Friday saw two departures and one arrival for the New Year and one cleaner up.  Went down to Bakewell early afternoon to get provisions for the weekend.  Guests arrived just after 3pm.  Saturday saw four departures and two arrivals for the New Year.  Another wet day which made cleaning harder for the two cleaners.  No major problems but oven cleaning was a top priority.  The rain finally relented in the afternoon at our peak district cottages but it turned colder.  Cottages arrived between 4 and 5pm.  Sunday was a more pleasant day weather wise but we had plenty to do.  One departure and three more arrivals for the New Year.  Cottages already prepared but also got a phone call from Chris’s brother who arrived later in the day for a short stay.  All three cottages arrived between 3 and 4pm, one has been before.  Also in the afternoon the couple we know from Ashford in the Water (they used to be regular guests) came up for coffee so a busy but pleasant day.

Here are the weather stats for December although the rainfall may not be accurate as we were without the weather station for a few weeks.

13th was coldest day and night with lowest temp of -5.7 deg C on 13th.  Warmest day was 28th and night 22nd with highest temp 10.6 deg C on 21st.  Wettest day was 20th with 1.16 in rain with 5.76 inches for month (7.29 inches Dec 2011). 

We recorded 42.58 inches of rain for 2012 (and there was more!) compared to 30.75inches in 2011.