Escorts in Kensington: ring the bell by Kensington Court, W8

Olympia London hosts trade fairs, antiques fairs and exhibitions for most of the year, and during a big show thousands of visitors fill the hotels along the western High Street. The Design Museum, in the former Commonwealth Institute on the edge of Holland Park, makes a calm first stop after a long day on a stand, and its shop is the best place in W8 to buy a present on the way home.

The High Street runs east from there, with Kensington Church Street climbing north past the antique dealers towards Notting Hill, and a fringe of small restaurants along Abingdon Road and Earls Court Road. Beyond the shops the district turns quietly residential all the way to Kensington Gardens.

In summer Opera Holland Park performs beneath its canopy among the trees, a short walk from the halls, and a night at the opera is the classic way to reward the end of a show week.

W14 8NL, on the western High Street, is the nearest big hotel to the halls. W8 4PT stands further east beside the park, W8 5DL faces the gardens from Kensington Court, SW7 5LR sits on Queen's Gate where W8 turns into SW7, and SW7 5BB marks the same boundary at Hyde Park Gate.

They are landmarks and no more, and none has any arrangement with us. Serviced apartments near Olympia and private flats off the High Street are just as welcome.

High Street Kensington, on the Circle and District lines, is about a minute from the shops and a fifteen minute walk from Olympia. Kensington Olympia has its own Overground station beside the halls. Up Kensington Church Street, about eight minutes on foot, Notting Hill Gate brings in the Central line, and Gloucester Road is roughly 9 minutes to the south east.

Send the desk a message as the show winds down: the companion, your hotel or flat, the time you expect to be back and how long she should stay. Your full name and the room or house details are confirmed a single time, and a written reply with her name, the hour and the fare fixes the evening.

Kensington is one of the further stops on the route, though still inside Zone 1, so she usually arrives an hour or so after confirmation, later when a show week fills the High Street. You give her the fare directly as she steps through the door.

Six, the halls close and the badge goes into a pocket. Half past six, back to the hotel for a shower and a clean shirt. Half past seven, she meets you in the lobby, and you walk through Holland Park while the peacocks settle for the night. Half past eight, dinner at one of the small places on Abingdon Road, then a last drink on Kensington Church Street before the short ride back.

Four hours fit the dinner date fare, £1,300. After a tiring day ninety minutes at £600 may be plenty, and two hours are £750.

Exhibitors who have talked to strangers on a stand all day and would like one easy conversation. Buyers in town for an antiques or design fair, staying a few nights on the High Street. Consultants on a long project nearby, living in a serviced flat for a month. They want a companion who is good company after a long day, content with a quiet dinner and just as content to stay in.

No companion lives in W8 itself, but two groups are close. In South Kensington, Danielle talks films and poetry, Milena is tall, direct and a keen tennis player, and Thea cycles across the park to most places. North of the gardens in Paddington live Laura, Nora and Vanessa.

Every girl on the girls page comes to Kensington on the same fares, with the ride included.

South of the High Street lies South Kensington, with Chelsea beyond. East along the park is Knightsbridge, and north across the gardens is Paddington.