Monday was warm day at our Bolehill cottages near Bakewell (see here) but not always sunny.  Cloudy in the morning with showers in the afternoon.  No departures but our late arrival from Saturday cancelled because of continuing ill health.  One of those days that went fast with nothing to show for it!  Tuesday was better with long sunny spells.  Tuesday handyman here helping Chris with odd jobs.  For me some housework and gave the car it’s annual clean!   Also got some new fencing going up.  Wednesday was a lovely warm day with one departure.  A quiet morning and after coffee we packed up the car with some recycling and the dogs and first went to the recycling depot then the peak outlet centre.  We were going on to Ashover for the show but as traffic was still heavy around Ashover we stopped for lunch first.  We got to Ashover about 1.30 and still had to queue but not for too long.  The Ashover Show is always popular with the farming community and locals alike and we always bump into people we know.  Andrew and Joanna were manning one of the dairy refreshment tents so we stopped for a cup of tea there.  Had a good look around the livestock stands before checking out the old tractors and steam engines.  Also had a look round the craft, horticultural and food tents.  We also looked at all the machinery stands , not that we need a new tractor.  The show is nowhere near as big as the Bakewell show and we had looked around everything after three hours.  We came back via the Chatsworth Farm Shop so I could pick up some tea and it was still warm enough to eat outside.  What I have noticed is that even some of our lawn is starting to turn brown, it has been a few years since we have seen that and I was shocked to see we have had less than a quarter of inch of rain so far this month.  That may change over the next few days. Enjoy the photos from the show.