It’s always nice when friends come to stay so it was nice to welcome one of our friends to Bolehill on Wednesday.  She braved the horrible weather to get here about lunchtime – she said it was trying to snow on the Cat and Fiddle. Not surprised.  I had spent the morning washing some curtains in one of the vacant cottages so along with my coat which had got very wet when taking the dogs out, there was a lot of drying going on in the laundry room.  First time for ages I had not enjoyed taking the dogs out. I had planned to go down to Bakewell after lunch but it didn’t really stop raining until about 4pm so it was a bit late then.  One cottage in, arriving about 4pm, they have been before.  In the evening we decided to go out for a meal and thought we would try the Druids Inn at Birchover as we haven’t been there for a while.  There was a lot of surface water around.  When we got to the Druids Inn it was closed, as in completely closed, no sign or information and with the Red Lion in Birchover holding a quiz and supper night we thought we would try the Bowling Green in Winster, only to find they weren’t serving food that night!  Fourth time lucky stopping at the Farmyard in Youlgrave where we had a nice meal.  At least Thursday saw an improvement in the weather with some dry and sunny spells amongst the showers.  One cottage out with one due back in and one cleaner up.  Went down to Bakewell with friend to do banking and get some provisions for the next few days.  After lunch and after guests arrived we went to the Peak Village Outlet Centre.  In the evening we watched the mist rise out of Lathkill Dale and I saw the first hare at our peak district cottages.