{"id":4090,"date":"2020-08-30T17:11:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T17:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/?p=4090"},"modified":"2020-11-02T14:15:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T14:15:27","slug":"sunday-30-august-blue-lorry-yellow-lorry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-30-august-blue-lorry-yellow-lorry\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 30 August – Blue Lorry, Yellow Lorry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apologies for not posting a blog last week \u2013 will let you know why later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been an odd couple of weeks in terms of work \u2013 possibly not the busiest or most productive \u2013 and there aren\u2019t too many major things to share with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have continued to stain Grange although the weather and other tasks have prevented me from finishing (still!) and the garage clearance hasn\u2019t made much progress either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le last blog<\/a> I posted mentioned that I had a very unpleasant task to complete with the plumbing in one of our g\u00eetes.  I actually didn\u2019t do anything on my own with that until the Wednesday when we had the professionals in \u2013 and they arrived with a huge lorry.  I was expecting a man-in-a-van to come but a massive septic tank emptying truck arrived.  Unusually for rural France, we are not on a septic tank, but the drain pro said that this is their smallest vehicle.  A big lorry for a big job as it were!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After some very careful manoeuvring down the drive, where there was less than 10 cms clearance either side, he was able to position himself so he could access the g\u00eete and his kit.  With the right people and equipment he was able to clear the blockage pretty easily although wasn\u2019t helped by his new drain camera not working!  After a bit of exploratory work he has provided us with some suggestions as to what to do to prevent a future recurrence \u2013 another project for the winter maybe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Job done we were able to get the g\u00eete ready for its new guests last Saturday who really enjoyed their stay \u2013 despite the kitchen sink tap starting to leak profusely when in use!  They say things come in threes!  That proved a much easier job to rectify and a new tap has been fitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Sunday was the beginning of David\u2019s birthday week, hence I didn\u2019t write a blog, and we decided to have a day out including our first visit of the year to the restaurant in St. Rivoal, the Auberge du Menez<\/a> and were delighted to see that it continues to be excellent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We chose to visit a place we had only been to once before a couple of years ago, the Abbey du Relec<\/a> which is not very far from us.  While the abbey itself is interesting we wanted to go for a walk in the adjacent woods with the dogs.  Having had a lunchtime drink in the excellent little restaurant in the abbey courtyard we started our walk.  It was a hot afternoon and we were dressed in jeans and thick tops expecting to only go for a short walk.  We picked up the signs for a circular walk<\/a> and 2 \u00bd hours and 13 kms later we finished!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While rather longer than we\u2019d anticipated, it was a lovely walk.  One we would recommend and definitely do again ourselves, as it takes you up to some of the highest points in the Monts D\u2019Arr\u00e9e and you got to see some unusual wildlife!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The route also takes you through the hamlet of Tr\u00e9dudon-le-Moine<\/a> known as the first resistance village of France due to its activities in WWII.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This week has been a similar one of \u2018bitty\u2019 things without many major milestones being met.  We have started to think a little more about our own house now that our g\u00eetes are at a stage that we are delighted with them and don\u2019t need such major work.  One of the investments we have made for our home was for 2 large pieces of furniture, one to replace the old aquarium which we brought with us from London and had sat in the lounge ever since.  A sort of self-birthday present for David.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These were delivered on Thursday by another large lorry, evidently larger even than the drain lorry as this one didn\u2019t manage to get under the phone line at the end of Hent Gorreker which it promptly pulled off the pole and broke.  Thankfully, it evidently isn\u2019t the line that provides our phone and internet as we are (miraculously) unaffected but it is the one that provides phone services to the neighbour who allows us to use their connection when we are off line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, in a reversal of fortune, the have visited us a couple of times to download mails and complain to their phone provider who has told them, in true French client service style, the line will be fixed by 7th<\/sup> September!  The fact that the line is currently hanging at about next height across the lane and so is a hazard to traffic doesn\u2019t seem to increase the priority!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coming week could be very productive however, we have an inspection on Thursday to be officially classified, so while we don\u2019t have guests in the family g\u00eetes, we will need to ensure they are fully prepared as if we were about to welcome guests and so we will be focussed on making sure they are as spotless as they would be when we are expecting guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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