28-october-petit-a-petit\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T15:55:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:55:31","slug":"sunday-28-october-petit-a-petit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-28-october-petit-a-petit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 28 October – Petit \u00e0 petit"},"content":{"rendered":"

In last week\u2019s blog<\/a> I foolishly said that there should be \u2018no excuse\u2019 not to make a start with the construction of the new man shed this week.\u00a0 Once again, that was a statement too far and, while I could come up with a number of excuses, I haven\u2019t yet laid any blocks.<\/p>\n

If I\u2019m being honest, last week was probably not the most productive week I have had since we moved here, so this won\u2019t be a long blog and there won\u2019t be too many photos.<\/p>\n

One of the reasons it wasn\u2019t so productive, was that we had some very good friends stay with us with their children as it was their half-term holiday.\u00a0 While this didn\u2019t mean that I was too distracted during the days, it did mean we enjoyed\u00a0 a number of late nights and the subsequent late mornings!<\/p>\n

The weather was, again, fabulous and especially so for late October.\u00a0 This was great for our friends who could do all the usual summer holiday things such as go to the beach and relax on sun-loungers, and would have been ideal for me to build walls too.<\/p>\n

However, while I mentioned last week that I had the \u2018bulk\u2019 of the materials to start the build I was missing a couple of essential items.\u00a0 One was a large disc cutter, to cut the breeze blocks when required, which required a trip to Brest in the week to acquire (another \u2018toy\u2019 of mine as David would say); and the other was the sand required for the mortar.\u00a0 When I visited our closest sand supplier \u2013 only in Sizun, their digger was out of action so they couldn\u2019t load the trailer and I wasn\u2019t keen on shovelling it by hand.\u00a0 With David using the car for work during the week, I couldn\u2019t then go back until Friday and it has been raining pretty much since then!\u00a0 However, I now really do have everything I need to start and the forecast suggests I should be able to make a start in the coming week.<\/p>\n

It hasn\u2019t been a completely idle week however.\u00a0 The large stone wall behind the old shed which I mentioned we would keep but reduce in height is now lower and where we want it to be.\u00a0 The advantage of having done this is that the 2 scruffy trees which had grown have been removed, where possible, otherwise killed so removing any risk of damage to Hayloft; the lower wall will also minimise Hayloft\u2019s walls getting wet; and, when I build the new shed, I will do so such that I can access the hedge and keep it under control.<\/p>\n

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I have also continued to reduce the size of the gravel pile by laying it between the garage and where the man shed will be built but, other than that, it has been a fairly slow week.<\/p>\n

We have seen a significant change in the weather in the last 48 hours, and from lovely warm autumn, we have very much arrived at the start of winter with a cold and wet weekend.\u00a0 With the clocks going back last night the evenings will be darker but all the more excuse to light the fire, which we did yesterday in our own house for the first time since last spring, and enjoy the season.<\/p>\n

See \u2013 I said it would it be short.\u00a0 More, I promise, in the next 7 days!<\/p>\n

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

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