And another weekend shot to hell for TKH and Heather. And by the look of it for the other ten or so Swingin Heaven types we saw there - not only the usual suspects but also regulars whose less well known pelasures and preferences got an airing.
This is to say thanks to the folks who helped to make our visit to the ball enjoyable and to hope you all got a chance to sample everything.
TKH's most perisitent memory is the bizarre couples playspace which had a bunch of flute, cello and sax players wandering round playing their instrumentsr- fine for a while but too funny to be able to carry on when one of them set up a music stand with light and started sawing his way through popular pieces of Elgar. Sort of last night of the proms with folks shagging away in heaps all around.
LIve entertainers and fashion shows absolutely abysmal compared with The Rubber Ball. But a far better selecetion of furniture to play with
Congrats to DH and L of DandL for getting a good flogging for charity and where can I borrow a grope-box for our next big party. Had trouble getting my lady out of the one there.
What were your high spots ??
The Kent Host & Heather.
Just woke up and had a MARVELLOUS time at the SMB.....
Highlights for me were getting flogged (twice).....I think I still have bruises from the whip....and getting pulled up to the stage by the lovely stripper and forced (yeah right) to give a blowjob and lick his arse......thoroughly enjoyed that....
And of course WBB and The Tongue were lovely escorting me round the place and making sure I was introduced to everybody.....
Looking forward to next year already......
Fantastic night for sexual play, but I found it frustrating for the first half, the awards shows were partly exciting partly boring, too uneven, and held up the playing, too much space to wander in, starting to feel 'nothing is happening' except for the 'friendly' people shaking fundrasing cans... But all that was forgotten after about 1 am, and everything fell into place. Good design overall, thoughtful touches, exciting people to play with, lots to see. Hats off to Tuppy Owens and the volunteers, it truly is was a unique and fantastic experience. I do hope in future they end the shows before midnight, structure them better, so people get laid sooner!
Venus, you're absolutely right about the toilet attendants. I'm actually going to write to Tuppy about this. An organization aimed at giving people dignity shouldn't employ people to perform undignified labour. We all know how to use the toilet, don't we?
Yes, I felt for them, amidst all that glamour, I thought it`d have been nice if thier jobs had been made a little more pleasant. They seemed very under appreciated. I spoke to one early on in the night, she was employed until 6am, and wasn`t getting a decent overtime rate.
Venusxxx
um........ it was an interesting experience, but the highlight of my night wast most definitly my whipping!!! i've been running to the mirror at regular intervals today just to have a look at the lines and have a giggle to myself!!!
As far as exhibitionism and stuff goes.... it's just not for me, daz and i got to the couples area and i froze - i can get my bum out in front of strangers no problem - but to actually have sex/make love in front of that many total strangers was too much!!! which is strange, cos a few of you here have seen Daz and I enjoying ourselves!! (mind you, you're not total strangers to us!!!) That said, it was a good night, i've never seen Daz so excited and horny as he was last night!!
Special thanks to SteveD and DebsUk for helping us along and making me a lot more relaxed than i otherwise would have been - as Steve said "her eyes are opening wider and wider!!" :shock: <---- thats would be a fitting picture of me!!
And special congrats to SurreySingle and Babe47 for being brave enough to get on the train as 70's porn star (You did it for me SS hunny!) and Belly Dancer!! (Babe, WOW!!!!!)
It was nice to meet all those i havent met before, and to see all those i have met in a more sober state.
Dawn and I travelled down to London on Saturday Morning only to find that the tube line we needed to reach our hotel wasn't working. How do you break a train? (no need to answer that one). Found a cheap cafe and pub on Tower Bridge Road to while the hours away until it was time to head off to the SMB. We even managed to spend a couple of hours in Soho. Although a hint to anyone jumping into a London taxi and asking to be taken to a porn shop. In London they also have PAWN shops. But they aint quite the same LOL. Dawn soon had the taxi driver blushing when she described the type of shop she wanted to take us to.
With our friends who flew in especially from Northern Irleand "we" decided that our outfits were not becoming of the 10 minute walk to the club. Taxi fleecing number one!. I’m sure it took longer to pay for the ride than the journey itself, but at least we were there in one piece.
We walked into the club and while waiting to get processed we bumped into Stuart and Tanina, Debs UK, Cov38154 and others. Off to a good start, we knew people.
We went round the club a couple of times to find our bearings and to wait for the awards ceremony to start. Unfortunately, there were sooo many people watching the awards that the temperature in the main room was stifling. When you are wearing PVC and you begin sticking to yourself you know its time to find somewhere cooler.
I totally agree with the previous comments about the tin shakers. The serious lack of chairs and the cost of the drinks. I know we were warned, but 'kin ell!. As for the toilet attendants. I thought they were doing it for free cos that was their "thing".
One great thing about the ball is that there were so many totally different things going on in the different rooms that there was always something to watch. Maximum respect to all those who lost their outfits by the end of the night. Some however lost them earlier than others. The mirrored couples dome, fantastic. The BDSM displays, eye opening. The dungeon. Sorry the jury is still out on this one!
On leaving the club we were as others greeted by our taxi driver who somehow managed to get the four of us into the car before we knew what he had actually done. I was in the front and quickly looked around for a meter, or a badge to prove he was a real taxi driver. Nothing visible. Now we knew were the hotel was, we could almost see it from the club. Maybe he thought we wanted to go site seeing in the middle of the night. Maybe we had the same driver cos our’s could hardly speak English either. Eventually he listened to me when I told him that we knew where the hotel was and it wasn’t in the direction he was taking us. At the hotel he tried to charge us for the magical mystery tour. When we said no (I believe the word was no), all he would say was "ok, I take you back to the club, we work with the bouncers, they will decide how much you pay". On that we gave him as many coins as we possibly could (less than he asked for) and ran into the hotel.
Thanks to everyone who made our first visit so good, and hopefully see you all at another one.
Ian_Mids (and Dawn)
glad everyone who went had a good time.
blue and i are really really gutted we had to cancel due to me being ill :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
We missed you guys......
but there will be others! :twisted:
Venusxxx
Hi to all we met therexxx it was great to see the costumes and the effort that everyone had put into it, we really enjoyed the social side of us all chatting and having a laugh. I have to say though, the cost of entry was debatable, perhaps the quality of the ticket gave the expectation of a different set up- who knows. As for being dressed as Neo from the Matrix the costume was going to be warm at the best of times, this was obviously not helped by the lack of air conditioning and a packed venue. Mrs Cov was dressed more conveniently for the occasion, but a butt skirt and bra was not my scene to wear..lol..xxx. Sorry to anyone we didnt get round to saying our goodbyes too, we had to retire shortly after 1pm as the heat and lack of oxygen finished me Looking forward to the next opportunity to meet...xxx