I’ve had enough of the snow now.  It’s hard to do jobs at our Bolehill cottages when you are forever putting on wellies to go back and forth.  One cottage departed on Tuesday (12th Feb) and one to arrive with one cleaner up.  No more snow but a yellow warning had been issued for snow on Wednesday turning to rain later in the day.  Cottage arrived just after 3pm.  Wednesday morning arrived and one cottage departed.  Luckily no arrivals.  Cleaner up to keep up with cleaning and carry on with deep cleaning.  It stated to flurry about 10 am and then snowing about 11 am.  Chris and I went out and gritted the drive but with the snow blowing around parts were soon covered. Joanna phoned and we decided to cancel the WI meeting as we weren’t sure at what stage the weather would improve so we had to make some phone calls to pass the decision on.  By 1pm the snow was starting to drift so I sent the cleaner home.  The afternoon went in paying February’s bills and looking at the to do lists with Chris seeing what we have or have not done yet.  The Shrovetide Football match in Ashbourne continued despite the weather, if you have not heard about it the match starts on Shrove Tuesday and the goal posts are three miles apart.  The match usually lasts about two days and Ashbourne is best avoided on those days.  It was a very wintry day outside, it both looked and felt cold, I’m quite hardy but even I put the heating on during the day as well as the log burner.  It continued snowing until late until the evening and with the wind it lead to drifting but by 11pm I could hear the sound of rain on the windows and breathed a sigh of relief.  Waking up on Valentine morning I heard birdsong for the first time and decided that  was a good sign but I was disappointed when I looked out and saw there was still plenty of snow.  At least it was not icy and with temperature above zero a thaw had set in.  First thing we went out to clear the drifts off the drive so our departing cottage could get away.  I decided instead of washing the snow away the rain had just gone into the snow and was sitting there trapped in it as the snow was so wet and heavy to move.  One cleaner up to keep up with cleaning. Spent the day in jobs around the cottages such as hanging up new curtains.  Had a Dunelm delivery so more to sort out and with some arrivals on Friday some cottages to prepare. By the end of the day more snow had gone but I guess the snow against the walls will take a bit longer to go.  At least we have few mild days ahead.