{"id":6046,"date":"2021-02-07T20:16:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T20:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/?p=6046"},"modified":"2021-02-07T20:16:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T20:16:20","slug":"sunday-07-february-next-of-kin-dling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-07-february-next-of-kin-dling\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 07 February – Next of Kin – dling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week\u2019s blog<\/a> said that I had been spending hours splitting the vast amounts of waste wood that have been accumulating in our garage bays as a result of all of our projects.\u00a0 This had the advantage of clearing the garage while keeping me dry and not churning up the lawn too much transporting the wood whole to the serre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week has been much the same!\u00a0 I won\u2019t show you pictures of the garage as, with luck I can do that next week when it will actually be considerably emptier.\u00a0 What I will show you is the stack of kindling I have created in the last week which represents about 70% of what I have generated in the last 2 weeks \u2013 the rest managing to get in the serre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lots of kindling – 2 weeks of effort!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I probably should have put David in the picture to give you a sense of scale.  Each of these stacks is over my height (1.8 metres) and I have used many empty veg boxes that a neighbour has been kind enough to give us \u2013 thank you Sarah. I should probably go into business selling this and recoup my time and the price of all that left-over wood.  Failing that, at least we have enough kindling to last us until, and through, the next ice age!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is probably only a few hours left of actual cutting and splitting and then some clearing out and the central garage bays will be as clear as they can be for now.\u00a0 Which means I can start clearing the end garage bay which we will eventually concrete.\u00a0 And, of course, a number of the items that I need to keep but can\u2019t store elsewhere from here will go \u2026 in the central bays of the garage(!) but neatly and so we are able to park things \u2013 like cars. Sadly, the weather is looking like the temperature will plunge next week as a \u2018beast from the east\u2019 is due to return. Being almost as far west as you can get, thankfully we won\u2019t experience it as badly as other places and, sadly, we are unlikely to see snow.\u00a0 However, there are likely to be a few days of freezing temperatures which is certainly not concreting weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I have been working in the garage, Dave has been busy too on his personal training business.\u00a0 With the lovely feedback we have received for our new Kergudon website, which Dave did all the work for, he has been re-vamping his Personal Training website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When we moved to Kergudon we changed the old kids\u2019 games room into Dave\u2019s fitness studio where he has been able to provide personal training.  Since moving from London he has also continued training some of his old clients via Skype, initially though from our lounge as we didn\u2019t have any internet connection in his gym.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the first period of lockdown last year we spent a couple of very hot days digging a trench so that we could get an internet cable to the studio<\/a>.\u00a0 This allowed Dave to do his online personal training from there as well as deliver the group exercise classes for the gym in Brest while that was closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this second period of confinement Dave\u2019s set up has become even more professional with a mixing desk to allow for better music quality in his classes and he has generated a truly international client base for personal training with clients in the UK, France and Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As most gyms remain closed and people are becoming more familiar with doing things virtually, personal training too can be very effective online.\u00a0 An imaginative trainer, such as David, can ensure a full and comprehensive fitness program for you at home without needing the complex gym equipment and expensive gym membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online personal training allows you to have a full package from the comfort of your own home \u2013 wherever you have internet access \u2013 at a time convenient for you.  If you\u2019re looking for a new trainer, or know someone who is, do have a look at Dave\u2019s new website and give him a call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, to have a break from the tedium of splitting wood the weather allowed us to do one of our Sunday walks.\u00a0 For a number of reasons we decided to stay local and rather than go somewhere new, we returned to the forest of Huelgoat<\/a> about 15 minutes from us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n