Thursday 30 May was forecast to be a better day at our Bolehill Cottages near Bakewell (see link) but in fact it turned out to be worse than the previous couple of days. One departure and one arrival and one cleaner here.  Originally had planned to go and get some more plants and start planting them out but instead I made the most of the dreary day and caught up with paperwork and WI accounts. The weather is also affecting the farmers.  Green Cowden has cancelled the sheep shearing as the fleeces are too wet to shear and the grass is ready quality wise for Andrew to be silaged but it is too wet.  Ever seen a picture of a calf with a broken leg in plaster?  Here is one we went to see down at the farm and as we went  later in the afternoon Chris helped bring the cows in for milking, not that they needed much encouragement.  At least Friday was a better day weather wise. Perhaps not good enough for a walk, as we had one departure and no arrivals, but good enough for Chris to go out and do some weed spraying. Before we got down to work we helped bring the last of the cows across from the farm. My role was to keep the cows in one field from getting to near to the gate so that the other heifers could get in. Luckily they chose to follow me (must have thought I had some corn) and I managed to hold their attention long enough for the heifers to get into the field. I had some items I wanted to get from Chesterfield so I headed off there for a couple of hours retuning mid afternoon. I then did a little bit of paperwork and some preparations for a busy Saturday. As the cloud had lifted it was nice to see the scenery again in the evening when I took the dogs out.