By Sunday morning (11 May) there had been over an inch of rain during the last 24 hours at our Bolehill cottages near Bakewell (see link). Down to Bakewell to get the paper first thing after having a chat with guests before we went.  I had planned for a personal day but was overtaken by emails and phone calls so didn’t get much personal stuff done, but did get a number of bookings.  A showery cool day with a few heavier outbursts.  The ground has become quite waterlogged again and we are wondering if the Chatsworth Horse Trials will go ahead even though the weather should start to warm up mid week.  Chris did some more painting in Bluebell which he continued with on Monday. Monday saw two departures and three arrivals and two cleaners up.  My time was consumed with laundry, cottages and emails.  Another day of sunshine and showers, feeling mild in the sun and cool after the rain.  First arrivals here just after 3pm with remaining two cottages not long after, both have been before.  It was very clear in the evening so was able to take some nice photos looking to the edges when I took the dogs out.  Tuesday started off quite pleasantly with a little bit of warm sunshine.  We got an early morning phone call from Joanna.  The milk cows had broken a fence on the way to the field they should have gone in and were now quite happily munching in one of the silage fields.  With Andrew having gone to market Joanna and the apprentice were struggling to get the cows back into the shed to get them back out to the right field so Chris and Smudge went off to help them.  Back at Bolehill the electrician came up to do the final electrical checks on the vacant cottages.  By mid morning the first of the showers passed through and for the next few hours we had a succession of showers but it brightened up later in the afternoon. Caught up with some paper work and chatted to guests as they came and went.  Later in the afternoon I went down to Bakewell to get some provisions for the next few days.  A quiet evening in as it will be the last one in for me for a few days.