Heros – July 2011

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Jul 112011
 

Apologies for the delay in writing this blog post about Heros this month, unfortunately real life has had to get in the way for this pup *paws over eyes*

Heros this month fell on the Sunday after London Pride, and also marked the 3rd Anniversary of two things – my owner and I meeting for the first time on the first Zentai Walkabout we did (Spot visiting the Natural History Museum with Mortice) and also our first visit to Heros. However, this usually means one of two things: It will be very busy because it’s pride weekend, or it will be very quiet as everyone is already partied out from the night before.

This month it was moderately busy, but with some new faces showing up. We thought we were going to be relatively late due to a work commitment earlier in the day, but actually, we got there about 30 minutes after it opened, and there weren’t very many others there – although we were expecting some friends to turn up later, and they did. Unfortunately, as Scamp was a bit of an ill puppy this month, he didn’t make it.

When our friends duly arrived, we met up with Gizmo, a pup that my owner has been talking to about an upcoming project… and we spent some time talking about various things as he’s involved in a similar industry to me. We also enjoyed a chat with some other people that had turned up and just a generally nice and relaxing evening…

At some point in the evening, I was aware I was having scritches behind the ear … though I think I may have fallen asleep *gentle woofs* … or if it wasn’t asleep, I was most definitely very very very relaxed!!!

The night didn’t go without some form of chaos; Gizmo wanted some pictures taken and my owner had his camera with him, he took some pictures of Gizmo, and then a couple of Gizmo and I (included below) and returned his camera to behind the bar for safety. A little later, we left Heros, and Mile End on the train. My owner realised he’d left the camera behind, so went back on the next train to get it… then left the camera on the platform and eventually missed the last Westbound train home, causing complete chaos and delays for this pup.

Spot’s next outing is hopefully going to be to the BBB this month, as I’ve actually got the day off…

Spot

Outings

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Jun 272011
 

Spot’s had two outings recently, both in to London.

The first of these was last Saturday, the 18th to Fettered Pleasures as we had heard the store was closing down and we went for one last visit, mainly as on a previous trip, I’d been asked to come back as Spot – so I duly did so. We both had a look around and a chat with the owner as best we could, but in the end we came away empty handed.

However, the good news is they are only closing the physical high street shop; they shall be continuing to trade online, so we can still buy anything we saw that we might want.

The second trip out was today, on what has to be one of the warmest days of the year so far. Today’s trip was to be a walk with a collection of people from a couple of kink websites I am a member of, who meet up regularly for walks. I started off thinking it may be too warm for the Spot Zentai, so I set off from our “local” tube station wearing some running shorts and a vest but with a couple of other options in a bag my owner had.

Although we were running late, we arrived at the train station in time to catch the train which others were getting and meet up with Scamp and his partner. As we got off the train at the other end we realised everyone else was on the same train *paws over eyes* as we’d sat at the very back of the train as we got on it just before it was due to leave.

We started off walking from the station, following the ‘Capital Ring’ and, as usual, we got lost – taking a slight detour than the one we were meant to take. As far as we can tell, we’d just misread a sign OR walked straight past another one telling us where to go. Oh well, so then we set off on the main route. About this time I decided that it would be better to be in Spot and pup mode rather than just in Lycra out for a walk … so I dived off the path in to the woods to change. On rejoining the group, we carried on walking, getting a few stares from various people and road users as we crossed roads and wandered through parks.

Part of the walk usually involves people taking over from leading the group, and at times I was in front, following the signs, being a guide dog – or as someone said ‘a pointer’ leading the way – still, we found base number one which was to be a cafe. This prompted the first audible comment of the day “Is that man in his pyjamas?” – the answer is, of course, no, I wasn’t. We carried on walking, and stopped for refreshments where Rover (who organises the walks) owner sponsors a brick. This meant that I crammed two of the cookies Scamp had made in to my mouth – the whole cookie at once! This also meant we could get some group photos and the pups could be a bit silly.

The rest of the walk followed the same format, stopping occasionally, following signs, chatting and walking and being pup like. The few people who made comment on me did at least realise I was a dalmatian – as usually they think I’m something else!

The walk was actually quite pleasant, and I wasn’t quite as warm as I thought I might be in the end! We finished the main bit of the walk at Charlton Station, where we got a train a couple of stops then had a walk through Greenwich Park to reach a pub which someone knew of. We then had a couple of quiet drinks in the pub before heading for home, still dressed as Spot. When we were waiting on the tube at Canary Wharf, a group of girls asked me why I was dressed like I was. I just replied ‘Why Not?’ and they said ‘fair enough’ and enquired if I was going to a party. I said no, but I had been out for a walk earlier. Also, a lady wanted to take my picture on the tube, so I let her 🙂 Unfortunately, on arrival back at the car, I had to get changed back in to domestic clothes due to needing to stop at a petrol station on the way home 🙁

*woofs*
Spot

Heros – Sunday June 5th

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Jun 092011
 

Following on from Sunday’s Walkabout, we went on as a group to Heros, arriving just before 6PM and it was pouring. As the club wasn’t open, we spent the next 10 minutes standing under a bus shelter until we spotted the owner of the club turning up, at which point we got let in!

I think 7 is the most people I’ve seen in the club just 5 minutes after the doors opening… but as I was already dressed as Spot (since I didn’t get changed after the walkabout), all I had to do was put my civilian clothes in my bag, put my paws and knee-pads on and I was good to go.

I don’t actually remember much about the evening, as I managed to drop in to pup mode which means I don’t really remember much about the evening. I do know that I spent some time on the floor playing around with Scamp while we were both being mischievous pups. I also remember lifting Scamp up on my shoulders, and nearly banging his head on to the shelf a projector sits on. *paws over eyes*

Along with playing with Scamp, the night at Heros provided the opportunity to catch up with friends old and new, including Kerwin who’d flown over from the states to attend Heros and a friend of mine, zentaiskeletonuk who’d been attending his first Heros. I also spent some time trying to squeeze through gaps between the Bar Stools and the Bar proving that I’m both a skinny pup and that pup’s have no sense of the size of holes! Thankfully, I didn’t get stuck though. I also vaguely recall playing tuggy with someone, but not doing quite as well as I usually do due to having no grip on the concrete floor.

This pup certainly enjoyed the time out, even if he can’t remember most of it, and a chance to unwind for the evening.

*woofs*

Spot

Hyde Park Walkabout – June 5th

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Jun 062011
 

After what had been a relatively nice week, weather wise, it was somewhat disappointing to hear that the weather wasn’t going to be so good on Sunday the 5th, as that was the day that had been arranged for a walkabout in Hyde Park for The Zentai Project.

The weather didn’t deter us though, and plans had been made for 4 of us (and my owner, the photographer) to assemble around Speaker’s Corner at 2PM for the meet. Unfortunately, one of the group were running slightly late, so 3 of us met up and wandered down to the toilet’s I’d used to change when I came here for the Morph Meet.

After a bit of a wait, we all managed to get changed (it was quite busy and there were only two cubicles!), we all congregated outside the toilets and set off around the park. The weather was very lightly drizzling on and off, and the park didn’t seem to be quite as busy as we’d expected it to be – what with the weather not being as nice etc.

Due to the rather low numbers of people around the park, there wasn’t as much chance of audience reactions that we usually get, unfortunately. However, there were a few notable incidents in the walk…

A police van with a rather large number of officers in the back was driving round patrolling the park and stopped a bit further ahead of us. As we approached the van, one of the officers jumped out the back, and while we were expecting a comment to be made (like no hoods for example) all he did was make a rather bizarre passing comment, get back in and drive off. At least we must have made them smile which is what it’s all about.

My owner, being dressed normally, commented as we walked over a bridge to cross the serpentine, that a number of cars, including another police car, seemed to be pointing at us and looking amused by the 3 of us out and about… so at least they seemed happy as well!

We also met a couple of tourists just after crossing the bridge, who wanted pictures taken with us… and then started asking us for London Travel Advice – where’s the nearest tube station etc.

We headed to the Princess Diana memorial fountain, and were approached by someone asking the common question of “why are you doing this?”, and we responded in the usual way of “for fun” he persistently kept asking why we were doing this… as if he couldn’t quite grasp the concept.

Shortly after we left the memorial fountain, we met up with Pippin and did some posed pictures on a park bench while working out what to do. The consensus was to finish wandering round the Serpentine, and head back to the toilets to get changed. As we did this, we got stopped by a couple of tourist groups wanting pictures with us, which we were happy to oblige and we stopped for a couple more group photos for the website too.

We headed back to the toilets, decided it was time to get changed, and just after we did – it started to rain – really rather heavily; more by luck than judgement that we’d got changed. We’d been walking for about 90 minutes by this point, so we headed up to KFC for some drinks, a debrief and to review some of the pictures. We then headed off up to Heros…. but more on that in a different blog post.

Spot

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