Monday 17 August – A non-renovation focussed life ….
I did start writing this yesterday with every intention of posting on Sunday and reverting to my previous routine however, better late than never … I said in my last blog, 2 week’s ago, that we were in a position with phase 1 renovations complete and guests in all our gîtes, that we couldn’t do…
Monday 3rd August – Phase 1 Renovations Complete
My regular readers will have noticed that I did not post a blog last night. Well, perhaps not both readers, but if you missed it my apologies. However, there was good reason as I felt it was more appropriate that I blog today as we reach the fantastic milestone having completed ‘phase 1’ renovations in…
Sunday 26th July – Granary Complete – Just
In last week’s blog I was unsure if there was only 1 week’s worth of work left to complete Granary (in reality we had 5 days left) and, if so, how fine we would be cutting things. Now, I know the answer to both these questions. There was more than a week’s worth of work…
Sunday 19 July – One Week to Complete Granary
One week closer to guests arriving in Granary and can I honestly say that there is only a week’s worth of work left? I’m not entirely sure …!! It has certainly been a busy week of work and we’ve made progress – which I will detail later – but, having previously said we should complete…
Sunday 12th July – Granary Progresses (Slowly …)
I knew when I said a couple of weeks ago that it was unusual to have more time than we needed to complete a gîte that the words would come back and bite us – and not just Garratt nipping when he is playing! Early in the week the balance of time was spent more…
Sunday 5th July – Garratt and Mouse Arrive
Sunday 5th July – Garratt and Mouse Arrive We are officially exhausted, entertained and delighted in equal measure. Our life has, as anticipated, been transformed with the arrival or our new puppy – Garratt – who we picked up late on Thursday evening, not to mention the addition of a new kitten which we were…
Sunday 28th June
Sunday 28th June I am starting to write this blog at 7.30 am having served our second breakfast. Today was the annual triathlon held around Lac du Drennec and we have had athletes staying in both Priory and Hayloft as our first Chambres d’Hotes guests. As you’d expect, Dave prepared a beautifully presented French breakfast…
Sunday 21st June
Following our gentler week I spoke about in last week’s blog we have started to ramp up the pace again and turn our attention to completing Granary gîte. We said goodbye to our Jersey clients yesterday and their lovely dog Bently. They left us with some fantastic comments about the state of our accommodation, the…
Sunday 14th June
As you will recall, we rewarded ourselves with a few days off having completed the refurbishment of Priory last Friday. Well, those few days became the whole of last week and, while we haven’t been completely idle, we have enjoyed what can almost be called a week off, certainly a slower tempo one! Thankfully this…