Last week it still felt like winter at our Bolehill Cottages near Bakewell (see here) but suddenly on Easter Monday it was if summer had arrived.  There was mist in the dales first thing but that soon disappeared and the temperature peaked at 17 degrees.  It was a lovely sunny clear day.  So much for the cloudy and 12 degrees but who’s complaining.  Four departures and four arrivals and two cleaners here.  With it being so nice Chris got out the umbrellas for the patio tables.  It was nice enough to have coffee, lunch and afternoon tea on our patio.  Some guests had breakfast outside.  For the first time this year I put washing out to dry and also washed some door mats.  Everything ready by 3pm and two cottages arrived just after 3pm.  A gap with final arrivals at 5 and 5.30 so caught up with emails and house jobs.  Another nice evening so took the dogs for a walk.  Tuesday was not as warm or sunny but still better than expected for the time of year.  One guest was suffering from sunburn!  One departure and one arrival with cottage already cleaned.  A planned power outage for essential maintenance work was the main feature of the day so guests had been advised in advance of the situation.  We were prepared to lose power from 9am but when power was still on at 11.30 Chris phoned the power company only to be told the outage had been cancelled.  It would have been nice if someone had told us.  With it being so nice both of us spent time on outside jobs.  Accounts can wait for another day.  A quick trip down to Bakewell as I needed some compost and other gardening bits.  Cottage arrived just after 4pm.   In the evening we went to Piedaniels for a meal with Joanna and Andrew which we all enjoyed.  Here are the photos from Middleton Top on Sunday.