{"id":2364,"date":"2013-07-10T13:27:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T13:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/?p=2364"},"modified":"2013-07-10T13:35:03","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T13:35:03","slug":"volunteering_in_the_charente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/volunteering_in_the_charente\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s going on at LG? &#8211; Volunteering in the Charente"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Volunteering in the Charente<\/h1>\n<p>In the (paraphrased) words of th<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ange.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2372 alignright\" title=\"Ange\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ange-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteering in the Charente\" width=\"206\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a>e great soul singer Marvin Gaye: \u00ab\u00a0What\u2019s going on at LG?\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s funny you should ask, Marvin. Ange, our current housekeeper from Australia, has been getting stuck into her new role with enthusiasm and panache! Serving the gang with breakfast, elevenses (my personal favourite) and lunch \u2013 today\u2019s spread was simply marvellous \u2013 we\u2019re certainly not going hungry!<\/p>\n<p>Peter, fresh from the triumph of last night\u2019s delicious chicken chasseur, has taken on the task of repairing our fleet of battered and buckled bicycles. Meanwhile Ian, who plans to wow us tonight with pork normandy, has been busy beautifying our picnic benches with a fresh coat of green paint!<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Vitor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2371\" title=\"Vitor in the Old House\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Vitor-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteering in the Charente\" width=\"191\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2375\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/menfolk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2375\" class=\"wp-image-2375 \" title=\"The Menfolk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/menfolk-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteering in the Charente\" width=\"210\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Men discussing manly things in a manly manner<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Over in the Old House, these are exciting times! The second half of the ceiling went up yesterday, and it really does look like a room now \u2013 even just in the two weeks that I\u2019ve been here, there has been so much tangible progress, which is incredibly satisfying. All being well, by Christmas it could well be a fully functioning room. Amongst the hammering, gluing, plastering and sanding, the dependably cheesy tunes of Cheri FM continue to set the tone for Paul, Luke, Bridget and Vitor!<\/p>\n<p>Sid is, of course, overseeing the wider operation, providing oversight and moral support.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Rob is leaving us t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/sid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2376\" title=\"Sidney\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/sid-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteering in the Charente\" width=\"188\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/sid-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/sid-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/sid-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/sid.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a>oday, having performed all sorts of computer wizardry with operating systems, hardware and RAM over the last few weeks, as well as a spot of plumbing and knife sharpening, as he heads back to the bustling metropolis of Stockport, famous for its Pyramid. Apparently.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, it&#8217;s onwards and upwards here at LG as we head towards the fast-approaching Bastille Day celebrations!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2373\" style=\"width: 392px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/dinner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2373\" class=\"wp-image-2373 \" title=\"Dinner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/dinner.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteering in the Charente\" width=\"382\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The current LG Team<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteering in the Charente In the (paraphrased) words of the great soul singer Marvin Gaye: \u00ab\u00a0What\u2019s going on at LG?\u00bb. It\u2019s funny you should ask, Marvin. Ange, our current housekeeper from Australia, has been getting stuck into her new role &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/volunteering_in_the_charente\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2364"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364\/revisions\/2382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}