Peter Latham is a local musician, and his CD can often be heard playing in the One Planet shop. We approached Peter to ask him if he would like to be involved in the project, and we were really pleased when he said he was happy to allow his music to be used for the soundtrack. As he is a local artist, and the film is about showing and supporting the talent we have in our area - we thought it would be great to include Peter playing his guitar in the film too.

Peter's partner Nina Carr is a keen local shopper at the One Planet shop, and we interviewed her about her buying habits. She explained that she enjoyed having the opportunity to buy local products, and find out the stories about the people who made them.

For more details about Peter Latham AKA 'Merlin Music' please visit: www.merlinmusic.co.uk

Plans to film a local honey supplier had to be changed last minute when the weather turned bad and our original interviewee was unavailable. Local beekeepers (or 'apiarists' as they are officially called) Katharine and Mike Stapleford kindly agreed to be involved in the film instead, and with the help of a very large brolly we managed to get the shots we needed.

The weather was damp and wet - and so we didn't want to disturb the bees in the hive, but had fun filming around the hive with Katharine and Mike and they demonstrated how to use a fantastic old 'bee smoker' that is used to calm the bees when neccessary.

We interviewed Katharine about the hobby, and she described how they got into keeping bees. She told us it is really humbling to watch the bees, after realising how much work goes into producing even a small amount of honey,

We were asked to document an exciting event for a local school, when The Most Reverend & Right Honourable Dr. John Sentamu, Archbishop of York visited St. Christophers Hogh School in Accrington to dedicate their new 6th form building.

The Archbishop blessed the new building and chapel - took a tour of the new building, and took part in a question and answer session with a group of students. He describes the St. Christopher's in his blog as 'A great school, with wonderful staff and pupils too – they should be very proud'

To read more about the visit, you can see the Archbishops blog about it here: http://www.archbishopofyork.org/pages/3-december-2011.html

Bob Kitching and his small friendly team make award winning local cheese at Leagram Dairies near Chipping. We visited on a production day, and watched as John and Lee worked their magic to create a batch of cheese. Bob explained the process as it happened, and it was really interesting to see the science behind cheese.

Bob is really passionate about what he does, and is proud of the fact he sources organic milk from local farms. They make lots of different kinds of cheese - including the popular sheeps cheese!

We came home with Christmas Pudding cheese, a delicious blue cheese, and Creamy Lancashire with Fried onions! For more info atbout Leagram Dairies, please visit http://www.ribblevalleyfoodtrail.com/leagram-organic-dairy.htm