A showery day was forecast so we were not sure whether to go for a walk or not and although it was warm outside, it had already rained briefly this morning.  In the meantime we did a bottle bank run down to Bakewell and picked up the Sunday paper.  When we got back we decided to go for a walk.  I had selected a 4 mile walk from Eyam as we had guests arriving in the afternoon and this meant we should get back before they arrived.  Only problem was that Blue had gone temporarily awol but when he returned we set off for Eyam and managed to find a parking space in the village.  We walked down the main street passing the Hall and stocks before taking the path out of the village by the Lydgate graves.  This path went past the boundary stone where the holes for placing money during the plague are still visible and dropped down ito Stoney Middleton.  We took the path out heading towards Knouchley Farm at which point we started to head uphill to pick up a track back towards Eyam.  We had already identified a nice picnic spot on a previous walk but someone else was already using it so we stopped further down in the field.  We still had a good view towards Grindleford, up to Froggatt and Curbar Edge and round to Calver.  We set back of again picking up an old track, uphill at first, then levelling out before dropping back into Eyam.  Stopped and bought an ice cream at one of the tea rooms before heading back to the car.  By now it was looking very ominous.  We just got back to the car when the heavens opened.  We had always planned to visit Eyam Museum so waited in the car in the pouring rain before it eased enough to dash across the road to the museum.  The museum covers the story of the plague as well as other historical and geological aspects.  Hard to believe hippos were at one time roaming round the area!  Got back just after guests had arrived, they have been here before.  In the evening we went to Over Haddon for the last of this seasons film nights.  The film shown was the Coen Brothers film, Burn after Reading.