Henley Boy

30 Dates – Year One – Day 365

July 7, 2014

It’s quarter to midnight, and I’m sitting in the bar of a luxurious hotel, in a city I’ve never visited before. I’m wearing the same polkadot dress which I wore twelve months ago on my ill-fated date with the Henley [...]

When Life Gives You Lemons …

July 6, 2014

Last week, as I moved all my worldly possessions from a tiny village in Berkshire, to the metaphorical ‘Big Smoke’, I made a comment on Twitter. It was exactly 1 year to the day that I had been ‘sacked off’ so brutally by [...]

My Top Ten Posts of the Year (Miss Twenty-Nine)

December 28, 2013

To round up 2013 on the 30 Dates Blog, I’ve asked the Experimental Daters to choose their ten favourite posts from the blog this year To kick things off, I’ve chosen my Top Ten. The Experimental Daters have each contributed to the blog [...]

SINGLE – The Born Again Bachelorette

December 8, 2013

So yesterday, after almost six months away from Plenty of Fish, I returned to the popular free dating site. Those of you who’ve followed the blog from the start will know that POF is how I met The Henley Boy. And so rather jaded with the [...]

EXPERTISE – My First ‘Expert’ Experience!

November 15, 2013

A few months ago I attended a Guardian Soulmates singles’ event at Vinopolis. Having never done wine tasting before (and with a palate reserved for rose and lemonade!) I was quite excited to learn more about wine, with the opportunity to [...]

The Cupids

October 7, 2013

So … jet-lag appears to have hit me five days late! Am wide-eyed, and anything but bushy-tailed, staring at my alarm, knowing it’s set to go off in about 45 minutes, so I figured I may as well put the time to good use. It’s time [...]

30 Dates by 30 …. Phase Two!

October 6, 2013

So I’m officially thirty! (she says with a deep breath!) Last night, I celebrated the start of my fourth decade with a Gatsby-themed party in Reading. No fireworks, but things did get off to a bang thanks to the lovely girls from the Scarlet [...]

The Return of the Henley Boy – Part Three

October 2, 2013

I said it before when I wrote about the Return of The Henley Boy – Part One, but this isn’t the post I planned to be writing today! In fact, as I sit aboard my flight from LAX to Heathrow, I was originally planning to spend the ten hour [...]

The 30 Dates Challenge in Photos – Part One

September 26, 2013

So with just four days left until my 30th Birthday … and one date of the Challenge remaining, I thought it might be the perfect time to reflect on the past 12 weeks. And how better to do so, than with the help of my iPhone and Instagram [...]

East End Boys and West End Girls

September 11, 2013

I’ve never read too much into postcodes. Growing up in Reading, the only postcode that was ever important was ‘RG1’ – a tacky nightclub in the centre of town which closed down before I was legally old enough to go in! Other [...]