Thursday was another pleasant day at our peak district cottages.  One cottage out with one back in and one cleaner up.  A day of odd jobs around the house and Chris went to Over Haddon for the digital camera workshop (then went and fixed someones computer!)  Guests arrived about 4pm and in the evening we went with some friends to Great Longstone for a meal.  Finally Friday with some promised sunshine and warmth arrived so we went to Chatsworth House for the day.  For once we had a discovery ticket so this also gave us a chance to look at the farmyard and the adventure playground.  First of all though we wandered round the gardens with the dogs to have a look at this years ‘Beyond the Limits’ Sothebys exhibition of sculptures for sale which were dotted around the gardens.  As usual there were some we could not see the point of but my favourite was the lion made out of tyres which I thought was very clever!  There were also a lot of school parties there.  After a look aroundthe farmyard and playground we had lunch.  We then had a look around the house.  There is still some scaffolding around the house but where it has been removed you can see what a difference the restoration is making. There were a number of changes since we visited last year and there was an exhibition in honour of the 6th Duke who was responsible for a lot of the work at Chatsworth.  We also went into the display house (or greenhouse) part of which is now open to the public.  On the way home we bumped into one of our guests at the Chatsworth Farm Shop who we had also bumped into in the gardens!  With a lot of returning guests this week we have spent a lot of time chatting to them as they went and returned durng the day.  Made time in the evening to get some bits ready for Saturday as it is going to be a busy day!  I now have a Flickr account and here are my Chatsworth photos.