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<\/a><\/p>\nGarratt has found that, like most Springers, he enjoys playing in water. On one of our local walks from the house we arrive at the Elorn river which feeds Lac du Drennec before passing out through the barrage. There is a lovely little bridge that looks as though it has been there for centuries \u2013 it probably has \u2013 and there is an easy access point to the river where Garratt enjoyed his first dip.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We also took him for his first experience in a city when we visited Brest. We needed to make our (hopefully) last major purchase from Maisons du Monde as we have always wanted to replace the wardrobe which was in Stable for something a little smaller and more in keeping with our new furniture. However, as our closest large city we also wanted to explore a little and see if it is worth a trip. I don\u2019t think we had any major expectations as we knew that, like Plymouth, it had been heavily bombed in the war and not redeveloped very attractively in the centre.<\/p>\n However, we were pleasantly surprised to find a part of the city centre, overlooking the old fortress and boat pontoons, which was attractive to walk round and enjoy lunch. We walked through the formal gardens past the Naval museum and American memorial, watched a French destroyer sail into the naval base (very slowly) and enjoyed it \u2013 to the point we will go back and explore some more \u2013 may even visit the museum!<\/p>\n At home, I finally managed to clear through the large pile of debris which had accumulated outside my man-shed. In the rush we tended to find ourselves finishing most of the g\u00eetes, all of the accumulated detritus tended to end up dumped in a large pile. I had started to weed through this over the last few weeks and taken most of it to the dump leaving only wood for chopping for firewood. With the amount of old lambris we had ripped out and furniture we had broken up I now have sufficient kindling for the winter \u2013 and probably the next 3 \u2013 and we don\u2019t look out of the kitchen onto Steptoe\u2019s Yard! In fact, as I mentioned in my blog last week<\/a>, we have now taken delivery of Philippe\u2019s Sheelin boat which can be hired for use on Lac du Drennec for fishing so we have a much better outlook in the yard.<\/p>\n I made a start giving the hedges their third, and final for this year, shave and am really pleased that they have bushed out so much in one season they are starting to resemble proper hedges which you can\u2019t see straight through at the bottom. Sadly, I didn\u2019t completely finish and that task rolls over to this week.<\/p>\n On Saturday we went to Commana with one of our neighbours to visit the annual Foire \u00e0 l\u2019ancienne<\/a>. Originating in the old Horse Fairs where livestock was bought and sold the event has become more of a large annual market and party but there are still some horses, goats, rabbits and any variety of poultry for sale. It is our intention to have some chickens and other animals in the future so was an interesting place to visit and make some contacts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n