Monday was a quiet day at our Bolehill cottages (see link).  Two departures and no arrivals and one cleaner up. When taking the dogs for their early morning  walk  noticed there was the usual Monday morning traffic with farmers taking their livestock down to the market.  At this time of year anything between 2-3000 sheep can go through the market plus cattle.  Although no arrivals time went in cottage preparations for the next few days and the cleaner has started on her winter cleaning routines.  Each week between now and Christmas she will be doing extra cleaning jobs in the cottages In the evening I went to Over Haddon for the Village Hall committee meeting.  Good news in that the toilets in the car park will remain open this winter thanks in part to the parish council and also to Natural England who have footed the cost.  At least walkers using Lathkill Dale will have some toilets to use. Tuesday was a colder day but it was dry and sunny.  One departure then we set off to Buxton and Chapel en le Frith to do some sourcing of materials for the refurbishment of Dove early next year.  Also went to check on the progress of our other project in Buxton before heading home.  Took a number of bookings during the day so that was good. In the evening we went to Piedaniels for a celebration meal as we have now been here ten years. They have a good value set meal for during the week.  Wednesday saw one departure and three arrivals and one cleaner up. The Chatsworth Christmas Market starts Thursday for ten days and like last year we are quite busy because of it.  One of the arrivals on Wednesday is showing there and is booked in here for nearly two weeks.  Another of the arrivals are  regular guests and are here because of it and the final cottage, new guests are here just for a break.  All were here by 4pm.  Spent some time researching advertising for next year.