Renovating a Gite in Brittany » gravel http://blog.brittanyholidaycottage.com Fed up with life in the UK I moved to France for a new start. I now live in Brittany, France renovating a house and running gites (holiday cottages). Sun, 23 May 2010 13:38:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Gravel delivery http://blog.brittanyholidaycottage.com/2008/08/06/gravel-delivery/ http://blog.brittanyholidaycottage.com/2008/08/06/gravel-delivery/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:25:23 +0000 ianhaycox http://blog.brittanyholidaycottage.com/?p=517 Graveled front of houseIn preparation for the party in a few days and as a bit of a moral boost we got 7 tonnes of gravel delivered to smarten up the front of the house. A few hours with a rake and shovel makes all the difference – it also stops us treading in mud and muck. Most local houses round here have a dark grey granite gravel, but we chose a lighter colour to help bounce some extra light into the house, especially in the winter months. The other consideration was the size of the gravel. Too small and it gets trodden in between the treads of your shoes and too large is awkward to walk on. This size is known as 10/14 – which I believe means pieces between 10mm and 14mm.

The concrete mixer and trailer is tucked away in the long grass at the back. I guess I’m going to have to get the strimmer and blitz the garden; if summer ever arrives.

It’s certainly a huge improvement over this builders yard

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