Up early and after having put out two lots of laundry Chris dropped me off at Joanna’s at 8.45 and then we went on down to Bakewell to set up our tables.  It was already getting busy in Bakewell itself and after parking at the Methodist Hall we unloaded and set up.  Every Monday there are refreshments at the hall from 10am to midday.  It is always popular and has many regular visitors.  A number of other members brought down some baked goods and bric a brac items and before we knew it we had two tables full of goods.  Two other members came to help which is just as well as when the doors were opened there was a big rush for the tables.  Two hours later we had sold most of the goods and after packing up Joanna dropped me off at home with the unsold goods.  When I totted up our takings I was delighted at what we had made and phoned Joanna.  After lunch caught up with a few jobs before our guests arrived, one cleaner had been up in the morning.  They arrived just after 3pm, they have been before.  As the weather was so nice I suggested a picnic in the evening so at 5pm we set off for Over Haddon where we parked in the car park and walked down to the dale.  We did our usual route to Conksbury Bridge then up to the ridge where made ourselves comfy at our usual spot.  By now it had started to cloud over but it was still warm.  Chris was just wondering why we hadn’t seen any balloons when Blue’s barking alerted us to the Virgin balloon creeping up behind us along with another one.  From where we were sitting it looked like they were flying over Bolehill!  A quick drink at the Lathkil before heading home.  Now the nights are starting to draw in perhaps it was our last evening picnic but hopefully we might get some lunch time ones in.  Tuesday was forecast to be the wettest day and it was raining when I took the dogs out for their walk.  Said goodbye to our Dutch family and one cleaner up whilst I went down to Bakewell to get my hair cut and get some provisions. By the time I got back the sun was out and the rest of the afternoon was quite pleasant.  New guests arrived just after 3pm.  Had planned to get some accounts done but didn’t. (Read recently that we are on average interrupted every 11 minutes these days by technology, eg phones, emails!)  The forecast for Wednesday looked promising so planned a walk just in case.  Also agreed the final proof for our peak district cottages advert in next years tourism brochure. Enjoy the photos.