Wednesday and Thursday were catch up days, spent on accounts, WI and Bolehill, and general business matters too although I went down to Joanna’s for this months WI committee meeting in the evening.  Thursday was quite a breezy day and with one cottage departing one cleaner up.  I went down to Bakewell for a haircut and to get provisions for the weekend.  Chris went to Over Haddon in the afternoon and in the evening we went to the Opera House at Buxton.  On the way back it was raining really hard and there was a lot of debris on the roads (leaves, branches etc) and I thought I saw some flashes in the sky.  When we got back there were two traumatised dogs and indications of a power cut.  We got confirmation on Friday morning there had been a squally downpour with thunder and lightening.  The amount of leaves in the courtyard were a testament to that!  Four cottages out and four cottages back in and two cleaners up.  Guests arrived between 3.30 and 5.30, two have been before.  Chris found time to clear the courtyard of leaves.  Saturday was quite a dreary day at our peak district cottages and with the drizzle persisting Chris didn’t get a chance to clear the garden of leaves.  Two cottages out and one cleaner here.  Four cottages back in during the afternoon.  Three arrived between 3.30 and 4pm and final one about 6.30.  Three have been before.  We had a surprise visitor late morning.  When we had most of the work done in the cottages when we first came here we had a team of lads stay with us for a while while they worked here and one was in the area today so he called in with his girlfriend.  Nice to see he is doing well. Oh, and we have the young heifers (hooligans) back in the front field so let’s see how long it is before we have a problem with them!