Monday 5th August was a cooler day with drizzle on and off at out cottages near Bakewell (see link).  I was expecting worse as the forecast was for rain all day. First thing down to Bakewell to get provisions for the next few days as Bakewell will be busy until the end of the week. The market was unusually quiet, probably down to the weather. No arrivals or departures so time to get on with other jobs. Later in the evening we had a WI committee meeting to finalise our entry in the Bakewell Show. Tuesday morning started dull and mid morning Chris took Lynne and me down to the Bakewell Show ground so we could set up our entry in the WI tent. The ground is quite soggy because of the recent rain and I suggested our cleaner take her wellies with her to the show! Chris and I then went to Ashbourne for the afternoon as it was one of our days off. We had a late lunch before walking round the shops. By now it was a bit sunnier and warmer. It’s always lovely to see such a diverse range of shops in Ashbourne, very few empty ones with the only thing spoiling it is the amount of heavy traffic through the town. It could do with a bypass. Wednesday was a lot warmer and sunnier. In the morning Chris and I caught up with odd jobs and after lunch I headed off to Buxton to do a big shop at Morrisons as well as call in at the electrical wholesalers and get some bits for Chris. Phoned Lynne in the evening to see how we had done at the show, unfortunately we didn’t win anything this time but its taking part that counts.  There was a nice sunset to round off the day and the evening light highlighted the different colours in the fields that have been harvested and silaged.