Thursday was a very warm day at our peak district cottages which got off to a dark start as we had a planned power outage for a few hours so remedial works could be carried out following the power problems a few weeks ago.  Chris stayed at home while I went down to Bakewell to get provisions for the weekend.  At least by the time I came back power had been restored and Chris was checking all the timer switches.  He had even got the generator ready just in case.  Usually on a Thursday afternoon Chris goes to Over Haddon for the digital workshop but decided not to.   One reason was the amount of leaves that already seem to be accumulating in the car park so both of us spent a few hours in the gardens doing some tidying up and leaf clearing and pruning, even in the heat!  Andrew started the third silage and the grass was cut in the fields behind us in the afternoon.  This is the first time since we have been here that we have seen a third cut.  As it was a warm evening we had dinner outside.  With no-one in or out on Friday we thought we would have a little more time off.  The rowing machine was up mid morning to do the next stage of the silaging.  Some of the milk cows are staying in overnight now and we only have the ‘hooligans’ left on this side of the road.  Too warm for a long walk but we decided to walk down to Over Haddon for lunch at the Lathkill.  We were able to get one of the outside tables for lunch and enjoy the views and the sun!  One of our guests had also stopped there for lunch.  The temperature peaked at 25C beating Thursday’s 24.2C.  When we walked back we stopped off at Andrews to see how they were getting on.  Andrew was piling up the grass and I had hoped to get a ride on one of the tractors back to our place but they were just finishing collecting so never mind, I can wait until next year.  Anyway, here are a few photos.