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Yesterday was hours of work in the gite after some clients left it in a terrible mess. They moved furniture in most rooms and I had to move it back as well as clean and set up for two new groups who were arriving. By the end of the day I was exhausted and couldContinue reading “French knitting”

This time last week as the fires were just starting it was more than 20°C hotter than it is today. It has taken a week and now the fires appear to be coming under control. Sadly it would seem that the gendarmes are starting an investigation in which it would seem that they believe thatContinue reading “20°C cooler!”

I am somewhat relieved that it is the weekend. Last week we thought that if we could get to the weekend all would be well. How wrong we were. Last weekend there were various problems and the week hasn’t been particularly straight forward. At the moment the this weekend is looking quiet so I’m keepingContinue reading “A calm end to the week”

After the last week in the UK and the majority of the week since I returned it is certainly time to breathe. The fire is almost out. There appears to be a small section that continues to smoulder. However residents have returned home, businesses have re-opened and most of the roads are now accessible. UnfortunatelyContinue reading “And breathe…”

An update on the fire. It’s not out. However it is under control. The fire brigade and the local farmers continue to fill bowsers from both the local lakes, Lac St Michel and Lac du Drennec. Some of the local roads remain closed and people are still evacuated from their homes. The risk seems toContinue reading “Smoke and crochet”

Last night I had said that I would be writing about crochet this evening. However life has a habit of throwing us curved balls and then we have to deal with them before anything else. And that is how it is at the moment. Yesterday afternoon during the extreme heat we became aware of aContinue reading “Fire not crochet”

When I got back to France on Friday I realised that it was less than a week since the previous weekend. With everything that we had done both before I left and whilst I was in the UK, I couldn’t believe that it was only a week later. That might sound bizarre but I’ll explain.Continue reading “More than a week in 7 days!”

An hour ago I was feeling so positive however I have spent an hour fighting with Instagram to no avail so the calm I’ve been feeling is completely gone. I do find that when things don’t work, they really don’t work. I am certain that someone will say oh well you just… However when whatContinue reading “It’s finished! And tying up loose ends.”

Friday evening was fun, though challenging and tiring. We were the only English guests at the soirée. So it was speaking French all the way. Strangely there almost seemed to be a signal and we all left. We took our cues from those around us. I think we mostly got it right. If we don’tContinue reading “A weekend of firsts”

It has been a busy week one way or another. Whilst the gîte d’étape is not as busy as I would like, we are getting some clients. There were two people in last night. I only saw one of them and when I went back to collect the keys, they’d left, stripped the beds andContinue reading “Summing up and a fêté”