A weekend of shopping – of sorts!  Up early on Saturday to take friend down to Farmers Market, was busy and they had nearly run out of meat pies on one of the stalls.  Probably all the holiday makers added to the crowds.  After that we had a little walk around Bakewell.  Our friend does various crafts so she wanted to have look round the Needlecraft shop.  I then got my fix of shopping by swinging into the Auction Room on the way home where the latest general auction was in progress but nothing of interest to me.  At home cleaning was well under way with four more cottages departing and two arriving back later in the day.  Two cleaners up as more cottages are required over the next few days.  Guests arrived between 4 and 5 pm, one has been before.  By now it had clouded up a little as it had got off to a sunny start. Finished the day with a Chinese takeaway and looked forward to the extra hour in bed.  Up nice and early (well the clock said it was!) and took the dogs for a walk before two cottages departed.  It was a bit dull but we thought we would go out for a few hours after Chris had reset all the clocks in our peak district cottages.  Not having been able to order some plants on line I decided a trip to a garden centre was in order.  We called in at Bakewell to get the paper then headed over to the Matlock Garden Center.  We had a wander round and decided what we wanted before having a coffee then  purchasing a number of plants and other items.  By now the sun had come out and it was quite pleasant.  We had taken the dogs with us as we thought we might get a little stroll in, our friend is not into walking.  From here we headed over to Cromford Mill where we were able to walk around the site and pop into the shops before we walked into Cromford itself.  Our first port of call was Scarthin’s Bookshop, a real treasure trove for book lovers and then we walked back into Cromford where we found a few more shops to visit.  Of particular interest was a bead shop, Chris reckoned we spent a total of an hour in there although I think that is an exaggeration, but both friend and I came away with a selection of beads and accessories to make some necklaces.  Home in time to find a cottage had not long arrived and were settling in, they have been before, but I had phoned them and said they could let themselves in if we were not back by the time they arrived. Had a roast dinner and a quiet evening in reading the paper although we did watch the programme on BBC4 about off roading in the Peak District. Here is a  picture from Cromford.