Wednesday was quite a sunny and mild day at our peak district cottages but clouded over in the afternoon.  The ground is not as soggy as it has been but paw washing is still required.  One cottage out with two arriving back in later in the day.  One cleaner up.  Chris spent the morning putting together some bedroom furniture that we were able to put in the cottage before guests arrived.  Both cottages arrived by 3.30 giving me the rest of the afternoon to keep up with accounts.  One has been before. Thursday morning saw me wishing I had taken the camera out on my walk with the dogs.  First Smudge decided he wanted to play, which is unusual, then I heard a quad bike and when I went to investigate discovered that the sheep were being rounded up to go home.  So we said goodbye to the sheep.  Later in the morning we made our annual trip to the vets so Smudge and Blue could have their booster jabs and be weighed as well as be checked over by the vet.  (They have both put on weight). They behaved very well (the dog in before them barked all the time) and Smudge got quite excited when the vet opened the fridge (obviously thinking he was going to get something to eat) but he was rewarded with a treat after their jabs.  Had expected a quiet afternoon with one arrival but a phone call resulted in a last minute booking so a full house on Thursday night.  This also means the next  empty night in all the cottages is 4 August and I don’t expect it to be that way by then.  Gave both cottages their final check before going down to Bakewell about 4pm to collect first arrivals as they have no car and when got back took a couple more bookings.  Final cottage arrived about 10.30 so my quiet afternoon had been quite busy!