Friday was a busy day with three departures and six arrivals (and two already in) meaning a full house for the weekend!  First thing was to let the departing guests leave our peak district cottages as the cows that had been let into the front field on Thursday were blocking the entrance.  It took a bit of work to get them to move but eventually the guests were able to leave!  Two cleaners up to clean three cottages with other three already prepared.  Went down Bakewell to get provisions for weekend then finalised cottages for the day’s arrivals.  Four arrived between 3 and 5pm with the final two arriving between 8 and 9pm.  One has been before.  With all cottages in Saturday was a day off!   It was the annual plant auction at Bakewell and Chris took me down there for a quick look but as there wasn’t anything of interest we went onto Tideswell where there was a Food Festival.  You may recall that Tideswell was one of the subjects for the BBC programme ‘Village SOS’ which resulted in a school of food and a food festival.  As we drove through the village we could see all the stalls set out and after parking our first port of call was the school of food which seems to be doing well.  We arrived just in time for a guided tour so we saw the area used for brewing (they do brewing courses here too now) as well as the kitchen areas.  We wandered through the village chancing upon a performance from the renowned Tideswell Male Voice Choir and some Morris Dancing and enjoyed samples from some of the stalls.  Some were at the Bakewell Food Festival the previous Saturday.  Back home for lunch then another couple of hours planting up the remaining hanging baskets.  On our journeys today we called in at a local nursery and after some discussions will probably ‘outsource’ the planting up of our baskets next year leaving me time to concentrate on the rest of the grounds and gardens – I still have about a 100 plants to pot on for later planting.  So I will still be able to enjoy my greenhouse with the best views in Derbyshire!