Wednesday and Thursday were again fine days with Thursday being a lot warmer at our cottages near bakewell (see here). Wednesday saw one arrival later in the day with one cleaner up. I went down to Bakewell in the morning to get some provisions for the next few days, I thought Bakewell was quite busy. After lunch I caught up on paperwork and accounts as well as final check for cottage. Chris spent some time with one of his photography friends but came back for an early tea. After that we went to the village hall in Over Haddon for a meeting about the River Lathkill. We went to one a few years ago and this was a follow up. In the last few years there has been a scientific study of water flow of the river specifically with a view to where the water goes. This is of great concern to a number of parties for as those of you who visit the river regularly ( and there are up to 10000 visitors a year who do) know it does run dry and up to four times a year they have to move the fish. We both learnt a lot more about the river and the catchment area and plans for returning the water from the Lathkill catchment area to the Lathkill river itself.  This will be reversible if there are any unforeseen effects. The chief cause is the Magpie Sough which was dug in the late 19th century and the plans to remedy this were discussed. The plans have the support of the Park and major estates in the area (Haddon Chatsworth and Melbourne) as the catchment area is on their land. It now needs local support and some environmental studies before the next phase so watch this space. Thursday was a nice sunny day with a nice sunset. One departure with no arrivals. Andrew Joanna and Ian were up to fly spray cows in the morning after which they joined us for coffee.  The cows have been let into the paddock to do some chomping but will be on the move again shortly. We had thought about going for a drive in the afternoon to see the heather at the Roaches but it started to look ominous so we didn’t go.  When the weather is nice and I have the office door open I often find myself chatting to guests as they come and go.  I had a good afternoon catching up with bits and pieces so that was a positive thing but on the negative side I realised I had got dates wrong for the Farmers Market which I thought was this Saturday (24th) but it is next Saturday (31st) so I have no food in for the weekend. Oops!