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Well i did promise...
As the crow flies Derby is the second nearest city to my home. However as the time flies it's the nearest thanks to the delightful Brian Clough Way.That said, i've hardly ever been there and i still need a map to get around. Occasional forays in the past have included two, maybe three nights out, a handful of uneventful shopping trips and a very memorable afternoon standing on the terraces at the Baseball Ground getting coined from the Popside.I'd never felt massively inclined to head over there much as you can tell but recently quite a few friends had told me that the shiny Westfield shopping centre was the new Meadowhall (like i'm interested) and i'd heard that the Quad was worth a visit. I was also intrigued to inspect the 'Cathedral Quarter' they'd been mooing on about for a while on all the promotional literature so off i shot.
Income generated today: Nil
Well i did promise...
As the crow flies Derby is the second nearest city to my home. However as the time flies it's the nearest thanks to the delightful Brian Clough Way.That said, i've hardly ever been there and i still need a map to get around. Occasional forays in the past have included two, maybe three nights out, a handful of uneventful shopping trips and a very memorable afternoon standing on the terraces at the Baseball Ground getting coined from the Popside.I'd never felt massively inclined to head over there much as you can tell but recently quite a few friends had told me that the shiny Westfield shopping centre was the new Meadowhall (like i'm interested) and i'd heard that the Quad was worth a visit. I was also intrigued to inspect the 'Cathedral Quarter' they'd been mooing on about for a while on all the promotional literature so off i shot.
The place is dead once you're out of aforementioned shopping centre. It seems that any business worth its salt simply had to relocate to Westfield which opened a year or so ago (i think) and subsequently the streets are empty. There's a fair chance there are more uninhabited shops sporting To Let signs than actual ones open for business and as for the Cathedral Quarter... well, let's say i walked through this cultural area once without realising then had to go back through it again just to make sure it was there.
The Quad was good though - it's a cinema cum art gallery cum meeting place and they show decent films that are not necessarily of the blockbuster variety. There was a photographic exhibition on (free entry - yippee!) and they do a decent cup of coffee served by surprisingly pleasant staff in the funky eaterie.
But that was the highlight and the photos show i'm not messing. If the rest of my tour of the Midlands continues in this vein i will have to consider relocation myself...
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