We have just returned from a weekend at The Edge. For ophelia and myself this has been a period of introspection and greater understanding of ourselves, and we both feel that we wish to possibly help others in their journey into a new world. We are writing our own accounts with no collusion or indeed access to the other's account. This is my viewpoint.

Firstly my partner and I (known here and on IRC as Goldenwulf or GW) have decided that we would both like to post on the subject of the weekend we have just spent, but have decided to do it independently of each other, ie post without seeing what the other has written first so excuse any duplication of information.

Absolution held their first St Albans event last week, at a venue called Spritzers. Another good night was had by most fetishists at this event. Due to this being the first Absolution to be held at Spritzers, there were a few Spritzer regulars (and others) at the event that didn't conform to the dress code. This did, in my opinion, lead to a less carefree and more inhibitted atmosphere amongst us fetish people. As far as I could see, the few pieces of dungeon equipment were used for the 'regulars' to sit and chat on as oppose to being put to their intended use of fetish frivolity.

A serious lack of working computer (and lack of time to sort it) has meant that I'm reviewing this event three weeks late. Sorry about that peeps!

Now I have been on the SMBIs mail-list for many a year..(and been a bit of a wild rover as well, now you mention it !)but I've never yet made it to an SMBI event. Mail-outs have come and gone through my mailbox...play-parties...workshops on SM and the Law, rope bondage and all manner of other perversions in between.

fargone, of the London Based BDSM Community, writes about the London Fetish Fair held on 1st April.

Saturday March 24th was the 2nd Munch held by the London_Based_BDSM group. We were well pleased with the turnout which exceeded 55 people. The crowd was a good mixture of both male and female, experienced and newbies.

Can you help?

After spending an inordinate amount of time at work and with the propect of another killer week including an overnight stint I was very much looking forward to spending a night at a pervy place. That is if I could stop yawning anyway! Given yet another bad throw of the dice in my friend's current streak of ill fortune I wound up going to Club Rub by myself and stepping out of Monument tube station at 11:40pm on the Saturday night. I was worried that I wouldn't get in, despite having purchased advance tickets.

There seems to be conflicting information on where the Milton Keynes based fetish club Absolution will in future be held. It is moving to St Albans for April but is this a permanent move? Maybe the organisers on this site could get the Absolotion organisers to post information and explanation here ?