At least I was feeling better on Wednesday which for most part was a five minute job day doing all those jobs that only take five minutes but seem to accumulate.  In the evening I picked up Joanna a bit earlier than usual and we made our way to the new Village Hall in Over Haddon for our monthly WI meeting.  We got there early so we could be shown all the procedures with arrival and departure.  We are one of the first groups to use it.  The hall is really nice and has a lot of green features (air source heat pump, solar panels and rainwater used for flushing loos).  Our main concern was how warm it would be bearing in mind the old hall was always difficult to heat but luckily it was warm enough for us despite being a cooler day.  Our evening was to be a craft evening and after the business was out of the way the lady who came last October and gave us a beading demonstration helped us make Easter cards using the ‘iris folding technique’.  Basically this is a craft of folding coloured strips of paper to make a design with a template in such a way that you are left with an iris in the middle.  I made a lamb and despite the fact we all said ‘I cant do that’ at the start we were all pleased with our efforts in the end.  I was much more energetic on Thursday with trips to Bakewell and Chesterfield to get provisions for the weekend and stock up at Morrisons. A busy few days ahead at our peak district cottages with improving weather too!