On Saturday morning we said goodbye to three cottages at Bolehill and two cleaners came up to turn them round. I drove down to the Auction House at Bakewell and had a look at what was on offer at the Garden and Plant Auction.  I decided there were some lots of interest but they were not due to be sold until the afternoon so I came back and had coffee and an early lunch and checked on the progress of cleaning before going back.  I bid for a number of lots and at the end of the sale when I rounded up my purchases I realised I was not going to get them all in the car!  When I phoned Chris three of the cottages had already arrived so he came down and collected the rest of the plants.  I bought a mixture of shrubs, some pots which were already planted up for the summer and some bedding plants (see picture below). We were back by 4pm and the remaining two cottages arrived between 5 and 6pm.  Of the five arrivals three have been before.  Sunday was a lovely day and after getting the paper from Bakewell Chris and I spent most of the day doing bits around the courtyard and gardens.  It was the first real chance to do some pruning, take out some dead shrubs and start planting in the new ones, after all I have about six dozen plants to find a home for.  Chris also cleaned out our pond, luckily the fish survived the winter.  It was nice enough to have coffee and lunch outside.  Monday was similar, a lovely Bank Holiday Monday for a change, bearing in mind that five weeks earlier on Easter Monday there was still plenty of snow around!  There was one departure and one arrival and one cleaner up.  Guests arrived about 3pm and then some more planting !  It was even nice enough to make the trip to Monyash for one of the ice creams from the Old Smithy.  Worth the petrol!