Friday saw another wet morning with it drying up a little in the afternoon.  One cleaner up and first guests for Christmas arrived about 7.30 in the evening.  They have been before.  During the day I spent time finishing bits in the cottages and late morning went down to Bakewell, where a part of the car park was closed as it was under water.  Chris was over at Buxton for a few hours in the morning after which we went over to Monsal Head to collect our goose for Christmas.  We stopped at the cafe there for a late lunch and dropped of a few Christmas cards on the way.  On Saturday I went down to Bakewell first thing taking my Singapore guests with me as they were off to Manchester.  A wander round the Farmers Market to pick up some last minute food before back to our Peak District cottages.  One cleaner up and after final checks for today’s arrivals I concentrated on cottages due in over the next couple of days and put up the final tree!  It was quite a wet morning and there’s nothing I hate more than trying to finish off cottages in the rain.  Also spent a few hours doing some Christmas preparations in the house.  Two cottages arrived about 4pm with final one arriving about 7.30, they have been before.  We also have a few dogs here for Christmas so Smudge will be happy.  After dinner we went down to Andrew and Joanna’s for a couple of hours.  All the cows are now in for the winter so no black and white objects on the landscape for a few months!