Living in Brittany - travel

Trouble down on the farm

noreply@blogspirit.com (simon) — Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:25:00 +0200

We have 2 hens in our mobile chicken run and last week we bought 2 more a grey and a white one, unfortunately the existing residents didn't appreciate the new arrivals , the grey was tolerated as it was bigger but the white hen was bullied mercilessly. So first we tried it in the rabbit pen but that didn't work so we found a temporary home while Paulien made another chicken run and in the mean time the grey escaped twice the second time he was caught by Jimmy the dog who had an early breakfast.
I had a bad car month in June first I smashed the driver's window when the ride on lawn mower caught a stone and then it kept running dry due to a leak in the cooling system which I traced to a plastic box where you pour the water in. It looked an expensive piece to replace so we had a trip to the breakers yard but there was a poor choice only 2 smashed up so had to repare the item with some resin , seems OK. And then there is the 305 needing its head gasket sorting out , the cylinder head has been reground ( the last time it can be done ) and all put back together again. I didn't have many bolts left over. To get it going again you have to bump start it vigorously so we towed it for half a km and it seems to be going OK
Sarko seems to be having fun sorting out the media, first Patrick Poirve an anchor newsman on TF1 is sacked ( slightly critical of the great man ) and replaced by a young blonde more photogenic . Its purely a coincidence that Sarko's friend is boss of TF1 and then France 2 and 3 are to have their commercial ads removed so they are solely dependant on licence fees so I guess they will be more subservient to the government, shades of Italy

Trouble down on the farm

noreply@blogspirit.com (simon) — Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:24:39 +0200

We have 2 hens in our mobile chicken run and last week we bought 2 more a grey and a white one, unfortunately the the exsisting residents didn't appreciate the new arrivals , the grey was tolerated as it was bigger but the white hen was bullied mercilessly. So first we tried it in the rabbit pen but that didn't work so we found a temporary home while Paulien made another chicken run and in the mean time the grey escaped twice the second time he was caught by Jimmy the dog who had an early breakfast.
I had a bad car month in June first I smashed the driver's window when the ride on lawn mower caught a stone and then it kept running dry due to a leak in the cooling system which I traced to a plastic box where you pour the water in. It looked an expensive piece to replace so we had a trip to the breakers yard but there was a poor choice only 2 smashed up so had to repare the item with some resin , seems OK. And then there is the 305 needing its head gasket sorting out , the cylinder head has been reground ( the last time it can be done ) and all put back together again. I didn't have many bolts left over. To get it going again you have to bump start it vigorously so we towed it for half a km and it seems to be going OK
SArko

New regs for the road

noreply@blogspirit.com (simon) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:30:00 +0200

From the first of July its obligatory to carry a red triangle and a reflective jacket in the car and you can be fined if you don't. It seems to be part of a European movement in Spain its 2 triangles and one jacket whereas Austria demand one triangle and 2 jackets, confused, its Europe.
Xav has tried again and this time seems to have reached Spain ironically we have received our first Spanish client this week.
The fete de musique has passed at the weekend ,21st June , its a super idea with all sorts of groups playing from a bunch of school children playing dots to heavy metal punk groups. The Harmony band I play in did its usual number although the lead trumpeter was under the weather as he had started gigging in the morning at an Irish bar and the guiness was taking its toll. He never made it home he just fell asleep in his car in the parking and woke up on Sunday.
There is another fete this week in Plufur one of Xav's friends mother does circus and they have erected their big top tent to perform with other types of activity which also includes the rock band I play in so it could be interesting, so this weeks work is a mix of music in between putting the engine back together of the 305. The garage said it was the last time the cylinder head could be levelled off so its days are numbered.