Sunday was forecast to be a pleasant day on the whole, at least in our area.  Three departures and one arrival and one cleaner up to turn cottage round.  With the car park in Bakewell being used for the Christmas weekend we went to Ashford to collect the paper and could see the water on the flood plains. After the cottage had been cleaned we decided we would go to the Chatsworth Christmas Fair.  We weren’t sure how busy it would be so thought we would see how far we could get.  We were surprised that we were able to get to Carlton Lees car park without encountering any queues for Chatsworth.  We thought we would park at Carlton Lees because we did not want to pay £10 for the car park.  So we walked from Carlton Lees to Chatsworth, it took about 30 minutes, but the fields were very soggy and the sound we heard the most was splash! The dogs did not enjoy all the water either.  When we got to Chatsworth we could see why one of the car parks was closed, it was under water!  The place was not as busy as we thought, despite a few coaches being around, but we later found out it had been announced that the fair was closed for the day due to the wet conditions, but we had not seen or heard this despite checking on the website before setting off.  The exhibitors had decided to go ahead anyway as they were told the house and gardens would still be open, so our trip wasn’t in vain.  I did buy a few things so it meant I had to walk back to the car with them.  Back at Carlton Lees we thought we would also have a quick amble round the garden centre before heading home to our peak district cottages to wash the dogs!  Guests had already arrived, they have been before.  After an early tea we went with Joanna and Andrew down to the village hall for the latest film night.  The film offering was Salmon Fishing in Yemen, don’t be put off by the title, it is a romcom with more com than rom! Enjoy the latest photos.