Sunday 30th July – Painting a Masterpiece
The last 7 days seem to have been spent on 2 activities. Either I have had a paint brush in my hand or I have been leaning out of the top floor window on Dave’s mobile speaking with our phone provider, SFR. I mentioned in last week’s blog that we were offline with no phone…
Sunday 23rd July – Offline
I wasn’t sure of I would be able to post a blog this week, and I will keep it brief, as we are currently off-line with no phone, and so no internet service and we are relying on the generosity of some neighbours who allow us to pop in a couple of times a day…
Sunday 16 July – Woodwork Week (while watching Wimbledon!)
As I mentioned in my last blog, the weather early last week was a mix of showers and more autumnal weather than we would expect in July. All of the tasks that I have been working on, and there are a number on the go which need completing before we fill up for the summer,…
Sunday 9th July – Cladding and Colour
Last week saw us back with bright, clear, sunny days with scorching temperatures and wilting heat so much so that I amazed Dave by actually asking to have some suntan lotion applied – I am usually the worst person about asking for any sort of protection again things – and I even wore a baseball…
Sunday 2nd July – Slow and steady wins the race …..
As forecast, the weather has returned to a more ‘Breton’ pattern over the last week and we have seen a couple of days with torrential downpours. This has been restrictive in terms of what we have been able to do outside but has been welcome relief for the garden which was becoming more and more…
Sunday 25th June – Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot
Last week’s blog said that we had enjoyed some, what felt like, record-breaking temperatures and, as with at least the south of the UK, early last week saw the temperatures only get hotter. This made life a little uncomfortable at times but also limited the amount of work we were able to do on Grange…
Sunday 18th June – Flaming June
As last week’s blog, this week has been dominated by one thing – progress on Grange. I said that I felt we were within touching distance of finishing and I definitely feel that is the case now as the sawmill, previously on the critical path for completion, received their tool bit and we were able…
Sunday 11th June – Topped
Only a short blog this week I am afraid as, again, there has really only been one principle activity – Grange – but we have at least reached a major milestone – the roof is finished and all of the windows are now watertight (subject to test in the next huge downpour not forecast for…
Sunday 4th June – More Grange …
This week has been an odd sort of mix and, while looking back I can’t always immediately recall what we did each day, the time does seem to have passed extremely quickly and we are back at Sunday again. I had intended to assist the Assomniak team dismantle the Fête du Bourg event on Monday…