Wednesday was our designated day off at our peak district cottages and despite a promising forecast Chris had offered to take me to Leek.   Last year when I went to Leek I picked up a Walking Tour of Leek and realised there were quite a few interesting buildings so I planned to look at some of these as well as do some shopping.  We stopped first at Longnor for coffee before heading to Leek which is probably as far from here as Chesterfield.  In the 18th & 19th centuries Leek was a centre of silk weaving and was also famous for its embroideries.  Through its Art and Craft movements it also attracted artists and designers including William Morris.  The mills are now redundant and some have been turned into antiques centres, one of which we visited.  As it was market day I was hoping the two main churches would also be open, one was.  St Edwards is Leek’s only medieval church but was restored in the 1800’s.  It has number of stained glass windows, one of which was designed by William Morris.  Unfortunately the All Saints Church had closed by the time we got there.  It is a Grade 1 listed building and was described by John Betjamin as ‘one of the finest churches in Britain’ so perhaps next time. Forgot to take my camera so have another reason to visit Leek, as if I need one as I enjoy shopping in Leek anyway, especially on Market day.  As usual most purchases were for the cottages but I made sure I came away with something for myself. When we came back we found some cows in the front field.  Blue was not happy!  Thursday was bright and breezy with two cottages out and one back in.  One cleaner up.  Chris down at Village Hall again and I did a bit of housework.  After lunch Chris and I went down to Bakewell to get some bits for the weekend.  When we got back I made sure the cottage was ready for day’s arrivals who got here about 8.30.  At least they can make the most of tomorrow.