Woke up to cloudy skies and rain and so it stayed all day at our peak district cottages with the rain heaviest at lunchtime and easing off later in the afternoon.  No departures but one cottage due in later in the day and one cleaner up. It’s not much fun having to work in the cottages in pouring rain.  Whilst waiting for guests to arrive finished checking the WI accounts, just waiting for the final bank statements so I can get the president to sign them off and pass them to the auditor.  Cottage arrived about 4pm.  Spent some time chatting to guests, most of which were in all day.  In the evening we decided to go out to eat and went to Felicinis in Bakewell.  Had a nice meal there as usual.  None of the pubs or restaurants looked busy, whether it was because of the weather or because it was a Monday.  Although it was dry first thing on Tuesday it wasn’t long before the rain set in again.  The rain has brought out the swallows as we don’t seem to have seen them for weeks but there have been loads around the last few days.  Spent most of the day on accounts and also ordered some replacement linen for the single beds to complement the new bedding ordered earlier in the year for the double beds.  It was awful seeing so much flooding again on the news especially where it is not the first time this year for some people.  There are a few flood alerts in the area but it will be a couple of days before we see the full effects in Bakewell and Ashford.  The area around Rowsley gets hit because of the confluence of the Derwent and Wye and this can affect the A6.  At least most of our guests ventured out today and the forecast for the next few days is better.