{"id":3375,"date":"2020-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/https-www-kergudon-com-sunday-29-march-shredding-the-gnar-den\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T15:55:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:55:57","slug":"sunday-29-march-shredding-the-gnar-den","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-29-march-shredding-the-gnar-den\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 29 March &#8211; Shredding the Gnar &#8211; den"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We hope you are all well, staying active and making the most of the requirement to stay at home.<\/p>\n<p>We have received lots of lovely messages of support and peoples\u2019 best wishes \u2013 thank you for them all.\u00a0 Thanks especially to a lovely couple who stayed with us for a month last year, Judith and Vern, when they were travelling from the US.\u00a0 They arrived as guests but most definitely left as friends and who made a very lovely gesture for us during the week.<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned in my <a href=\"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-22-march-productive-isolation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog last week<\/a>, the French authorities have now officially extended the period of travel restriction to at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.connexionfrance.com\/French-news\/Home-confinement-in-France-extended-to-April-15\">April 15<sup>th<\/sup><\/a> and have not ruled out extending it further again if the medical situation dictates.\u00a0 We have adjusted to life under the changes, although it impacts David\u2019s day-to-day living more than me as his gym remains closed so he does not have to travel to Brest.\u00a0 He, and his colleagues, have put together a series of online classes for their members which he gives and participates in as well as recording videos in his gym and posting them online.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Functional Training 17.03.2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-hT2FXVlZ_k?start=240&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>David has continued to do the food shopping and, in an effort to minimise contact, he has been trying to use the online system for our local supermarket.\u00a0 While home-delivery does not seem to exist in France, or here at least, they do have the equivalent of a click-&amp;-collect service.\u00a0 There are many lovely things about life in France but customer service generally isn\u2019t one and it could easily be concluded that French-run businesses aren\u2019t set up to provide any sort of service to their clients.<\/p>\n<p>The click-&amp;-collect David uses is in Morlaix, co-located with the supermarket itself.\u00a0 While the French don\u2019t seem to be panic buying in the way that appears to be happening in the UK, many basic items weren\u2019t available online.\u00a0 Having picked up the online order early, David chose to join the queue to get in the store as well \u2013 and everything was there, in significant quantities!\u00a0 Why????<\/p>\n<p>Last week\u2019s blog mentioned that, with the travel restrictions in place, the Priory refurbishment wouldn\u2019t be completed on time and that, as we weren\u2019t likely to get any guests for a while, we could focus on a couple of other things. It actually said that I would split my time between Priory and the garden but, in reality, the majority of our time has been spent outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>With the weather being dry and warming (with the exception of this weekend\u2019s arctic blast) things are starting to spring to life in the garden not least the lawn.\u00a0 Having had a number of sycamores <a href=\"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-22-december-deck-the-halls\/\">felled last autumn<\/a> and left on the lawn, we needed to clear them up to allow the grass to recover and have a fighting chance of being a lawn when we can welcome guests again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sycamores-to-shred.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4790 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sycamores-to-shred-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What we didn\u2019t appreciate is how much mess 4 very large sycamores create!\u00a0 Rather than burn the waste material, which we would have done in the past, we are taking the greener option and are shredding it to use as mulch around the garden.\u00a0 This takes a fair amount of time, especially as we need to spend some time preparing some of the branches so they can easily be fed into the shredder\u2019s hopper.<\/p>\n<p>With the smaller branches shredded we have managed to mulch our 2 \u2018champignon\u2019 flower beds behind Priory, and are now piling the remainder for other areas.\u00a0 The larger branches we are stacking ready to cut and split in the future\u00a0 &#8211; eventually we should be self-sufficient for wood for a couple of winters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Chamingnons-mulched-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Chamingnons-mulched-1-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"193\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 268px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 268\/193;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sycamores-in-kit-form.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4788 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sycamores-in-kit-form-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"186\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 280\/186;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having worked on it together for 3 days there is probably another 3 days of work until the grass can be cut and allowed to grow.\u00a0 Ironically, having had the wettest autumn and winter, since our first cut of the season a couple of weeks ago it hasn\u2019t rained since and the grass looks like it could be August!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sycamores-midway-through-shredding.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4789 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sycamores-midway-through-shredding-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/191;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have managed to do some work in Priory.\u00a0 Lots of little things that are needed before progressing, and I have started to construct the kitchen units and install.\u00a0 We are aiming for a real country-cottage style when complete.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Priory-kitchen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4787 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Priory-kitchen-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/224;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another task I have managed is to fill the trench I had to dig for the new power cable to Priory.\u00a0 It always amazes me the difference in volume of the less compacted soil.\u00a0 As you can see, the trench is full although I still have an entire sheet of soil that came out of the trench when I dug it.\u00a0 As it settles I will be able to use some of this to top it up before we replace the gravel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cable-trench-filled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4784 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cable-trench-filled-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/178;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next week, dry weather will allow us to complete the shredding outside and I should be able to pick up Priory and there may be more to show of that next week.<\/p>\n<p>Stay home.\u00a0 Stay safe.\u00a0 Stay healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Salut.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hope you are all well, staying active and making the most of the requirement to stay at home. 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