Pity the rain gauge was blocked on Thursday.  I spotted it about lunchtime and then Joanna phoned to enquire if our gauge was working.  Later in the afternoon Chris went out and cleared it out so at least we got a reading for the rest of the day.  I reckoned we had about half inch rain  As Thursday was forecast to be wet I spent the day on jobs and cleaning in the house.  Kept awake by the wind and rain on Thursday night but at least we didn’t suffer like some parts of the country.  Friday was worse than Thursday.  I can’t remember the last time it rained so much at our peak district cottages.  Two cottages out with one back in and one cleaner up.  Two other cottages left a day early because of the weather.  Couldn’t blame them.  Went down to Bakewell in the afternoon to get provisions for the weekend.  Luckily picked a brief interlude in the rain.  Guests arrived about 7pm.  Still doesn’t seem to be a clearing in the weather for silaging.  The grass is ‘peaking’ but needs a few dry days before cutting.  Of course if he had been able to silage when we had the good weather I would have been blaming him for this bad weather as he always wants some rain after silaging to encourage the grass to start growing again. Even the rain this week would have been too much.  Cant win!