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<\/a><\/p>\nI have created a concrete plinth on the east side of our main rear gate on which I will attach a gate lamp to mirror the one we wired in on the west side last year<\/a>.\u00a0 Again, this should be finished next week.\u00a0 With mowing the lawn a couple of times and weeding the p\u00e9tanque pitch to remove the winter growth the garden is starting to look great as it comes back to life as too is our mole although we have taken some early action to prevent the damage he caused last year to the lawn.<\/p>\n One of the tasks I have decided to do in stages is continuing to clear the old chicken run in the back garden.\u00a0 We have left this space to go wild since we moved here but I started clearing last November<\/a> and now want to renew my focus on clearing it of the bramble, netting and chicken shed itself.\u00a0 This will give us a slightly larger lawn but, more importantly, will give us a space where we want to erect a serre (small poly tunnel) where we can move all of the wood which we have piled around the garden in various places.\u00a0 Slowly I am getting there.<\/p>\n One task that we have had done, rather than do ourselves, is to replace the back door of our own house.\u00a0 The previous door and frame was already in a poor state when we arrived.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t assist by not maintaining it at all so the frame had practically rotted through at the bottom on both sides and it never stopped anything more than a stiff breeze coming into the kitchen.<\/p>\n We found an excellent artisan chippy who has made us a lovely stable door which we always wanted although we suspect the dogs are less impressed as the old door had glass almost down to the base.\u00a0 We like our chippy\u2019s work so much we have commissioned him to replace the rear door and a window in Priory although they won\u2019t be complete until the end of this year\u2019s high season.<\/p>\n One of the events that we sadly missed while I was unwell, was the first Fest Noz at the Auberge du Menez, the excellent restaurant in the neighbouring village of St. Rivoal.\u00a0 Apparently it was excellent and there are lots of photos on their Facebook page<\/a> showing the party.<\/p>\n However, this week has been fairly social too as we dined at our other excellent local restaurant, Au Lac, with some good friends.\u00a0 Mercedes, the owner \/ chef, had spent a number of weeks in Thailand at the start of the year and attended a couple of Thai cooking schools and has incorporated her new skills into this season\u2019s menu and was interviewed on a regional radio programme<\/a> about her experience.\u00a0 It was, as it always is, an excellent evening with some fabulous food.<\/p>\n Today, we were invited to our first BBQ of the year.\u00a0 This must be some sort of record, for us certainly, to have a BBQ in March and today was amazing weather so it was good to make the most of it, especially as the forecast shows something considerably cooler and wetter next week.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n