Friday started cold and sunny at our peak district cottages and after usual chores I headed off to the Over Haddon Village Hall where as a Trustee and User Rep I took part in a meeting to see if the Village Hall could qualify for a Hallmark Award (confirms the Hall is complying to the requirements of its charitable status and looks at the management and administration of the hall ).  The assessors seemed happy with the way it is being run but we will have to wait for confirmation.  Back home before lunch to do final checks on cottages due to arrive in the afternoon.  Three arrivals, two have been before.  Two arrived around 3pm and with final cottage not due until late in the evening time to catch up on paper work.  Well that was the plan but a number of phone calls and emails saw the afternoon disappear but that’s how it goes.  There had been talk of wintry showers but nothing materialised until late evening when a very heavy snow storm left a good covering. One of the cleaners phoned to say there was a whiteout in Baslow and one of our cottages cancelled their meal out.  Luckily one of the Bakewell takeaways delivered a meal for them. Most of it had gone by the rime the final cottage arrived at 11pm saving Chris the duty of getting up early to salt the drive.  We went down to Bakewell for the Farmers Market on Saturday morning and stopped for coffee and a wander round the shops too.  Again thought would catch up with accounts but one of our cleaners was having trouble with her car, she is usually very self reliant, so we went over but Chris dropped me off at the the Peak Outlet while he helped.  Back home for a cup of tea then off to Buxton for an early meal at the Thai and a Eric Clapton tribute show at the the Opera House.  There was still a covering of snow in the fields on the way to Buxton but little in town itself but listening to chatter it sounds like we would not have made it to the Opera House on Friday evening.   Had a little panic when got back to the car as the lock had frozen but after a couple of minutes we were able to open the car up. Phew!