{"id":6190,"date":"2021-05-02T18:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T18:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/?p=6190"},"modified":"2021-05-02T18:00:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T18:00:43","slug":"sunday-02-may-feeling-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-02-may-feeling-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 02 May &#8211; Feeling Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t often start my blogs saying that I\u2019ve had a productive week(!) but I feel I have achieved (almost) everything I\u2019d planned in the last 7 days.&nbsp; Although this won\u2019t be a very long blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-25-april-what-a-load-of-rubbish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Last week\u2019s blog<\/a> said what my focus would be with 2 major jobs and these were what I managed to focus on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday was spent building the mini-wall that will be the base of a new fence in front of Priory and Granary\u2019s terrace, to replace the old fence panels that had to go. I said that the job, once started, would be pretty quick and so it turned out.&nbsp; We want this fence to be almost exactly the same as those we build a few years ago behind the g\u00eetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, I could not find any more of the capping blocks we had used before so we had to find an alternative option.\u00a0 Rather than just leave a flat rendered surface we have stolen an idea from our neighbours who have had used a slate \u2018sandwich\u2019 as the top.\u00a0 We\u2019re not short of slate so we have done the same \u2013 and it looks good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"581\" height=\"419\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-pre-render.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6187\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-pre-render.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/priory-granary-wall-pre-render\/\" class=\"wp-image-6187 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-pre-render.jpg 581w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-pre-render-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-pre-render-16x12.jpg 16w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 581px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 581\/419;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Priory \/ Granary front wall before rendering from the Priory side<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"418\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-pre-render-Granary-side.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6186\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-pre-render-Granary-side.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/priory-granary-wall-pre-render-granary-side\/\" class=\"wp-image-6186 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-pre-render-Granary-side.jpg 538w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-pre-render-Granary-side-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-pre-render-Granary-side-16x12.jpg 16w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 538px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 538\/418;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Priory \/ Granary front wall before rendering from the Granary side<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Much of the rest of the week was spent on Hayloft\u2019s exterior wood \u2013 the front door and windows.\u00a0 They had been on our list for a couple of years as the old paint was very faded and the top layer, evidently a different coat, was peeling off in most places.\u00a0 To prevent the same thing happening I spent best part of a day sanding and preparing everything and a day giving it 2 coats of primer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-doors-primed.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6182\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-doors-primed.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/hayloft-doors-primed\/\" class=\"wp-image-6182 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-doors-primed.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-doors-primed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-doors-primed-16x12.jpg 16w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/480;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Hayloft doors primed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"447\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-windows-primed.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6184\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-windows-primed.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/hayloft-windows-primed\/\" class=\"wp-image-6184 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-windows-primed.jpg 606w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-windows-primed-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-windows-primed-16x12.jpg 16w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 606px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 606\/447;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Hayloft windows primed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When done, 2 coats of gloss and the finished result not only looks great but, hopefully, will last for a number of years.\u00a0 You can see in the photo of the windows looking south onto the main terrace, one of the 2 cotoneaster we have planted to train up the rather dull wall.\u00a0 The pile of paving slabs are also for another project to continue the love we are giving the g\u00eete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"448\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-doors-painted.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6181\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-doors-painted.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/hayloft-doors-painted\/\" class=\"wp-image-6181 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-doors-painted.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-doors-painted-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-doors-painted-16x12.jpg 16w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 576px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 576\/448;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Hayloft doors painted<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-windows-painted.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6183\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-windows-painted.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/hayloft-windows-painted\/\" class=\"wp-image-6183 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-windows-painted.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-windows-painted-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hayloft-windows-painted-16x12.jpg 16w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/430;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Hayloft windows painted<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One afternoon, while the primer was drying, I returned to the small wall to apply a render.\u00a0 While I actually quite enjoy the building with blocks, I really don\u2019t like the rendering element.\u00a0 The first (and previously only) time I had rendered was on my man-shed in <a href=\"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-13-january-rendered-useful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">January 2019<\/a> and at the time I said I wouldn\u2019t be unhappy if I never had to do it again.\u00a0 This time was no easier.\u00a0 I managed to scrape a couple of my knuckles to beyond bleeding and got really frustrated, but I am pleased with the finished result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"361\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-rendered-Priory-side.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6189\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-rendered-Priory-side.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/priory-granary-wall-rendered-priory-side\/\" class=\"wp-image-6189 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-rendered-Priory-side.jpg 546w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-rendered-Priory-side-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-rendered-Priory-side-16x12.jpg 16w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 546px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 546\/361;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Priory \/ Granary front wall rendered on the Priory side<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"389\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-rendered-Granary-side.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6188\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-rendered-Granary-side.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/priory-granary-wall-rendered-granary-side\/\" class=\"wp-image-6188 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-rendered-Granary-side.jpg 560w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-rendered-Granary-side-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kergudon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Priory-Granary-Wall-rendered-Granary-side-16x12.jpg 16w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 560\/389;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Priory \/ Granary front wall rendered from the Granary side<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, no more block work and rendering for a few months \u2013 but there is more to come in my \u2018big project\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This weekend has been principally focussed on getting a couple of g\u00eetes prepared for guests to arrive tomorrow.&nbsp; France is starting to come out of its period of (non)confinement and, from tomorrow, travel is not limited to 10 kms of your home.&nbsp; We are really encouraged that we have 2 g\u00eetes, Priory and Hayloft, are occupied from tomorrow.&nbsp; More encouragingly, both guests have stayed with us previously, the Hayloft couple in March of this year before the (non)confinement began and they are already coming back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having complained in the last couple of blogs that we have had an unusually dry spring it was evident when I cut the grass on Friday for the first time in 3 weeks that it had barely grown \u2013 except of course for all the dandelions and weeds!&nbsp; Of course the law of 50D says that just as people are able to travel and stay with us from tomorrow, we are due a week of wet and windy weather! Great for the garden, less good for our guests.&nbsp; And will impact on my projects for the coming week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first project for next week is an early start tomorrow to travel to the prefecture in Quimper for an 08.50 appointment.&nbsp; I say appointment, but it is to hand in our current residency permit (carte de s\u00e9jour) in preparation to receive our new (non-EU) permit and we think we will spend about 2 minutes in total in the prefecture building!&nbsp; We are however, really pleased that we have been called and it made all the effort to put our paperwork together in 2019 worthwhile as it is now just an exchange rather than anything more arduous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salut.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t often start my blogs saying that I\u2019ve had a productive week(!) but I feel I have achieved (almost) everything I\u2019d planned in the last 7 days.&nbsp; Although this won\u2019t be a very long blog. 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