{"id":3121,"date":"2019-10-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/https-www-kergudon-com-sunday-27th-october-danshari\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T15:55:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:55:49","slug":"sunday-27th-october-danshari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-27th-october-danshari\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 27th October – Danshari"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I didn\u2019t post a blog as the \u2018Breton\u2019 weather meant that we hadn\u2019t made any great leaps forward.\u00a0 In the apology I posted on Facebook<\/a> I said that the forecast for the last 7 days was \u2018actually pretty good\u2019 and so I had hoped to have a lot to update.<\/p>\n

However, the fair forecast has dramatically changed by the time we woke up on Monday morning and the last 7 days turned out to be as wet and Breton as the previous 7.\u00a0 As such, again, there hasn\u2019t been the major progress on a number of tasks that we would like.<\/p>\n

In my last blog<\/a>, I said that we had started to sort out our store room for the first time since I built it and that we would probably need to do the same thing with the space above Dave\u2019s gym.\u00a0 Indeed the title of today\u2019s blog has been taken from the advertising associated with the rugby world cup currently taking place in Japan.<\/p>\n

For those who haven\u2019t been watching, some of the advertising during the coverage includes Japanese words and their English translations.\u00a0 Danshari is translated as \u2018there is art in decluttering\u2019, which I thought was absolutely perfect for this blog.\u00a0 While it took a day to empty the store room into the games, it took best part of 3 days to put it all back!\u00a0 It was so much easier just to take things out and find some floor space than it was to look at it critically; decide if we need to keep or throw, if to keep how often we use it and so where to store it; and finally to store in it\u2019s new, easily accessible place.<\/p>\n

The previous blog also mentioned that we would need to do the same decluttering to the space above Dave\u2019s gym as well as it will be where we can store items that we will probably need but very irregularly.<\/p>\n

That space had also been used to put lots of things that we didn\u2019t want to dispose of previously but had left in an even more disorganised state.\u00a0 Lots of room was taken up with the boxes all of the items we initially bought when we refurbished the g\u00eetes including televisions, stereos etc.\u00a0 As that was almost 5 years ago (doesn\u2019t time fly!) they are all out of warranty so we felt now was a good time to dispose of them all.<\/p>\n

Other things that we had chosen to hang onto from before our time were many unmatched wine glasses (added to with some of our own); old crockery; throws and blankets; kitchen items and anything that we thought we might, even vaguely, use in the future.\u00a0 Not having used any of it in the last 5 years we took the opportunity to clear it out.<\/p>\n

The storeroom is restocked, and looks like a mini-mart, while the gym space needs another morning\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

About the only other major project that I have managed to progress is priming and staining what will be the new door for Granary.<\/p>\n

The existing door, and frame, have been on our list to replace pretty much since we got here and we have had to make a couple of repairs to it.\u00a0 Unfortunately, late this summer, the latch bolt, which had previously been stuck inside the door and so was ineffective, chose to spring into the recess in the frame, where it should have been, but not so it could be retracted with the handle.\u00a0 The only way we could access the g\u00eete was to cut a small piece out of the door frame and cut off the latch bolt.\u00a0 Not the look we strive for!<\/p>\n

Rather than make another repair to the door, we have made the decision and asked a friendly carpenter to make us a new door and frame which we think will be more attractive than the existing one anyway and allow more light in the g\u00eete.\u00a0 He delivered these, in kit form, last week and I have started to paint and stain the relevant sides before it can be fitted.<\/p>\n

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David\u2019s Christmas preparations have continued this week and today he has made 6 Christmas cakes.\u00a0 Unfortunately, while the fruit was soaking for 24 hours I have been unable to enjoy the lovely smells as, for the last 2 days, I have been suffering from the first cold of the season.\u00a0 With David having a similar bug last week hopefully we will now have our immune systems strengthened up for what the rest of the winter brings!<\/p>\n

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Assuming I can shake the bug off completely, next week looks to be a busy one as we have a number of guests arriving for our busiest autumnal week yet.\u00a0 Unfortunately the weather forecast looks terrible for the next 7 days \u2013 let\u2019s hope it is as inaccurate tonight as it was last Sunday!<\/p>\n

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

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