{"id":7468,"date":"2023-05-21T16:56:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T16:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/?p=7468"},"modified":"2023-05-21T16:56:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T16:56:49","slug":"sunday-21-may-peed-and-weed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-21-may-peed-and-weed\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 21 May \u2013 Peed and Weed"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t know where the last 2 weeks have gone!  I didn\u2019t blog last Sunday as the weather had been so poor in the preceding week we hadn\u2019t achieved too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it had continued to be wet and not very cold, everything continued to grow furiously, especially the lawns that we had scarified and applied a fertilizer to a few weeks before.  With the fertilizer, the grass was lush and green and, as I hadn\u2019t been able to cut it, although only for 8 days or so, it was very long and so took longer to dry.  When I did manage to cut it, it was harder work than usual and, because I decided not to collect the grass cuttings, we had what resembled more a hay field than a lawn!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsequent cuts and the drier weather of last week have made those piles of cut grass smaller but it has made me think that, even when wet, I need to find any opportunity of keeping on top of the grass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first week, we managed a second walk with our friends as we had the previous week.\u00a0 This time they recommended a circuit that started in Loqueffret (not to be confused with Loperec, Locquirec or any of the myriad of other Loc \/ Loq place names!) and took in the Chaos de Mardoul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Chaos is a stretch of the river L\u2019Ellez with interesting rock formations and rapids.\u00a0 It is a popular spot to visit and picnic in the area but we hadn\u2019t visited in our 8 years living here.\u00a0 Thankfully we chose a day when there weren\u2019t any people there, mostly because it was pouring with rain for some of the walk(!), but it is definitely somewhere we will return \u2013 and the walk took in more beautiful Finist\u00e8re scenery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was on the previous walk we had done with our friends that we realised Garratt had a minor problem with one of his front paws.\u00a0 Garratt\u2019s front paws have always been soft and prone to getting cut.\u00a0 He had also always had a small growth on the front of his right paw that the vet had previously told us not to worry about unless it got any larger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the previous walk, Garratt had cut his pad (again) so he walked with a boot.  When we took it off it was obvious that the boot this time had rubbed this growth raw and it looked vey red and painful.  We took him to the vet who agreed to remove it (and get it tested just in case) so, last Friday, he went under the knife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We fully expected him to come back with the obligatory cone on for a couple of weeks, but not this time.  The stitches look strong but he hasn\u2019t had a long walk since and won\u2019t for another week.  We await the results of any test but hope with it removed he won\u2019t be affected when (and it will be when) he has to wear his boots again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only day in that first week when it wasn\u2019t raining we gave our house a bit a spring clean as we welcomed David\u2019s aunt and uncle, Chris and Clint, who came to stay for a week and brought some considerably better weather with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Chris and Clint here we have had a fun week of eating and drinking, visiting some old favourite restaurants including the Crabbe Marteau<\/a> in Brest and Auberge du Menez<\/a> in Saint Rivoal, but also tried a new one (for us), the Bistro du Pont<\/a> in Landerneau.\u00a0 It was very good.\u00a0 A few years ago we couldn\u2019t get anyone to recommend anywhere worthwhile eating out in Landerneau, now we have found 3 that we have tried and seen others we need to try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One evening we were invited by our friend Mercedes who owns the restaurant by Lac du Drennec, Au Lac<\/a>, for a cheese and wine night.\u00a0 Principally, she took the opportunity of having Chris and Clint about, who know a bit about wine, to taste some new bottles that she is considering putting on her wine list.\u00a0 We were all delighted to help and look forward to some, new, excellent wines being available at Au Lac in the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our activities have been focussed principally on continuing to weed the garden and get it presentable for the summer \u2013 which is made much easier when it remains dry!  All of the hedges are getting to the point that they need a trim but with so many birds around it will have to wait for a few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All our efforts were put to shame however as we assisted our neighbours this afternoon for their open gardens.\u00a0 These neighbours have created a fabulous garden over the last 12 years or so they have lived in Saint Cadou and we have seen it grow and mature lending a helping when required such as assisting them erect their moongate a few weeks ago.\u00a0 Today, being hospitality specialists(!), we ran the refreshment stall for them as they welcomed visitors to their garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next week should be considerably more productive than the last 2.  The weather looks good, we are a little quieter in the g\u00eetes and we have bought some additional materials we need to complete the Stable\u2019s frontage and instal a TV into the chambre d\u2019h\u00f4te.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More to report next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenavo.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t know where the last 2 weeks have gone!  I didn\u2019t blog last Sunday as the weather had been so poor in the preceding week we hadn\u2019t achieved too much. As it had continued to be wet and not very cold, everything continued to grow furiously, especially the lawns that we had scarified and…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ben-and-daves-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7469,"href":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7468\/revisions\/7469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}