Some overnight rain then Saturday 5th July dawned dry, bright and warm at our Bolehill cottages near Bakewell (see here). Two departures and three arrivals and with early departures cleaning was finished by coffee time.  We usually have a team coffee break but on this occasion one went home to get ready to go to the carnival and the other one was going for a walk with her husband.  I watched the beginning of the Tour de France to see the Red Arrows fly past then did the final checks of the cottages.  As they close the roads in Bakewell for the carnival I always let the guests know and allow them to arrive a little earlier to beat the closures.  With only three arrivals (two have been before) and two of them here by just after 2pm, we decided to go to the carnival for the first time since we moved here.  We parked at Lady Manners and walked down to town and managed to bag a nice spot by the Derbyshire Building Society in the shade as we had the dogs with us too.  The parade starts at 3pm from the recreation ground and the first you know of the approaching carnival is the band, this year led by the Bakewell Silver Band. It took some time for all the floats and bands to pass. Smudge took it all in his stride but the beating drums of the bands unnerved Blue.  The parade made its way along Matlock Street then Bath Street before making its way back round Bridge Street then heading back down Matlock street to the recreation ground.  In fact the Bakewell Silver Band had to wait for the last of the floats to pass before they could proceed back down Matlock street.  We headed up to Naughty and Nice for tea and cake before the parade finished so we were ahead of the rush.  Back home and caught up with the final arrivals before a quiet evening in.