This week's episode is taken from April 2014 and is about the highs and the lows of dating in London. Dating apps were just beginning to really take off, but it wasn’t rare to still meet people in real life. This story features another guy who plays a big role in my life, but of course when I first met him, I didn’t know the impact he was going to have and I love that I have my first impression of him captured in my diary.

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Key Characters:

Ashlee, Lily, Dawn, Tim - Some of my oldest friends

Beth - My best mate

Eric Taylor - The God who solved my vaginismus

Heather, Brittany, Jacob, Katie, Matt, Atlas, Caroline, Dillon, Adina, Dave, James, Mick, Marie - London friends

Sam - A guy I dated

Dan - My ex boyfriend who I spent 11 years with from 2001 - 2012

Rowan - One of my best mates who I met in my single years

Mum - Family

Isaac - A London friend and the first man I fancied after ending my 11 year relationship

Johnny - A one night stand

Locations:

The Spurstowe Arms

http://www.thespurstowearms.com/

The Prince George

http://www.theprincegeorgepub.co.uk/

Voodoo Rays

http://voodoorays.com/

Royal Free Hospital

https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk/

Floyd’s

Restaurant on Shacklewell Lane, Hackney, now closed

Towpath Cafe

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Towpath-Cafe/118939978161114

Shacklewell Arms

http://www.shacklewellarms.com/

HBV Dalston

https://www.hackneyicare.org.uk/kb5/hackney/asch/service.page?id=WV1aOPYUtQ0

Euston Station

https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/eus.aspx

Trangallan

https://www.trangallan.com/

Scolt Head

https://www.thescolthead.co.uk/

Efes

Snooker Club on Stoke Newington Road, now closed

The Alibi

Club on Kingsland High Street, now closed

Rita’s Dining

https://www.ritasdining.com/

Oslo

http://oslohackney.com/

Dalston Kingsland Centre

http://www.kingslandshopping.com/

Entertainment References:

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin consciously uncouple after 10 years of marriage

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2014/mar/26/conscious-uncoupling-gwyneth-paltrow-chris-martin-separation

The Grand Budapest Hotel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Budapest_Hotel

The Ice Bucket Challenge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Bucket_Challenge

Tinder

https://tinder.com

David Gandy

https://www.instagram.com/davidgandy_official/?hl=en

Jack Guiness

https://www.instagram.com/jackguinness/?hl=en

Alexa Chung

https://www.instagram.com/alexachung/?hl=en

Friday Night Lights

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights_(TV_series)

Glastonbury

https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/

Medical References:

Vaginismus

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaginismus/

Diary, She Wrote was produced by Liz Beardsell, and edited and engineered by Ethan Illingworth