Tuesday August 30 was another fine day, warm with blue skies on the whole.  No departures but two arrivals and two cleaners here to keep up with cleaning.  A visit from our friends who live in Ashford during the afternoon and both cottages here by 4pm, one has been before.  Pleasant enough to eat outside in the evening too.  Wednesday was our day off with one departure but no arrivals.  Instead of going for a walk, as it was a bit showery to start with, we went for a drive up to Holmfirth which we haven’t been to for many years.  Stopped first at Hassop Station for cake and coffee.  Then we drove up to Bamford and headed over the moors via the Strines where heather was still out but probably past its best.  Onto Holmfirth passing a number of reservoirs including Langsett.  At Holmfirth we had a wander around the town finding some of the place used in the Last of the Summer Wine programmes including the iconic Sids cafe and Nora Batty’s house.  There was a bus tour available and as we had time and the driver was happy to take Smudge we had a bus tour around the area where we saw some of the locations used in filming.  A late lunch at Sids Cafe before setting off back home, this time via Holme Moss which was used by riders in the Tour de France a couple of years ago.  Dropping down to Longdendale we passed more reservoirs before driving into Glossop.  Here we picked up the Snake Pass and we stopped where the Pennine Way crossed the road.  We had good views of the area including views towards the Kinder Plateau.  Back home via Bakewell.  Enjoy the photos.

Weather Statistics for August.  Highest temp 24.6C on 23rd which was warmest day and night. Lowest temp 7.9C on 9th which was coldest day with 8th coldest night.  Wettest day 19th with .57 in rain with total for August 2.72 in (8/14 1.69)