{"id":2915,"date":"2019-06-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/https-www-kergudon-com-sunday-23-june-droning-on\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T15:55:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:55:44","slug":"sunday-23-june-droning-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-23-june-droning-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 23 June – Droning On"},"content":{"rendered":"

In last week\u2019s blog<\/a> I shared some pictures of the Stable having completed the refurbishment but you would have seen that we hadn\u2019t refurnished it.\u00a0 We had the first 3 days of last week to do that before our guests arrived on Wednesday evening (there\u2019s nothing like working to a deadline!)\u00a0 We gave the space a deep clean, did a little additional painting in shower room, hung the new artwork and then finally replaced all the furniture and it looks amazing.<\/p>\n

If you follow our facebook page you would have seen the pictures already but, at the risk of dragging it out for a third week, I have added them here.<\/p>\n

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The guests we had arrive were cyclists who were on a tour of Brittany and had come that day from Concarneau, 85 kms away.\u00a0 They loved their new accommodation \u2013 as too the fact that we were able to provide secure covered storage for their bikes and washing facilities for their clothes! \u00a0Kergudon is certainly the perfect place for a break on a cycling tour.<\/p>\n

The cyclists stayed with us for a rest day but didn\u2019t want to travel too far in the evenings so took advantage of David\u2019s 3 course suppers on both nights.\u00a0 With David\u2019s generous portions they didn\u2019t need to get their bikes out for lunch either!<\/p>\n

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The past week has also been one of downtime too.\u00a0 We made a commitment that we would try and so something \u2018cultural\u2019 once a month.\u00a0 This was a commitment we made to ourselves when we lived in London, although there was of course a wider choice there!\u00a0 This week we managed to achieve a couple of cultural activities with some annual events that take place.<\/p>\n

Every June is the nationwide \u2018Fete de la Musique\u2019 where almost every bar, commune, town and city host some sort of musical activity.\u00a0 This year we travelled to a nearby small town called Irvillac because it had a large colourful sign \u2013 the power of advertising!\u00a0 We drive through Irvillac fairly frequently and it always comes across a sleepy little town which is likely to be populated by retired gentlefolk who have probably lived in the area all of their lives.<\/p>\n

However, the attendees of the festival were mostly young families with lots of little children running around enjoying the music \u2013 more nappy valley than Tena town.\u00a0 The stage was the back of a lorry and they had 2 groups playing while we were there.\u00a0 The first was really good, lots of covers of well-known toe-tapping-tunes with an excellent singer; the second, headline act, played music that probably appealed to fewer people and had a slightly shoutier singer.<\/p>\n

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These evening events are excellent in bringing families out, and there are always lots of young children enjoying them as much of the adults.\u00a0 The same was the case of Saint Cadou\u2019s Tantad last night.<\/p>\n

The tantad is the annual bonfire held to mark the festival of Saint-Jean<\/a> (St. John the Baptiste) which, in Saint Cadou at least, is accompanied by a Fest Noz (night festival) and traditional Breton dancing.\u00a0 We were hosting some very good friends who had come to visit us for the first time and having taken them for a fantastic dinner at Au Lac, we were able to show them some Breton culture as we arrived just as the fire was being lit.\u00a0 While we couldn\u2019t encourage our friends to join in the Breton dancing we hope they enjoyed the event enough to come back!<\/p>\n

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We also had a sad first yesterday when we attended the funeral of one of our neighbours, Mimi, who passed away on Tuesday.\u00a0 Not very old at 73 years, Mimi, had been unwell for some time but had lived in the village all of her life with the exception of a 2 years in her teens when she moved all the way to Sizun.<\/p>\n

Mimi never married but lived with her sister in the centre of the village where they ran a small farm as well as a couple of other g\u00eetes in the village.\u00a0 I had spoken to Mimi a couple of times about the history of Kergudon and previous owners as she had known all of them going back many years but, sadly, never did so to write it all down.<\/p>\n

Mimi\u2019s funeral was held in the church in the centre of Saint Cadou which is used occasionally for music concerts but not religious services any more \u2013 with the exception of occasions such as this.\u00a0 It is a very pretty little church and was packed full yesterday.\u00a0 Our thoughts are with Yvette, her sister.<\/p>\n

In last week\u2019s blog I also mentioned that Mercedes\u2019 brother and sister-in-law were about to embark on the Camino de Santiago<\/a> walking from the Pointe du Raz to Galicia in Spain.\u00a0 They are blogging each day on their route, and creating a far more professional blog<\/a> than this one as they are including video of each day.\u00a0 They are creating some of this video using a drone which, the day after our meal, they brought to Kergudon.<\/p>\n

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In the next couple of days Dave will edit the video and make a more professional clip but I thought you may be interested in some of the unedited footage.\u00a0 It is amazing the impact having an overhead view makes, and shows how the fertilizer I used on the back lawn has made a difference in the stripes where I spread it.\u00a0 Father Christmas bought me a drone last year as well so we should be able to take a new video each year and watch how things change.<\/p>\n