Author: telboy2

Jolie

I had to take some pictures for a nice piece of bureaucracy. We are planning to change the windows of the remaining originals. It has come to our notice that we need to do a ‘declaration’- not a ‘permis de contruire’ but it seems like permission to me. Somewhat ridiculous. I could not do the applicaton online as I could not see all that I needed to do. I sent to La Mairie’ and it seems photos are part of the requirements. Already the process is getting on my nerves.

Anyway she said the house looked ‘jolie’. Ans I suppose it does.

Sunday special walk

One of our longer ones and at the same time we are exploring our local area. This is a walk of the chapels centred on Neulliac, just south of Mûr de Bretagne. The route is 22 km but we took a slightly different route and so only 18km. Beautiful church at one point, nice walk along the Blavet with the tumbling down building visible. Plus a memorial to resistance fighters killed in a battle in 1944.

The activity continues

Mixing it up a little today with the first trip on the bike for a while. A relatively short circuit of 10km. Limited a little by brake rubbing problem which I am yet to fix properly. A nice morning though with fresh air, rising sun and cold cheeks.

All followed by a late afternoon walk as a couple. We happened to a local woman aged 87 who was out for her own walk and wanted a chat.

Walking and competition

Yesterday we went for a walk – spreading our wings, using information from the Pontivy tourist website again.

This time the walk was centred on Silfiac. A trip of about 11Km. Not as good as the last walk but still has a nice pond.

This weekend was the beginning of the activity competition- traveling from Stuttgart to Glasgow. The young Quirkes, the young Germans and the so-called ‘olds’ of both countries. So there is a momentum now to do more. So the first run in a while this morning:

Bees v Liverpool

Liverpool remain top of the table after a 2-0 win. A rare visit with Shaz.

The reports of the match are all about Liverpool and how good they are, same for MotD. I feel more credit should be given to a good performance by Brentford. They competed well, looked relatively good on the ball and were certainly playing football rather than hooving it up the pitch. So close to an excellent point.

National Portrait Gallery

An afternoon of culture.

I have never been here before- but I have been to the National Gallery next door.

I was not really familiar with Francis Bacon beforehand. His work did not really get me going- but some more interesting pieces.

Based on his style and relationships, I suppose he had a troubling life.