Friday was an overcast day at our Bolehill cottages near Bakewell (see here).  Three departures and two arrivals and two cleaners here.  Both cottages are here for the Eroica cycling event in Bakewell over the weekend and they dropped off a bike at lunchtime before heading back down to Bakewell.  Cleaning and checks completed by lunchtime and I had time to plant out the final bedding plants and pot on some shrubs I had bought from the nursery.  This meant that I had now finished most of the gardening work for this summer so it will be mostly maintenance from now on.  Chris also spent time watering and feeding the hanging baskets as well cutting the grass.  He also went to photograph a cow for Andrew. Also found time to do some preparations for the weekend.  Cottages back from Bakewell just after 6.30pm.  When taking the dogs for walk in evening a curlew flew close by, pity I didn’t have the camera ready.  Saturday started dull but it brightened up in the afternoon although there were a few showers.  Four departures and three arrivals.  Two cleaners here.  All cleaned and checked by lunchtime.  A rush of arrivals at 3pm, one has been before, so rest of afternoon to do final checks for cottages arriving on Sunday and other jobs.  Two cottages were here for the Eroica Britannia.  Sunday was a better day than forecast.  No departures but two arrivals with cottages already prepared.  We went down to Bakewell to get the paper and had a wander around the show ground where the Eroica Britannia festival was taking place.  This year there was an admission charge but that didn’t seem to deter the queues.  Some 3500 riders had set off in stages from 6am to 10 am on either the 30,55 or100 mile route from Water Street returning to Bakewell show ground later in the day.  The bikes have to be at least thirty years old too!  Back home for lunch then a quiet afternoon.  First cottage here at 3pm and second one at 5pm, both have been before.  Also chatted to our Eroica guests when they returned.  One has already planned to book for next year’s Eroica as soon as the dates are known.