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• Lunch in Horsham

  by Ariane Durand November 9, 2023
  Today Ariane drove to Horsham, 20 miles southeast, to meet Angela whom I met online. Angela is now separated and on her own at home so is able to dress more or less full-time.    Angela knows Horsham better than me so she led us into a shopping precinct where we stopped for lunch and a chat. That ...

• Round about town

  by Ariane Durand November 2, 2023
  Ariane has the day to herself. I had arranged to meet a friend for lunch in Horsham, but these are storm conditions and we decided to wait until next week. So instead I went for a walk round my local town. I was out for about 30 minutes. It felt completely natural. I didn’t see anyone I know, and no...
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• Leicester nightlife

  by Ariane Durand October 28, 2023
  Chantel McGregor is my current favourite artiste. She comes from Yorkshire, she has a big voice, and she plays a mean guitar. She sings about relationships and heartbreak, and because she's a guitarist as well as a vocalist, many of her songs morph into long instrumentals.   I have travelled acros...
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• Ariane does normal

  by Ariane Durand October 25, 2023
  I love Waitrose. I do a lot of cooking and buy all my ingredients there. In fact I spend so much time in Waitrose that it feels like a second home.   So today when I decided to live a normal day as Ariane, it was natural to visit my favourite supermarket. I drove about 10 miles to the Haslemere Wa...
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• If you go down to the woods today…

  by Ariane Durand October 12, 2023
  …You'd better go in disguise!   I have had some time as Ariane for four days in a row. This must be a record for me. But today was the first day that Ariane was able to leave home. I drove about 15 miles to Alice Holt Forest near Farnham. This is very popular with families at the weekend, but on a...
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• Ariane in Guildford

  by Ariane Durand October 5, 2023
  Another day home alone… so I became Ariane quite early on and drove off in search of adventure. My first stop was the Surrey Pride Hub in Woking. I parked in the multi-storey and walked to the venue. Unfortunately it was (again) closed during advertised opening hours. What is it with this place? May...
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• My Ukrainian friend

  by Ariane Durand October 4, 2023
  I was home alone today so Ariane came out to play. At first I was thinking, shall I drive somewhere and go for a walk in the countryside? Then I texted my Ukrainian friend Inessa to ask her how she was. It turns out she is now unemployed. The Guildford department store where she worked four days a w...

• Woking meet

  by Ariane Durand September 22, 2023
  Today Ariane drove to Woking to meet Penny B, a Tgirl that I met online. She had posted a general request asking to meet up with anyone, and as she’s near me in Surrey, I thought I’d respond.We arranged to meet at the Surrey Pride Hub in Woking. This is a welcome and recently-established one-stop se...

• Out and about

  by Ariane Durand September 21, 2023
  Yesterday Ariane took further steps (literally) towards normality and acceptance. In the afternoon I dressed in some more sensible clothes – a midi dress and ankle boots – for a walk round Manchester city centre. No one gave me a second look. First I went to see the statue of the suffragette leader ...
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• Back on the street

  by Ariane Durand September 20, 2023
  Well Ariane finally made it to Manchester. This is a dream location because I can indulge my twin passions of following City and being a girl. The boys in blue delivered on the pitch last night with a 3–1 win over Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League. Then back to Velvet on Canal Street, where ...