By Monday morning Chris realised that having replaced the temperature probe and batteries that perhaps the problem was even greater with the weather station than we thought.  A number of phone calls and switching on and off of various switches led to the conclusion that the master board was no more.  Luckily by Tuesday the new part had arrived and by lunchtime it was back in place. We have lost about two weeks of data and some values need resetting (I don’t think we had a temperature of 40 degrees C this October).  Anyway, here are Octobers weather statistics.

Warmest day and night (but no temperature available) 23rd, coldest day 27th and night 26th with lowest temperature of -0.5 deg C.  Wettest day 11th with .61 in rain with total 3.61 in for month (2.41 in Oct 2011).

Apart from the weather station Monday and Tuesday were otherwise quieter days.  No departures on either days and no arrivals on Monday so cleaning commenced on the vacated cottages.  Found time to pay this months bills too.  It was quite murky on Monday but brighter on Tuesday.  On Tuesday there was one arrival at about 4pm.  We have had our quietest couple of days for a long time but from Wednesday for the next couple of weeks it will be a lot busier at our Peak District Cottages.