After such a dismal Sunday it was nice to see some sunshine on Monday at our peak district cottages. With all cottages in for the week I went down to Bakewell Market with Joanna. It was the first time I have had a chance to go on a Monday (and probably also the last time until after the summer) but we had a mission. The Methodist Church does refreshments on a Monday morning and local and charitable organisations are allowed to run a stall selling bric a brac and homemade cakes etc. Our WI has one scheduled for August and with another local WI having theirs on Monday we thought we would investigate. We also stopped for a coffee there! Having got what we needed at the market it was back home and with a pleasant afternoon, having done my usual Monday routines, I spent some more time in the garden. I have nearly planted out all my plug plants but have some other plants to pot on and some plants from the auction to plant in. Tuesday was even better weather wise with some guests having breakfast outside! I spent some more time in the morning with plants as well as chatting to guests. Nearly there with my plants! In the afternoon we had a visit from our banking relationship manager after which it was nice enough to have an ice cream on the patio! We toyed with the idea of going for a picnic for tea but in the end decided to go to the Lathkil Hotel in Over Haddon and have a meal. It has recently been refurbished and we have always heard good reports about their lunchtime buffet but haven’t eaten there in the evening for a number of years. As it was nice enough we ate outside in the beer garden with the dogs taking in the lovely views. We both enjoyed our meals and the dogs enjoyed barking at a hot air balloon! The sheep in the fields haven’t been shorn yet but those at Green Cowden have. This led to an amusing incident a few days ago when one of the cleaners arrived quite upset as there was a dead sheep at the side of the road. When we investigated we found it was just a fleece that must have fallen from a lorry.
