A6, The -
This is an extract from local tourist guide, 'A Teenager's Guide to Derbyshire':
'From Castle Donington in the south of the county to New Mills in the north, the A6 has got the lot. Why not take a trip to Bakewell to sample their magnificent puddings? On the way you could call in at Shining Cliff Woods and have a stirring ramble. For night-time travellers the A6 offers the very best in street lighting. There are also numerous laybys - so handy for unexpected engine failure, or even if you just want to pause along the way and admire the scenic Derwent Valley. The A6 is without a doubt among Derbyshire's best A-roads.'
Alport Height -
I first came here when I was really small. It's a local beauty spot and really high up. You can supposedly see four counties on a clear day. You can definitely see part of the Peak District - if you look towards Ashbourne you can make out Thorpe Cloud on the horizon.
Bowl’O’Rama, Barry's -
Michael and Olivia used to play in tournaments here every week. The cafeteria does a very nice cup o’cinno, for only 97p.
Bakers Brook -
The river that runs through Bakersfield, eventually joining with the Derwent. Last summer me and John camped down by the brook. We stayed there for about five hours, before going back to John's, because he had forgotten to turn his computer off (he was worried about his screen or something). While we were there we saw some youths playing football. They asked if we wanted to join in but John didn't want to so I had to say no. I wouldn't have minded it. John isn't all that athletically orientated really.
Bakersfield -
A nice quiet town just to the north of Shepherdsfield, but bordering onto it - a bit of a suburb, I would say. I grew up in Bakersfield. My parents live in Shepherdsfield, about twenty minutes walk away from where my flat is now.
Bakersfield is about twelve miles north west of Derby. The nearest towns are Wirksworth, a couple of miles to the north, and Ashbourne, to the west. I like Bakersfield. There's never that much happening, but that's never bothered me really. It's quite handy for me to walk into work at Alan's Cycle Shop, rather than having to get the bus every day to Milford.
Bedford -
Olivia Destiny was born here in 1978, so that's something to recommend it in my eyes. I've never been to Bedford but I have heard friends say that it's got a really nice embankment and in the summer you can pass away some pleasant hours there reading or eating an ice-cream or people watching.
Coffee Pot, The -
The art house cinema in Shepherdsfield. I recently had a date with Anna here. We saw 'Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf'. I must say I felt a bit afraid that I was going to be deafened by all the shouting that was going on between the characters in the film.
This cinema doesn't show blockbusters, but if you're a senior citizen you can get in for £2.30 and they do a lunch club on a Wednesday where they show old black and white films and the old people (over 50's) can help themselves to crusty rolls and an assortment of cheeses. Every month they have a guest cheese (in association with Cheevers - the delicatessen across the road). Last month was Wensleydale. I know because it was in the paper.
Cumbria Advertiser, The -
Local newspaper for the Lake District area. The offices are in Kendall. Sandy Catanzaro has worked here as a staff reporter for the last three years.
Diddly Dud Inn, The, near Shepherdsfield -
Olivia and John sometimes come to this upmarket pub restaurant for romantic occasions. There is ample disabled parking and a separate children’s menu.
Ellen’s private sauna -
Known only to Ellen and Michael (and now also Martin Blarnspot) this secret sauna room was built in 2000 to be a place a tranquility and calm amid the hurly burly of everyday TV executive life. Ellen often goes here to think. Some weeks as often as twice a day.
George Brown & Associates, Little Eaton, Derbyshire -
Olivia worked here as a PA before joining Channel Z Television in September ‘98.
HardHarness Saloon & Country Dancing Hotel, The -
Another one of Olivia and John’s hangouts. They often enter the Monday night pub quiz here. I suspect that John fills in the answers almost single-handedly.
Howden Water -
One of the lakes which make up the Lake District. The town of Ottersdale sits on its peaceful shore. When I visited Howden Water, when I was doing my Lake District Report, I was surprised at how tanned many of the local people were. I have always thought that the Lake District was - along with Manchester - one of the wettest places in the UK, yet here were all these retired folks out for a day of sailing on the water, or painting some watercolours, and every single one of them as brown as a nut. I guess when the sun shines there you make the most of it.
