I had decided that Wednesday would be the best weekday at our Bolehill cottages near Bakewell (see here).  Despite the misty start we thought we would go to Chatsworth to see the outdoor sculptures as well as the latest displays in the house.  Even after coffee there was still no sign of the sun but we set off regardless and opted to visit the house first.  It was busy, perhaps everyone had the same idea, but we enjoyed our stroll throughout the house, noticing the changes from the previous year and looking at the exhibitions for this year which was wartime based.  As the mist had still not lifted after visiting the house we had lunch and instead of eating in the courtyard we ate in the restaurant where we had a pleasant lunch.  So we were disappointed when we left the restaurant and the mist was still there, in fact there was drizzle in the air.  So much for sun from 10am!  Nevertheless we made the most of the gardens taking the dogs with us to view the Beyond Limits sculptures.  As usual a mixture of the interesting and bizarre.  Most enjoyable, and probably the most expensive, was the feature by Xu Bing, a Chinese artist, which was more impressive close up and as it was situated on the private lawns we were allowed to view in small groups.  The sun did make a cameo appearance about 4pm and I had what was probably my last ice cream of the year before we came home.  Thursday was similar weather wise but the sun did make more of an appearance in the afternoon.  A busy morning with bookings and also a couple of cancellations – both were bookings I had taken on Wednesday evening.  We have had a spate of cancellations recently but that’s how it goes.  Otherwise it was a catch up day and I also spent time chatting to guests.  We have a friend coming to stay at the weekend so I had some preparations to do but hopefully we’ll have some time to relax even if it is a busy Saturday.  Enjoy the photos.