{"id":3261,"date":"2020-01-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/https-www-kergudon-com-sunday-26-january-poor-priory\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T15:55:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:55:54","slug":"sunday-26-january-poor-priory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-26-january-poor-priory\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 26 January – Poor Priory"},"content":{"rendered":"

As hoped at the end of my last blog<\/a>, the weather for the last 7 days has been a very welcome break to the previous 3 months of generally wet and windy conditions.<\/p>\n

This has allowed me to complete some outside work as, while we are obviously far from complete in Priory, there is a very limited amount for me to do while Pascal, our sparky, continues to rip things apart to string miles of cabling through.<\/p>\n

I did manage to complete the trench I\u2019d begun last week which will eventually be used to lay the main power cable to Priory.\u00a0 I think Pascal had hoped to have done this on Friday while the weather remained good.\u00a0 However, only having hired the drill to cut through Priory\u2019s thick slate walls on Friday morning, with the inevitable delay in being delivered by the hire company; and the fact that Pascal found it difficult to cut 2 large holes through an 80 cm thick slate and rock wall(?!) meant that he hasn\u2019t been able to achieve this.<\/p>\n

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My outdoor work has been focussed more on cutting back the brambles and weeds on the opposite side of Hent Gorreker to our main entrance. \u00a0Again, not that there isn\u2019t enough for me to do in our own garden, the area opposite us is not tended by anyone so the weeds grown tall and block the light, and would block the view when I, eventually, cut the laurel at the end of Granary garden.\u00a0 We have an agreement with the farmer who owns the field, that we would control the weeds but I hadn\u2019t cut them back for a few years.\u00a0 We think it was 2016 the first, and last, time I did it when the trees were even larger.\u00a0 This time we plan to plant a few shrubs on the bank which should, in time, assist keep the weeds under control and be more colourful and attractive than bramble!<\/p>\n

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As a couple of weeks ago, we had another day in Brest on Friday (one of the days Dave isn\u2019t at work), buying more material for the Priory project.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait until the spending is complete but it will look AMAZING when finished.<\/p>\n

The other major leap forward this week, albeit not one I can take any credit for, was our carpenter came back to hang the new Granary door \u2013 and it has made such a big difference both to the look of the building on the outside, and the amount of light getting to the inside.\u00a0 It does need another coat of paint on the outside, and our carpenter thinks he will add a sill to the bottom on the outside, but even now we are very happy with it.<\/p>\n

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As we have for many years, we marked Burns\u2019 Night last night with a fabulous meal of haggis, neaps and tatties that David prepared. While not being Scottish in any way, it is a good excuse for having haggis, which we love, and a \u2018wee dram\u2019.\u00a0 However, another \u2018tradition\u2019 we have kept this year is a dry January, and we didn\u2019t even break it last night.\u00a0 However, with the start of the Six Nations next weekend we will certainly be having a drink, and it\u2019s February by then anyway so we are allowed!<\/p>\n

While we didn\u2019t take a photo of our Burns supper, we had some B&B guests stay last night who were the first to Instagram the Kergudon breakfast! They really enjoyed themselves and loved Hayloft \u2013 let\u2019s hope an Instagram\u2019d breakfast is seen far and wide!<\/p>\n

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With the rugby next weekend may not be the most productive but there will hopefully be more to share.\u00a0 Both our electrician and builder are back so, I hope, the re-wiring will be nearing completion and we may be in a position to start building things again and not just ripping them out or cutting holes in them!\u00a0 Sadly, the dry weather has already come to an end and we seem to be back to the wet, windy winter patterns.\u00a0 Let\u2019s hope this one doesn\u2019t last 3 months!<\/p>\n

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

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