A Christmas weekend

Friday was the calm after the storm. Bright sunny and dry!   One cottage departed and four due to arrive. One cleaner up and no problems encountered.  Had some potential guests drop in to look at the cottages with a view to making a booking for next year.  Chris spent some time clearing gutters, one of those lovely jobs that has to be done.  Three cottages arrived between 3 and 3.30 pm, one has been before.  A short sharp shower left a wonderful rainbow but couldn’t take a photo as showing guests in.  The final cottage arrived about six pm but final guests arrived about 9.30 pm as they were sharing a cottage with other guests who had arrived earlier.  Saturday started quite foggy but it had settled in the dales and it made for some good photos and other guests were out there in the front fields taking photos too.  I went down to Bakewell for the farmers market in a still foggy Bakewell.  Also taking place was the first day of the Bakewell Christmas Weekend so I went into Bakewell and wandered around the stalls and displays such as classic motorbikes. The lights on the tree were going to be switched on later in the day.  Back at our Peak District cottages two cottages departed and one cleaner up.  Two cottages arrived just after 3pm but in the meantime we stocked up on logs and Chris cleared some more gutters of leaves as more rain was forecast. Rain arrived about 3pm too but the mist never really cleared.  About 6pm we could here the fireworks in Bakewell which I would have thought would have been cancelled due to the wet weather so I missed out on that display.  Never mind. Enjoy the photos.