Friday is the start of the Bank Holiday weekend for many. For us it is just another weekend at our self catering cottages near Bakewell (see link).  Friday saw two departures and one arrival and one cleaner up.  The day started warm and sunny but by lunchtime it had clouded up but it stayed dry albeit humid.  Chris spent a lot of time out side, first cutting the grass then strimming the edges which get done every now and then but is time consuming.  I went over to Chatsworth Farm shop to get provisions for the weekend.  Guests arrived about 3.30. I also had a last minute cancellation for Saturday which was not unexpected but the power of the web meant it had partially been relet within a few hours. It was still dry when I took the dogs out for their evening walk but raining by the time we went to bed.  Saturday morning was overcast and drizzly with heavier rain at lunchtime before drying up but not brightening up in the afternoon. Luckily we didn’t have the rain that some parts of the country had and I’d hoped we have a winning streak of Bank Holidays with good weather but it was not meant to be.  Said goodbye to four cottages in the morning and two cleaners up to turn cottages round. Six arrivals due in the afternoon. Cleaning finished by 1pm with a 9am start as cottages left in good state. By the time we had lunch and I finished my checks it was 2.30. First three cottages arrived between 3and 4pm, one has been before, with the remaining three arriving between 4.30 and 5.30, one has been before. Spent some time with Chris finalising next years prices, no major changes, some some tweaking here and there, so they will soon be on our web site. One interesting fact to mull on, we lose two hours of daylight between the beginning and end of August.