{"id":6494,"date":"2021-11-28T17:32:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T17:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/?p=6494"},"modified":"2021-11-28T17:32:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T17:32:35","slug":"sunday-28-november-were-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-28-november-were-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 28 November – We’re Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having said, in my last blog, that I wasn\u2019t going to admit writing fortnightly was a better routine for me, I have made sure that it hasn\u2019t been 2 weeks since my last blog \u2013 but 4!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time, I am more than prepared to acknowledge that we have been very lazy for some of those weeks as we have been away.\u00a0 Since moving to France almost 7 years ago, we have spent time away from Kergudon but, at least up until the arrival of COVID, this was generally 2 visits a year to the UK.\u00a0 These trips were always really enjoyable but, as we generally tried to catch up with as many friends and family as we could, they were busy breaks with lots of travelling and not always the best opportunity to relax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, as a gift from me to David for his \u2018significant\u2019 birthday, and because we really (really) needed it, we had a \u2018proper\u2019 do-nothing other than relax, eat and drink holiday for 2 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nantes, about 3 \u00bd hours drive from us, has a busy little regional airport with lots of destinations year-round. While we would, of course, recommend a holiday in a fabulously appointed self-catering g\u00eete in Finist\u00e8re, being November, we wanted to go somewhere we could guarantee warmth and sunshine, so we treated ourselves to a great hotel we stayed in 9 years ago in the Canaries.\u00a0 It was perfect and just what we needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also meant the dogs had their second holiday away from us in within a month and we have to say a HUGE thank you to our friends Jackie and Bryan for looking after them while we were away.  We think they enjoyed having the dogs with them (they have previously had 3, and more, dogs of their own but currently have just one) more so than their cats who had their home and routines rather disrupted!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two weeks of pretty consistent 25 degree daytime heat was just what we needed, but didn\u2019t necessarily prepare us for returning to autumnal northwest France!  When we left we had been enjoying a damp but pretty mild autumn.  When we came back the temperature had dropped, a lot, and we have lit our woodburner for the first time this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, despite being away, the work continued at Kergudon, sort of!\u00a0 On our first day away the electricity company cut the power off so they could trim the hedges and trees encroaching near the power lines.\u00a0 As you\u2019d expect, they were better at cutting than clearing away so I have a lot of branches to add to my shredding.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n