Here we are on a Friday and no guests arriving. It’s rare when it happens at our peak cottages. Still not a 100% so stayed in bed again for a little longer. One cottage departed and Chris helped them take their bits down to the car. The discovery is now completely dead until we can get someone to look at it. Ian brought the post up by tractor as the postman left our post with Andrew. First post in four days. Chris went down to Bakewell to get some more bits but couldn’t get any brussels. Things are starting not to get through. Been keeping in touch with friends in Yorkshire who have had more snow. The news reports showed Pickering which is just up the road from where they live. For the first time Chris could not get the car back up the drive. We also put the cottage christmas trees and decorations back in the loft. On Saturday another cottage departed leaving just one remaining. Up as usual and feeling a lot better. Spent most of the day catching up on personal paperwork but also did a check of all the cottages. In particular with some cottages having been empty since last Saturday I realised I hadn’t checked if anything had been left in the fridges. Luckily very little was but with some cottages still scheduled to be empty for another week or so it also seemed a good idea to switch them off and defrost the freezer compartments. Will do daily checks in all the empty cottages to make sure no leaks or burst pipes etc. Talking to guests booking you hear how other people are being affected in ways that often don’t get reported, eg not being able to get to funerals. Looks like the cold weather will be here a little longer. Let’s see what the farmers forecast tomorrow says. Andrew says the last bad winter here was 1990/91. In the last 24 hours the temperature hasn’t been above -2.6.