Sunday 05 May – Chain stopped play
Having said goodbye to Dave’s parents on Wednesday another week has flown past. This week has been at least a little more productive than last as I haven’t been hampered with a cold, and I have done lots of smaller, but worthwhile, tasks including continuing to clear the garage bays – slow progress! In…
Sunday 28 April – Cold – er
I mentioned at the end of last week’s blog that David’s parents were to arrive with us on Easter Monday. This they did bringing lots of gifts and things that we wanted (items we had ordered from the UK, such as new forks, which they kindly take delivery of, store and deliver during their visits)…
Sunday 21 April – Chickened Out
Happy Easter. We hope that you are enjoying the long Easter weekend especially with such fabulous weather. Today we have rewarded ourselves with a day off and enjoyed a cheeky drink on the terrace of Au Lac overlooking the Lac du Drennec in 20+ degree heat but we have had a productive week. A couple…
Sunday 14 April – And then there was light …
Last week’s blog spoke about a weather-affected ‘bitty’ week of jobs with a lot of weeding having been done. This week has been very similar. It ended saying that some of the gardening, principally continuing to clear the old chicken run, was dependent on finding a new fork that I liked. I have – inevitably…
Sunday 07 April – Springing into new life
At the end of last week’s blog I said that I would update something major in Garratt’s life and not his weird, and you’d have thought very uncomfortable, choice of seating position in an old stone sink outside my new man shed! Two and a half years ago while at the annual Horse Fair in…
Sunday 31 March – March-BQ
Apologies again for not posting a blog last week. I was recovering from a particularly nasty stomach bug which laid me low for a number of days and meant I was unable to make any significant progress for the best part of a week. Thankfully, that week the weather was pretty damp and unpleasant so…
Sunday 17 March – Mouse House
As I predicted in last week’s blog this week has been spent on the same 2 principal tasks of filling the man shed and completing our paperwork for our Carte de Sejour application. The weather has been pretty awful all week and very windy. That said, Storm Gareth didn’t cause as much destruction as we…
Sunday 10 March – Frustradmin Stuff
Last week has been one of 2 activities. The minor (unfortunately) was in the man shed where progress continues albeit slowly while the major was administratively focussed. Man shed work was principally me building a work bench. With the shed having been emptied the previous week I was able to map out the interior and…
Sunday 3 March – Animal Hospital
Apologies for no blog last week. As previous years, we took the opportunity of the quiet season here to go back to the UK and walk in the Lake District. While we said 2018 would be our last Lakes visit as we want to explore more of France, this year we were invited to spend…