So how did you spend Good Friday?  Chris and I spent a couple of hours in the morning clearing a paths through the car park and into the courtyard at Bolehill.  It meant that our departing guests could get their car up into the courtyard to load up.  It was the first car in the courtyard for a week!  When I took the dogs for a walk a farmer was clearing more snow from the road meaning cars can now drive on both sides of the road.  One cleaner up and the three cottages due in arrived between 3 and 4pm.  One is a regular visitor and the other two had not been here since we arrived.  At least the sun had shone for a lot of the day and helped loosen more snow where Chris had spread salt.  Saturday saw one departure and three arrivals.  Chris dropped me off in Bakewell, as my car was still snowed in,so I could go to the Farmers Market which was quite busy. Time to chat with some of the regulars and exchange snow stories.  The farmer from New Close Farm had been one of the tractors clearing the road earlier in the week as his son was stuck in Monyash and they are in the middle of lambing so they wanted him home!  Green Cowden have almost finished lambing, slightly earlier than expected, but the barns are getting very full as they can’t put any sheep out.  Andrew normally starts to put cows out mid April but as grass hasn’t started to grow yet he is going to be feeding them indoors for a lot longer.  On the way back we called in at Haddon Grove Cottages to see how they were doing and also I haven’t seen the state of the road from the cottages to Monyash since I’ve been back.  All cottages arrived between 3 and 4pm, two have been before.  During the afternoon stocked up on logs, still have to wheel them down by barrow as drifts are blocking the garden entrance and log store.  Also had a chance to chat some of the guests.  Another sunny day so more snow has gone and we can now get cars in and out of the car park and courtyard.  In the evening watched Dr Who as well as the Channel 4 programme Walking through History with Tony Robinson walking down the Derwent Valley having started off at Bakewell.  Spotted the Lathkil Hotel from his stretch from Ashford to Rowsley via Magpie Mine and Haddon Fields.  Here are some photos from Friday.