So welcome to the fourth quarter of 2008. With no breakfast could have a lie in! Up and took dogs for their walk avoiding Andrew who was moving some cows around. With guests not due in until later this afternoon I had hoped we might go for a walk but with a 50/50 sun/rain forecast we decided the better of it. We had an old freezer that we needed to dispose of so we took that down to the recycling centre at Ashbourne before having a quick walk around the town. First stop was coffee at one of the deli’s – Ashbourne is quite a foody place. We had a look in some of the deli’s but didn’t buy much as we still have bits from the weekend. We then went and had a look at St Oswald’s Church at the end of the High St as we never have been inside. It was well worth a look. We went back to the car where the dogs had been waiting patiently and drove on to Carsington Water where we planned to have a short walk. It was suddenly looking very ominous again as we had seemed to have dodged the showers so far so we popped into the restaurant for a light bite, which was just as well as there was a heavy downpour. Looking out across the water I tried to imagine the skyline with some wind turbines as planning permission (locally opposed) has been granted for the installation of some nearby. With the shower over we took the dogs for a short walk although we did get caught in another shower but they had had a walk even if they did have an encounter a noisy group of school children! Back home I noticed that we had had over 1 inch of rain in our absence so I reckon it rained more here than where we were. Finalised last quarter’s accounts. B&B guests arrived about 4.30pm and after an early dinner I went down to Joanna’s for the monthly WI committee meeting. Got back in time to watch Silent Witness with the first episode of Heroes being recorded.