snow in Winnats Pass

Tuesday 8 March was a cold wet day at our Bolehill cottages near Bakewell (see here).  No departures or arrivals but one cleaner here to keep up with cleaning.  Off to Buxton after coffee and to the Dome to pick up this seasons tourist leaflets.  There was still snow in Buxton although the roads were clear.  After collecting the leaflets we did a little bit of shopping before lunch at the No 6 Tearoom near the Opera House.  We then drove around to Castleton.  There was still snow around on the higher ground but as we descended through Winnats Pass we could see there was no snow at Castleton.  The place was pretty quiet and we had a wander around the lanes and shops even though it was quite drizzly.  Back home late afternoon.  Wednesday was another wet and cold day.  First thing I went down to Bakewell to try out a new keep fit class which combines dancing and keep fit to music.  Managed to keep up – sort of!  After the class I went for a coffee with one of the other ladies so it was both an energetic and relaxing morning.  As the weather was still wet in the afternoo we decided to go to Bookers in Chesterfield and also called in at B&Q and Dunelm of course! Thursday was a quieter day.  No departures but two arrivals with cottages already prepared.  Still one cleaner was here to carry on with other cleaning.  Stocked up on logs.  Chris went to Matlock to pick up some replacement guttering for one of the cottages.  Both cottages arrived just after 3pm, one has been before.  When Chris got back from Matlock we popped down to drop some bits off at Little Cowden Farm where they are about to start lambing in earnest with the main births over two weeks from Saturday. We saw some of the first arrivals which were born in the last twenty-four hours.  Will call in again soon to get some photos.