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Sunday 6th September – Off Season Activities – Fly Fishing

Sunday 6th September – Off Season Activities – Fly Fishing Another 2 weeks have passed and I’m afraid no blog last Sunday. If the old adage ‘if you want a job doing give it to a busy person’ is true then I’m not sure what my lack of a blog last week says about what…

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Tuesday(!) 25th August

Another busy week behind us which, while still technically summer, has seen anything but summery weather. We feel very disappointed for our guests who have come to enjoy time spent on holiday and, as this is such a beautiful part of the world, generally outside. That hasn’t been consistently possible for much of the summer…

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…