Handyman phoned at 8am to say he couldn’t get into our drive so Chris told him to go home.  Snow had drifted overnight and there was a big fall too.  I was expecting a few centimeters at most so surprised when we measured 12 inches.  One cottage due out today although gave them option of staying another night if they wished.  As Andrew had a lot of snow to clear of his own it wasn’t until 2pm that he made it up here with the Kramer to clear the entrance and car park and the tractor with snow plough to clear the drive.  With help from other guests cottage got away about 2.30pm. Andrew also collected some logs from the log store with the Kramer as we were getting low and couldn’t use our mini tractor as the snow was too deep. On the cow side the final cows from here went back across the road on Sunday and Andrew put most of the remaining cows in the sheds on Tuesday.  The trouble was that he had been hoping to keep them out for another week or so, so as a result some of the cows aren’t where they should be and some are still out.  Usually as he puts them in for winter he sees to jobs like nail and tail clipping but this has had to go by the wayside for the moment.  Added to which they are now tucking into silage so we will have to hope they can come out early in the spring. Arriving guests cancelled as they also had more snow than expected at their end and with the police advising not to drive unless it was necessary it was better to be safe.  Our weekend booking also looks doubtful but one of the existing cottages may stay another night or two.  Our guests have been managing despite being ‘Bolehill bound’ on the whole and everyone has been mucking in to help keep things ticking over. Spoke to Joanna and agreed there was no point in having the WI committee meeting tonight.  No post again today and laundry could not be returned.  Chris spent a lot of the day clearing routes and I had planned to deep clean an oven in one of the cottages.  I can’t really see myself getting into any of our peak district cottages now for a few days, some of the doors were snowed up this morning anyway as you can see from the pictures so I think I will concentrate on some other things like accounts and planning for Christmas and hopefully I can get cracking on the cottages again next week.