Tuesday was a quieter day.  In the morning I went down to Bakewell to get my hair cut and by the time I had done the WI banking and business banking, dropped in payments for bills and got provisions for the next few days it was time for lunch!  With it being a reasonable day weather wise I did some extra washing.  I am having to use the outside drying area set aside for guests use which means I have a long walk to put the washing out!  Spent some time working on prices for next year.  In the evening we went to the Derwentwater Arms in Calver for a meal with Andrew, Joanna, Ian and Fay.  We all enjoyed our meal.  Wednesday was a bit more cloudy and as we haven’t been to the Ashover Show for a number of years it was about time we went again.  Ashover is a small village to the south east of Chesterfield with an award winning CAMRA pub.  The annual show, now in its 79th year, is a smaller but less commercialised version of the Bakewell Show and a nice family day out. We set off mid morning from our peak district cottages heading across country from Rowsley.  When we got to the main road from Matlock to Chesterfield we could see the traffic was queuing for some way to get to Ashover so we drove round the minor roads and came into Ashover a different way avoiding the traffic.  We were able to park in the village and walk to the show.  We had a good time walking around, and as usual the dogs were made a fuss of despite the fact there were plenty of dogs there.  We watched the judging of cattle ad sheep, looked at the tractors and other machinery to buy, visited the food tents, the craft tents, the charity stalls.  Watched the sheepdog trials where they had to round up geese, watched the dog agility show, show jumping and looked at the displays of old tractors and machines!  Phew!  We came home via Matlock where we called in on the previous owners of Bolehill Farm and had a cup of tea and a chat.