April LAM and Heros

The first Sunday of this month saw this puppy attending two events, and having a fantastic time at both… but it was the last time I’ll be attending one of them in it’s current format – but more on that later.

The first event I attended was the London Alternative Market (LAM), which is an event that I don’t often get the chance to attend for various reasons… however, this month I made a special effort as the theme of one of the talks was on Pet Play. Additionally, there was also a “Best Dressed Pet” competition, which was also part of the reason for turning up.

Due to tube engineering works, and not feeling particularly well, we took the opportunity to travel in to London from our local National Rail station rather than driving, which meant it was a more relaxed journey in. Had I been feeling well, this would have been an opportunity to travel in Lycra but as it was, it didn’t present the opportunity. We made our way to the LAM, and after arriving the format of the competition was explained – you had to collect vouchers from the other visitors and the one with the most won the competition – but we had limited time, because voting for collecting the vouchers closed about 45 minutes after we arrived!

To maximise collection opportunities, I went straight off to get changed in to full puppy mode then came back out and started wandering around. Very quickly, I started to collect the odd vote and by the time I moved back towards the entrance, I decided it might be better to wait (and beg?) there. *wags*

I continued to collect more votes, and towards the end of voting time, there was a parade of the pets around the venue, and an opportunity to collect last minute votes, at which I managed to collect a few more… We moved to just outside The Dog’s Bolloxx stand where the count was to take place, along with the announcement of the prizes. First prize went to a latex cat with 76 votes… and second place went to….. me 🙂 *wags tail rapidly* with 30 votes. Ironically, on arrival, and seeing the prizes I’d wanted 2nd place anyway, as the prize was blue 🙂

After having a quick break to cool down, and a chance to actually look at the stalls with my hood off, it was time to go to the Pet Play demonstration, given by Leo from The Dog’s Bolloxx, which was quite interesting and a good introduction to Pet Play for those that haven’t experienced it and want to, or who are intrigued as to what it is. After this, we had to make a quick exit as we were meeting PupGizmo for dinner before going on to Heros. I changed back to domestic clothes, although I did put on my prize of my new blue collar 😀

This was to be the last time I’d ever be attending Heros on it’s regular Sunday night because as of May, the event will now be held on the First Saturday of the Month at the same times. Please follow @clubHeros for more information and updates on the event.

This was a pleasant night catching up with Gizmo, Scamp and Mark and others that were there, and a good chance to relax and unwind. I did debate going home still changed, but decided against it just in case I ran in to someone…

It was a fantastic Sunday out, and below are a couple of pictures of me at the LAM by Scratch and Co.