The week of 13th June remained unsettled.  During the previous week we had not gone for a walk because it had been too hot, now it was too wet.  A trip to Chesterfield took its place on Tuesday when we had no arrivals or departures.  On the social side we went to Ian’s (Andrew’s son) 30th party at Ashford on Friday evening.  We’ve been living here long enough to go to his 18th, 21st and 30th birthday parties!  The build up in Bakewell had been for the weekend with the third Eroica cycling event taking place.  This year they were expecting up to 4000 riders (vintage bikes essential fancy dress optional), some of whom stayed with us.  Two cottages were returning guests and one came from Austria to take part.  The rain had left the show ground in a very soggy state as it is also the flood plain for the River Wye.  There were traffic problems in Bakewell on Friday and Saturday because of the event with attendees going to the showground to register.  One of our guests described the conditions at the showground as Glastonbury with bikes.  Even so we went down on the Sunday morning to cheer some of the riders as they set off.  The festival that is associated with the cycling event has also grown over the past few years.  At least it stayed dry for the cycle ride but rain returned for the afternoon.  A 50/50 split between Saturday and Friday for arrivals with some of the guests arriving here on Thursday for the Eroica.  We even managed a trip down to the Garden Tearoom on Saturday introducing one of our guests to the scrumptious cakes!