With the alert still in place at our Bolehill cottages (see here) on Thursday morning contingency plans swung into action.  The cleaner came up to get as much done as she could and I planned my weekend shopping trip for Thursday rather than Friday. The morning just seem to whiz z by, not helped by both dogs being sick after their morning walk.  This was due to them exploring the field that had been slurried the evening before and sampling the delights!  Chris had started a small job in Bluebell that had expanded into repainting the shower room so while he was waiting for the paint to dry we went down to Bakewell for lunch and to get the weekend’s provisions.  The subject of holidays came up but seemed to get lost in other discussions.  If I haven’t already mentioned it I am going to spend a few days with my sister soon.  Back at the cottages I stocked up on logs again and did some preparations for Fridays arrivals.  By now the alert had gone as the weather system was going further south.  Apart from a few sharp showers it had been a sunny day albeit a bit cooler than of late.  The late evening forecast still hinted of the possibility of snow first thing Friday morning but also mentioned that the Northern Lights were visible in our region. For once I took the dogs for their late night comfort break and confused Blue by going in the wrong direction.  I headed for the highest point of our land but wasn’t sure if what I could see on the horizon was a faint glow from the  Northern Lights or not.  Mind you it was a good night for star gazing.