guilly's site

and the flying is easy...

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:21:06 +0000

this is the view from Menez Hom which is 3 miles from Guilly.

I can't wait to get up there!

travelling details

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:55:03 +0000

so you're thinking of coming to help shift stones. cool.

see below - will mark it up and link it soon...

BRITTANY FERRIES LEAVE @ 4am arrive 8pm
SudburyPortsmouth
Distance: 240km including 165km on motorways
Time: 03h01 including 01h44 on motorways
toll :1.42 EUR
Petrol costs: 14.38 EUR
Total costs: 15.8 EUR

CROSSING £206 0800 portsmouth 4+ hours 1500 cherbourg

50100 CherbourgArrivée29150 Châteaulin
Distance : 378km dont 168km sur voies rapides
Temps : 04h36 dont 01h36 sur voies rapides
Coût péage : (Voiture) 0 EUR
Coût du carburant : 22.68 EUR
Total coût : 22.68 EUR

TOTAL cost RETURN 32 +300 +46= 378 euros
TIME ONE WAY +3 +4.45 + 4.40 = 12H30

NORFOLK LINE
SudburyDestinationDover
LEAVE AT 12PM ARRIVE 12PM
Distance: 185km including 128km on motorways
Time: 02h21 including 01h21 on motorways
Toll costs: (Automobile) 1.42 EUR
Petrol costs: 11.11 EUR
Total costs: 12.53 EUR

14:45 sailing arrive 17.30 £68

Départ59140 DunkerqueArrivée29150 Châteaulin
Distance : 722km dont 580km sur voies rapides
Temps : 07h09 dont 05h07 sur voies rapides
Le : 12/12/2005
Itinéraire : Conseillé par Michelin
Coût péage : (Voiture) 21.50 EUR
Coût du carburant : 43.33 EUR
Total coût : 64.83 EUR

TOTAL COST RETURN 130 +100 + 25 = 255 euros
TIME ONE WAY = 2.20 +1.45 +7 =11H 05

more pics...

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 10:02:56 +0000

cold, wet, muddy and great!

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:56:20 +0000

Well another visit - this time to measure all the barns and my enthusiam for this 'project' is growing.

There I was, rain pouring through the roof(s) (what remains of them), wind and rain lashing at my face, covered in mud, tape measure in hand - with a BIG smile on my face. great.

view from the side.

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:35:37 +0000

The same view from the side.

view from the top.

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:25:02 +0000

So thanks to Google Earth when we got back and started to think about the design and layout of the the land we took these photos.

This one shows the view from directly above, we've outlined the buildings and land we are buying. The extra piece of land is shown with the blue line.

our first view...

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:32:29 +0000

This is what we first saw when we arrived back in early September with the agent.

As we said - a BIG pile of stones.

meant to be...

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:25:06 +0000

We've decided to start this blog as a chronicle of our experiences in finding, buying, renovating and I hope living in a barn in Brittany, France.

We've been looking off and on at 'broken down houses', as our oldest son calls them, for about 7 years now so when a series of events indicated it was 'meant to be' we took the plunge.

We put in an offer and after some haggling we had our offer accepted.

I then went over there with a good friend who has experience at building/renovation and after further discussion, and a beer, with the owner of the property we shook hands on a final deal which included a little more land.