Monday was another very cold day, the temperature barely got above freezing, at our Bolehill cottages near Bakewell (see here). No departures or arrivals but two cleaners here cleaning and handyman and Chris painting in Derwent, shower finally installed. I did a number of jobs in the cottages, mainly inventory checking.  Stocked up on logs and took the dogs for a walk.  Snow is very crunchy.  Should have gone to bowls in the evening but some of the lanes are still a bit icy so kept the dogs company whilst Chris went to the Photographic Society in Bakewell.  Tuesday was less cold and with almost wall to wall sunshine.  Painting in and finishing touches to Derwent bathroom.  Two handymen in Derwent with Chris painting and two cleaners deep cleaning.  Had a delivery of a suite during the morning.   I continued with curtain washing and in the afternoon I went down to Bakewell to get provisions for the next couple of days.  I had to dig the car out of the snow first!  There is still so much snow around.  Brought some more logs in.  Later in the afternoon I spotted the potential for a lovely sunset so took the dogs up to the back fields and got some nice photos.   Wednesday 4 Feb was like Tuesday in that it was less cold and the sun helped soften some of the snow.  I still cannot believe how much snow is still here but still keep finding photos to take.  A busy day in the cottages doing inventories and hanging curtains back up. Chris and handyman finished last of bits in Derwent and did a bit of cleaning and tidying up so the cleaner can start the deep clean in advance of the weekends guests.

Weather stats for January. Highest temp 12.6 deg C on 9/1, lowest temp -2.8  on 23/1.  warmest day 1st and night 9th, coldest day 20th and night 22nd.  Wettest day 14/1 with .43 inches with total for month 3.1 inches (Jan 14 6.18 inches).