Sunday 09 September – Syca-no-more
Looking back at last week, it has been one when we have been occupied with the routine matters of maintenance and running the business. I can’t recall a time, other than perhaps today, when we haven’t been doing something, but there are no major projects completed. Coming to the end of the summer season, with…
Sunday 2 September(!) – Belated Update
Firstly, apologies for not posting a blog last night. We have been hosting Dave’s parents for the last week and took the opportunity to visit our favourite market at Daoulas in the morning followed by a couple of pre-lunch beers at Au Lac overlooking the fabulous Lac du Drennec to take maximum advantage of a…
Sunday 26 August – Your View Sought
This week’s blog won’t have much detail and won’t include any pictures of the work we have done, as there hasn’t been too much! I will show some images, courtesy of Eurosport, of the Tour de France passing through our local town of Sizun, and there are many more of the 3 days in Brittany…
Sunday 19 August – Posted
Sadly for last week’s guests, based on the weather we ‘enjoyed’ you could conclude that summer had ended. In reality, while it was far from the searing heatwave we had before, it was also not wet enough to make much difference to the drought-affected garden. It did however prevent me cutting any more of the…
Sunday 12 August – Hedgeonism
I don’t know where this week has gone. Life is very different for us in France but it still seems to pass very quickly – more so now, during high season, when we are full and Stable, our chambre d’hôte, is changing over regularly. As last week, the principal activity has been continuing to cut…
Sunday 5 August
As I write this blog at the end of another sweltering day’s heat, the rain of last Sunday is a very distant memory. We are not surprised that the farmers of the UK are concerned about the state of crops and grazing land as this has proven to be an exceptional year – it’s unfortunate…
Sunday 29 July – Summer Storm
I wish I wouldn’t make these bold claims at the end of my blogs as, last week, I thought that everything was set fair for me to make some good progress. However, as we have now very definitely entered the high season and have guests in all of our gîtes, there are is lot to…
Sunday 22 July – Google Suck
Last week’s blog said that with far fewer distractions I would be able to make great progress on our outstanding projects. That was half true! I have at least managed to complete the 2 tasks that I started about 3 weeks ago which has meant that we have been able to make a start on…
Sunday 15 July – French Celebrations
Sadly, as last week, I haven’t achieved a huge amount on any of our ongoing projects in the last 7 days. Again, this was mostly due to external distractions but also because the weather has remained so hot working outside is difficult. Almost one entire day was spent watering the yews we planted earlier in…