Sunday was a bright day and time for last minute preparations at our peak district cottages as our friends from Yorkshire were arriving later in the day to stay for Christmas.   First down to Bakewell for recycling and Sunday paper and stopped at Green Cowden Farm on way back.  Ended up staying for coffee.  One cottage arrived about 4pm with friends arriving not long afterwards.  In the evening we went down to Felicinis in Bakewell.  Christmas Eve was unsettled so no chance of a walk.  When our friends are here we do like to get some walking done if we can but it was not to be so we went to Buxton and had a look at the house after which we had a wander round Buxton and some lunch.  Back home to one arrival. Christmas Day followed our usual routine except with the unsettled weather we didn’t walk down to the Lathkill at Over Haddon for a pre dinner drink but drove down.  We had a good day and it is the one day I put the closed sign up in the office and ignore the computer and try and relax! This is blog 1500 so another milestone reached.