Let's hear how she got on.

I know I'm not alone in finding the idea about artist dates a challenge, even though it seems quite simple in practice.

You know, you know, two hours of, on your own doing something that you like.

What I find interesting [laughs] about this challenge is that it is something that I used to do an awful lot, particularly when I was living in, say, Manchester or London, where it felt very easy to just kind of, you know, go out and find and do something fun.

And when, uh, Bec gave me the challenge, I think my immediate reaction was, "Oh, what am I gonna, you know, what am I gonna do?" Or even, "Okay, well, you know, I'll have to go to like, you know, Manchester or travel somewhere." And actually it's like, well, no, there's loads of things on, you know, if not on my doorstep.

But, you know, I live in Stoke-on-Trent.

You know, we have a rich kind of cultural history.

Back to Ames, who begins her trip with lunch at The Little Dumpling King in her local town of Hanley.