{"id":5102,"date":"2021-01-17T16:07:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T16:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/?p=5102"},"modified":"2021-01-17T16:07:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T16:07:33","slug":"sunday-17-january-notivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-17-january-notivation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 17 January – Notivation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week\u2019s blog<\/a> said that we (I) had made a slow start to 2021 and hadn\u2019t made much (any) progress on our long list of projects and things to do.\u00a0 This week I have progressed \u2026 none. Again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike previous years there is no major task to be progressed immediately.\u00a0 Last year we had the refurbishment of Priory<\/a> to start and so had to strip everything out after our Christmas guests had left. \u00a0In 2019 I was mid-way through building my manshed<\/a> and took the opportunity of clear dry weather to progress.\u00a0 This year, while we have many things to achieve, nothing has yet started so the motivation required to begin anything is greater and nobody likes dark, wet and cold January!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I haven\u2019t been completely idle having taken a couple of days to split and stack a cord of firewood we had delivered before Christmas, and we had to prepare Priory for a lovely family who stayed with us this weekend when they celebrated one of their children\u2019s birthdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January is, unsurprisingly, generally a quiet time of year for us so we are delighted to welcome guests this early in the year.\u00a0 The French are very good at holidaying within their own country and often within their own departement.\u00a0 Our Priory guests live only a little more than an hour away so we are really encouraged that we are becoming \u2018known\u2019 as somewhere lovely to spend a couple of nights for a celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This weekend was a 5th<\/sup> birthday but immediately before Christmas we had a group of young friends from Paris who celebrated two 30th<\/sup> birthdays.  If you\u2019ve got a significant event to celebrate Kergudon, and it seems Priory specifically(!), is the perfect place to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Logonna-Daoulas Manoir<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Otherwise, lots of \u2018pottering\u2019; some preparation for the projects to start; some essential admin with the French tax year being the calendar year; and lots of reading.  One of the many things I hoped to be able to do having moved here was have the time to read a lot more.  Last year, for obvious reasons, was the first time year I managed to read significantly more and last week, while it was typically January weather, I enjoyed my time reading some of the books Father Christmas gave me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rade de Brest<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Today was the best day of the week for weather so we took the dogs for one of our walks although back to one we have done a couple of times around Logonna-Daoulas after a visit to the fabulous Sunday market at Daoulas itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week I mentioned that our area has been getting some publicity recently, and as it\u2019s wonderful, why not?\u00a0 This week it is the Parc naturel r\u00e9gional d’Armorique<\/a> who have highlighted some of the beauty of the Monts D\u2019Arr\u00e9e and our backyard.\u00a0 Come and see for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next week I will start to do some actual work to progress some of these projects \u2013 but the weather\u2019s not looking great \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 bient\u00f4t.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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