Looking to Bluebell

Sunday was a lovely November day at our Peak District cottages near Bakewell (see here).  One departure but no arrivals. Got the paper from Ashford to avoid the Remembrance Service in Bakewell.  Mark and Karen from the Garden Tearoom in Over Haddon joined us for coffee and with a few vacant cottages we showed them around.  By the time we had finished coffee and a tour it was nearly lunchtime!  Stocked up on logs in the afternoon and then some jobs around the house.  An early dinner for the dogs so we could go to Buxton where we took advantage of the tapas meal deal at the Flamenco Restaurant.  We then walked to the Opera House as we had tickets for a performance of ‘Never Forget’ with the Tideswell Male Voice Choir and Corus Brass Ensemble plus soloists.  The performance saw a selection of songs and music with links to conflicts over the last couple of hundred years with the highlight being a solo

Watching the wagtail

performance by one of our neighbour’s (Green Cowden) sons who sings with the Tideswell choir.  His performance was very good and well received by the audience.  Monday also stayed fine.  No arrivals or departures but one cleaner here to keep up with cleaning and another to help with painting furniture.  They will also be helping with some maintenance work during our quieter spells.  Chris had some jobs in vacant cottages.  For me a day of planning as we will be busier later in the week but with a couple of quiet weeks ahead I took to walking around vacant cottages with pen, pad and tape measure. Chris worries when I do this because he knows I end up giving him lists of things to do!