Microwave Ovens without Turntables are Wonderful!

On Monday morning when I cooked my porridge the microwave blew up. I had to open the window and use a hair dryer to disperse the smoke. It was over 7 years old (Samsung ME733K from Argos 6 July 2015 £49.99) but I never thought its life would end like that! I drove to Asda Fareham to buy a new one and came across a George Home Flatbed one for £50 which means it had no turntable. I liked that idea because turntables are a pain in the ass. They limit the size of the rectangular containers you Read more [...]

Liquid Skin Glue!

I managed to create a sore patch in the corner of my mouth a few days ago when I was grinding down my lower right canine tooth to be the same size as the front teeth on my dentures so the the back teeth of the dentures would meet properly for chewing. The corner of my mouth gets wet all the time of course and it didn't stand a chance of healing. I searched for and found this product which arrived today after being ordered on Sunday. I have now applied it and can feel it working already. Unlike UHU Read more [...]

Brighton instead of Portsmouth tonight!

I was really looking forward to BAILANDO Christmas Fiesta, LIVE MUSIC with Extreme Latin Band) but it had to be cancelled at the last minute due to Covid so I'm going to SUNDAY FUNDAYS - BACHATA (+Salsa) @Selina Hotel Brighton) instead. It's about time because I haven't been for ages and I do love dancing there! It's at the the Selena Hotel instead of Revolution and the social runs from 9pm until 11:30. Read more [...]

Smart Meter from Eon-Next

Economy 7 Electricity with a Smart Meter from Eon-Next (Toshiba EDMI, SKU1 Cellular) (NB: It's the same as the one that NPower used to install before Eon-Next took it over.) On 8 June 2021, a SMET2 Smart Meter was installed by Eon-Next for my studio flat. I had been waiting to be offered one of the latest meters because the old SMET1 ones aren't guaranteed to work when you change supplier and I do tend to change every year! The meter transmits it's readings to a remote monitor inside my Read more [...]

My first year of Salsa Walking to Keep Me Fit for Salsa Dancing!

I've been working at my goal of walking 4 metric miles every day in an hour – around 7,500 daily steps – a marathon weekly – for 365 days now as exercise to keep me fit in lieu of going salsa dancing 6 nights a week which was my raison d'être until it was rudely interrupted by lockdown in March 2020.  From the beginning I wore headphones and walked to the beat of salsa music to make it more interesting and, because I‘ve always found walking hard work, this made my Read more [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day to All My Favourite Salseras!

These are not all my favourite salseras from 2003 to 2019 - just the ones who are in my collection of pictures of salseras I have danced with! I'm so much looking forward to dancing with you all again soon! AnyDaniellaDaniellaLisaLisaLisaLisaKatrinahKatrinahKatrinahKatrinahHeatherKatrinahAncaDonnaDonnaHeidiHeidiHeidiLizLizJennyHeidiHeidiLizAncaKatrinahLorenaLorenaLorenaDonnaDonnaLorenaLorenaLorenaPenniGraceSilviyaHeidiGery VakufovaKarinaGery VakufovaEmaKarizmaVendulaVendulaAmyKatrinahAncaElenaCassandraSonyaRasaRasaSoniSoniSimonaHeidiKatrinahKatrinahKatrinahMarzenaHazelMarzenaMarzenaLorenaLorenaKateAgnieszkaBarbaraBarbaraHazelHazelMelinaMelinaMelinaEmilyAnnabelAnnabelAnnabelAnnabelMindiRenataRenataMichaelaAngelaMindiAnnabelRenataEmaGoretiEwaMadalinaNikolettaSaoriKasiaKatrinahKatrinahKatrinahRaluIngaAnneta Read more [...]

All Washed Up!

The original of this report may be found here on facebook. Below I have copied it and added some useful webpage formatting. . Philip Wake Day 318 Salsa Walk The forecast was 100% chance of precipitation and I felt like I needed a rest so I decided to give my salsa walk a miss today. I always do my washing Monday night using half price electricity after 0030 but when it finished at 7:45 GMT just before the full price electricity cut in (it's always 17 minutes late) I discovered that Read more [...]

Salsa Walking to Keep Me Fit!

I've been working at my goal of walking 4 metric miles every day in an hour – around 7,500 daily steps – a marathon weekly – for 309 days now as exercise to keep me fit in lieu of going salsa dancing 6 nights a week which was my raison d'être until it was rudely interrupted by lockdown in March 2020.  From the beginning I wore headphones and walked to the beat of salsa music to make it more interesting and, because I‘ve always found walking hard work, this made my Read more [...]

Alone but not lonely!

I may be single and alone but I'm never lonely as I'm always surrounded by some of my favourite salseras! The slide show below is from the collection showing in the above picture on my TV screen which is acting as an extension to my laptop! This slideshow normally shows as wallpaper on my laptop which plays all day for me to see when I'm not actually using it! AncaKasiaKasiaAgnieszkaTatianaAudeKasiaTatianaKasiaSarahSarahNikolettaNikolettaCristinaMichaelaMadalinaAgnieszkaNadiaNikolettaMadalinaMadalinaAgnieszkaKasiaSarahCristinaMadalinaNadiaDanaKatrinahBoikanyoAnnaAnnaAnnaZoeVeroVeroCuban Read more [...]

My Stolen Life!

Artur's birthday today reminded me of his great pictures of me dancing with gorgeous ladies which remind me of how much I am missing during this period of suspended animation while I'm waiting for my stolen life to start up again! You know, the one where I went dancing 6 nights a week as opposed to wondering why I'm bothering to get up today! Lol <Original facebook post> At the age of 75 I could be forgiven for thinking that the government is wasting what could be the last few year's Read more [...]

Digital Bathroom Scales at Last!

I've been using old fashioned bathroom scales for years and knew they were rubbish because I weighed something different every time I stood on them. However, I found a way of using them and apparently reduced my weight by 33lbs from 14st10lb on 19th April to 12st5lb on 27 November but I finally got fed up with the innate inaccuracy of scales which use a physical balance to turn a circular disk to tell you what you weigh. I found a site which recommends The top six best digital scales for Read more [...]

If the suit fits!

Well that's a good sign - I was just looking through my wardrobe to see if there was any clothes I could donate to charity and spotted the suit I haven't been able to wear for many years because the jacket was too tight to button and the trousers wouldn't even think about doing up round my waist. Now it fits perfectly. So I tried the slim fit shirt on too and that fitted perfectly too - I couldn't button it up before and the neck was too tight. Looks like 12st5lb is a good weight for me but I'll Read more [...]

TV Brightness v Power Consumption!

When I read my Economy 7 electricity meter on 3 October and registered the reading in the spreadsheet that I use to monitor my electricity usage, I noticed that the day time usage had increased from 2.8kwh to 3.3kwh during September. It's been around 2.8 for a long time so I was a bit puzzled. I wondered if perhaps I had left my kitchen spotlights on too long because there are 3 of them rated at 20 watts. All my other lights are low power ones using 6 watts or less but the spotlights are very Read more [...]

COVID-19: E&W Excess Deaths Just a Little Above Average

This is the best measure of the effect of the pandemic! See Figure 2 in the latest ONS release of Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 25 September 2020 . ONS release of Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional - latest at the top of the list: Week ending 5 February 2021Week ending 29 January 2021Week ending 22 January 2021Week ending 15 January 2021Week ending 8 January 2021Week ending 1 January 2021Week ending 25 DecemberWeek ending Read more [...]

Debit Card Laundering!

You've heard of money laundering but what about debit cards? I always set my washing machine at midnight on Monday to turn on at 5am to do an 82 minute eco wash. My alarm went off at 06:35 as usual as it usually takes 90 minutes or so depending on the amount of washing but unfortunately the machine had not done its duty. I can only presume that there was a short power drop before it turned on. I set the machine to do a 26 minute rinse instead as I was determined to finish the 80 minute tumble Read more [...]

Covid-19: The Swedish Got it Right!

Lockdown was a waste of time and ruined our economy for no purpose whatsoever! Also wearing masks has no perceivable effect! Oh and the PCR test used for Covid is now showing mainly false positives so the current reactions like Rule of Six based on apparently increasing cases are totally unnecessary! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UvFhIFzaac . GOMPERTZ CURVE The curve that all coronavirus outbreaks (ie colds & influenza) follow no matter what interventions are practiced. . COMPARE Read more [...]

Rule of Six Exemptions!

"Places of worship, gyms, restaurants and hospitality venues can still hold more than six people in total. But within those venues, Johnson highlighted, there must not be individual groups larger than six and groups must not mix socially with others. Education and workplaces are also exempt. Covid-secure weddings and funerals can still take place with up to 30 people, as well as organised team sports." See this article in The Guardian for more information: What are the new Covid rules coming Read more [...]

Archiving Facebook Birthday Stories

I woke up today on the 75th anniversary of my birth day to some facebook posts from my salsa dancing friends wishing me a happy birthday but then I noticed some birthday stories too which I didn't realise you could do. I've had a quite a few so far but it occurred to me that it would be nice to view the archive of these stories when they disappear after 24 hours but then I discovered that facebook don't do that any more. Not to be frustrated, I used AirDroid to mirror and record them from my mobile Read more [...]

Cheap & Easy Fix for a Cracked Mobile Phone Screen!

I recently dropped my phone while I was doing my daily salsa walk and ended up with a deep chip in the top right corner with some cracks running off it. I didn't take a before picture but you can see from the pictures below how bad it was. At this stage I have used Loca Glue (Liquid Optically Clear Adhesive) to fill the hole and the cracks and shone the UV torch (Ultra Violet) on it for a while to harden it off. The instructions say about 5 seconds but I hung the torch just above the phone and left Read more [...]

Accurate Teacher Prediction of Grades Hardly Ever Happen!

"The associate Professor and Deputy Director of UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities told Andrew that based on his studies, 75% of teacher predictions are over the grade their student goes on to get." See the article: Tasking teachers with accurately predicting student's grades "near impossible" for more details. . "Ofqual said if it had not moderated teachers’ predictions, the proportion of A* and A grades in England would have leapt from 25.2 per cent in Read more [...]

Sugar is the alcohol of the child!

"In the past, one of the biggest drivers of type 2 diabetes was in fact alcohol. Sugar has a very similar impact on the liver as does alcohol. In fact, that’s why we now call this disease non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Look below at these two sets of liver cells under the microscope. On the left is the normal liver, nice and pink, and you can see the blood vessels nicely formed and flowing throughout. On the right is a patient with fatty liver disease, and you can see the white spaces (that’s Read more [...]

Covid-19: More cases because of More Testing!

I never thought I would agree with Trump but in this case he has a point. If you increase the amount of testing you are bound to discover more cases so you have to standardise for the number of tests carried out. The article COVID cases in England aren’t rising: here’s why makes the case well. Have a look and see what you think! I quote his main finding below: "The next graph shows what happens when you adjust for the number of tests done and then standardise to per 100,000 tests.  Pillar Read more [...]

Pubs versus Schools!

It has been reported widely in the news that the government believes that we are right on the edge of the freedoms they dare allow us without risking a second wave of Covid-19 and therefore may have to consider removing some as they grant others. It has been suggested that as kids MUST go back to school in September then pubs SHOULD be closed to balance the risk (Pubs or Schools)! Of the 45 million adults who live in the UK, over 50% enjoy attending the local pub regularly as a form of entertainment. Read more [...]

I just love cottage pie!

I was about to go for my daily walk when a lovely old lady who lives near me asked me if I'd like a cottage pie. She explained that she was expecting another neighbour for dinner the previous day and he didn't come. I told her it was my favourite dish and would love to have it. She was very pleased that it wouldn't be wasted and so was I! I should have taken a picture of it before I ate half of it for lunch the following day but I was too impatient to get it into my tummy when I took it out of Read more [...]

Day 138 Salsa Walk

Philip Wake Day 138 Salsa Walk I felt stronger today and walked the 3 miles at 65% tempo in 54:00 which is 71 seconds faster than yesterday so I must have taken longer strides. I walked the first mile in 20:33 (to Dioumte & Abibou) and the Military Road mile in 18:13 (to Lindas, Temedi & SonFo) which shows how much faster I walked to the faster music. Pugger Lander I would love to see dancing down the street. Or a picture of a remarkable site along the route? You really have Read more [...]

Covid-19: Excess Deaths for England & Wales now less than usual!

It's good to see that the number of excess deaths in England & Wales has been below the average for the last 5 years for a few weeks now! An average of 10,000 people continue to die every week but we accept these deaths as a normal part of every day life because we're all going to die one day of something and in many cases it's totally unexpected and always sad for everybody who loves you! Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Read more [...]

Covid-19 – Why the Elderly are Most at Risk of Dying!

"It may not simply be that the older you get, the more at risk you are, though. As we show in the next section, the CFR for people with underlying health conditions – such as cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases or diabetes – is higher than for those without. Elderly people are more likely to have those conditions, which is likely to be part of the reason why the elderly are most at risk from COVID-19. "From the article: Mortality Risk of COVID-19 <My facebook post> Read more [...]

Day 128 Salsa Walk

Philip Wake Day 128 Salsa Walk My left foot didn't seem to be improving but I thought it might be a good idea to test it out so I did. I tried walking at 58% of the Africando Mix tempo on a circular route for 6/10 of a mile taking around 15 minutes. It felt good with no pain so I'll do that a few times before I even think about walking faster! Philip Wake Later it turned out there had been some healing and that some of the toe joints were just a bit stiff and needed exercise to loosen Read more [...]

Day 125 Salsa Walk

Philip Wake Day 125 Salsa Walk 0850 ONLINE CONSULATATION WITH A FRIENDLY NURSE I explained the problem and sent her the above picture from Day 123. She said that it's probably just a reaction to the soft tissue injury rather than an infection which would usually have an infection site and result in the whole foot swelling up. I explained that I had had some blisters over the last few weeks which drew blood and could have provided bacterial entry points but she didn't think the swelling Read more [...]

Day 123 Salsa Walk

Philip Wake Day 123 Salsa Walk Oh dear - I seem to have overdone the interventions on my crossed over left toe. As you can see from the picture my foot is actually swollen now so I'll have to rest until it recovers. You can see the difference from my right foot which has a crossed over toe which I have managed to straighten - believe it or not - but is not causing me trouble. To see this report and all the others on my daily salsa walk click here and scroll up and down. . This Read more [...]

Day 117 Salsa Walk

31:23 + 30:31 = 61:54 (new record for the 4 mile return trip) On an overcast late afternoon in a cool breeze I knocked over 2 minutes off the old record set only 2 days ago. It looks like I'll only be able to walk to the ferry as fast as I walk back home if I warm up before I start walking! There seems little doubt that walking to salsa music is motivating me to walk faster with a passion I didn't feel before! Thank you whoever provided the tempo reduction app - it was just what I needed! I Read more [...]

Day 116 Salsa Walk

Walking so fast yesterday seems to have disturbed the crossed over toe on my left foot. The first little toe crosses over the big-toe because I wore split sole jazz trainers that didn't have enough space in the front region for my wide feet when I first started salsa dancing in 2003. The high heels of jazz trainers made it worse by forcing more weight onto my toes thus compressing them even more into a space not wide enough for them. As I couldn't find my gel toe separators, I thought I'd Read more [...]

Salsa Walking to Keep Me Fit!

(Featuring slow motion salsa music!) I‘ve been walking 4 miles every day – 10,000 daily steps – a marathon weekly – for 114 days now as exercise to keep me fit in lieu of going salsa dancing 6 nights a week. I wore headphones and walked to the beat of salsa music to make it more interesting and, because I‘ve always found walking hard work, this made my walking smooth like dancing and therefore easier for me!  However, as I reduced the time taken from a very Read more [...]

Endless Home Swimming Pools!

What a good idea - a small swimming pool in your garden with pumps creating a current to swim against continuously without ever reaching the end making it effectively ENDLESS! If only I had a garden I'd buy one tomorrow as it beats having to go the the local swimming pool and swim at the speed of the slowest swimmer in front of you . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvA_vd9NHK4 See Endless Pools for more information! . FEATURED IMAGE Click the pic for more information! Read more [...]

Salsa Walking to Keep Me Fit!

(Featuring an attempt on my life by an ignorant motorist!) I‘ve been walking 4 miles every day – 10,000 daily steps – a marathon weekly – for 105 days now as exercise to keep me fit in lieu of going salsa dancing 6 nights a week. I wore headphones and walked to the beat of salsa music to make it more interesting and, because I‘ve always found walking hard work, this made my walking smooth like dancing and therefore easier for me!  However, as I reduced the Read more [...]

Exposure to Bacteria & Viruses Improves your Immune System!

I knew it - lockdown stops your immune system doing what it's designed to do - learn, through exposure to small amounts of bacteria and viruses, how to protect you when you come into contact with larger amounts! I wouldn't be surprised if the same didn't apply to washing your hands too thoroughly too often! "Prof Gupta's team produced research which suggested the coronavirus had arrived in the UK in December and caused a significant 'herd immunity'. The results of her modelling implied that Read more [...]

Amazing Belly Dance Body Isolations!

I've enjoyed watching good belly dancers ever since I got roped into doing it with a belly dancer in Tunisia who was offered to me afterwards as an hors d'oeuvre by the patron at a special price at her request because she had enjoyed dancing with me so much, but it was still more than I could afford and I was a married man after all! Also, I've always been interested yoga and specialised in the Nauli Kriya exercise which I have been doing 3 times a day for many years. So, I particularly Read more [...]

This is why social distancing must be slashed to 1 metre as soon as possible!

"Mr Sharma reportedly told Mr Johnson in a meeting last week that if the hospitality sector is unable to get back up and running it could cost 3.5 million jobs, prompting the PM to blurt out: 'Christ!'" Quoted from the article: Boris Johnson wants to slash social distancing to one metre to help kick-start the economy and save millions of jobs . . . Imagine the result of 3.5 million jobs being lost on the 10 million people in the families of those affected in terms of stress, mental fitness Read more [...]

Covid19: Do Antibodies Give You Immunity

Below are quotes from the article Am I Immune to COVID-19 if I Have Antibodies? The items in bold are the main points to note which make it clear that the right kind of antibodies do provide immunity and the antibody test you take must be specific for that kind of antibody! Be clear that if this wasn't the case there would be no point in developing a vaccine to protect the world against this virus! . QUOTES FROM THE ARTICLE "The very best antibodies are ones that neutralize the receptor Read more [...]

Philip’s Fitness Progress

21 June 2020: 9 weeks ago I noticed my weight had gone up to 14st10lb having dared to weigh myself at last and realised that my cheating on my Natural Low Density Eating had gone too far. Instead of having chips only twice a week, I was having them every day as a reward for walking the first 2 miles of my daily salsa walk. I had also started to include hard cheese because I discovered that all the lactose in the milk had been digested by bacteria, but of course it is nevertheless not a natural food, Read more [...]

The New Normal My Ass!

https://www.facebook.com/SubicBayResidents/videos/1788487414621344 The old world is what we want! The New Normal my ass!Did you ever wonder who recommended ideas to the COVID19 IATF and our politicians? W.H.O. would they be? We, sheeples seem to be too shell shocked, dazed, to even dare reminisce 'those days' when we were, in a sense, freer, our freedom many of us took for granted...there is still hope...resist the New World Order! . A NEW WONDERFUL WORLD I see smart phone screensZoom Read more [...]

Sleeping on my Electric Sofa

I was sleeping quite well as usual last night on my bed-in-the-wall but when I awoke for a drink and pee in the middle of the night I decided to try sleeping on the new sofa and I have to say it was very comfortable. I think the v-shaped inclined position suits my posture and digestive system better! I put the other side up too so that it was easier to handle the duvet when I de-reclined my side to go to the loo! When I got up in the morning I felt even more refreshed and ready to go than usual! Read more [...]

An Electric Settee for Me!

The leather settee I bought 20 years ago for my old house and moved to my studio flat in Gosport 4 years ago finally collapsed so I was excited today to go out shopping for a new (second hand) one for hopefully £150. The only second hand furniture shop I could find open locally was Gosport Furniture Shop in Stoke Road. I walked in and there it was - just what I've always wanted. A high backed settee with leg-rests that come up at the touch of a button followed by the back-rests going down. Read more [...]

The Paradox of Tolerance!

The paradox of tolerance states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant. Karl Popper described it as the seemingly paradoxical idea that, "In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance Read more [...]

Somebody’s Getting Absent Minded!

I did a small shop at Asda Gosport just after it opened at 10am for a few items which had sold out when I went later in the day yesterday to Asda Fareham - namely the cheap Ibuprofen (40p for 16x200mg - was 35p), Dates (£2 for a 500mg packet) and Sweetcorn (45p for 198g can - was 35p). I had to make do with the 65p packet of Ibuprofen which is better than Nurofen at least which is £2 for the identical product made in the same factory! I found the Dates I wanted though and bought all 3 packets Read more [...]

Salsa Walking to Keep Me Fit!

I‘ve been walking 4 miles every day – 10,000 daily steps – a marathon weekly – for 91 days now as exercise to keep me fit in lieu of going salsa dancing 6 nights a week. I wear headphones and walk to the beat of salsa music to make it more interesting and, because I‘ve always found walking hard work, this makes walking smooth like dancing and therefore easier for me! I produce a report every day and I have copied yesterdays below! You will have to follow this link and scroll down Read more [...]

The Trouble with Night Storage Heaters!

My night storage heater Night Storage heaters do save money by using cheaper night time electricity to store heat in bricks which then warm the room they are in during the day. They work in combination with the Economy 7 rate which all electricity suppliers offer. It turns on at 00:30 GMT and off at 07:30 GMT every night. The night rate is typically half of the day rate which in my case is 8.1p per kilowatt hour at night and 16.6p during the day so a lot of money can be saved! I only Read more [...]

It’s Simple Kids – Just Cancel the Summer Holidays!

CLICK THE BLUE F TO SEE THE ORIGINAL FACEBOOK POST & COMMENTS IT'S SIMPLE KIDS - JUST CANCEL THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS! Surely everybody's had enough of kids being at home for 3 months -...Posted by Philip Wake on Wednesday, 10 June 2020 . CONTEXT Many schools don't have the space to run classes of no more that 15 kids with the social distance set at 2m, so surely it's better for them to attend school 3 days a week so that a classroom can be shared between two lots of 15 every other Read more [...]

Salsa Walking to Keep Me Fit!

I've been walking 4 miles every day - 10,000 daily steps - a marathon weekly - for 81 days now as exercise to keep me fit in lieu of going salsa dancing 6 nights a week. I wear headphones and walk to the beat of salsa music to make it more interesting and, because I've always found walking hard work, this makes walking smooth like dancing and therefore easier for me! I produce a report every day and I have copied yesterdays below! You will have to follow this link and scroll down to the last couple Read more [...]

2020-03-11: Salsa Explosion Wednesdays at Bar So Bournemouth!

Enrique Perez & his partner  Rob Carroll run an excellent evening of salsa at Bar So in Bournemouth every Wednesday. There are  bachata workshops from 7:30pm to 8:30pm followed by Cuban salsa workshops from 8:45pm until strictly 10pm - a new year resolution for 2020.  All levels are catered for with the one and only Moe Flex usually providing the advanced level for bachata & salsa. See the facebook page Salsa Dorset for more information. The workshops are Read more [...]

2020-03-10: Salsa Social at Outside-In Food Court Portsmouth!

Kasia Rajca, an amazing salsa dancer & teacher, provides a salsa social at the Outside-In Food Court in Portsmouth every Tuesday which include salsa and bachata dancing lessons. See the Salsa Solent Portsmouth facebook page or Salsa Solent Portsmouth facebook group for more information about this and other events presented by Kasia. The original venue for the event was the Art Coffee House but Kasia's salsa family became so large after 14 weeks she had to move to a larger venue. As the new Read more [...]

2020-03-08: Salsa Funday Sunday at Revolution Brighton!

Salsa Brighton Dance run a salsa event weekly on Sundays at Revolution Brighton  featuring  Giulieta, Funky & Guest as instructors and Aaron George & Guest as DJs. The atmosphere is very friendly and I always feel very welcome. Venue: Revolution at 77 West Street, Brighton BN1 2RA Parking: There's plenty of free parking on single yellow lines in nearby side roads. Times: Bachata & cubana lessons 8pm to 10pm then social dancing until 2am. For more information Read more [...]

2020-03-07: Salsa Fusion at 229 The Venue London!

For details about this 1st first Saturday of the month salsa event see the facebook page: Salsa - Fusion or group: SALSA - FUSION Club Nights . Sometimes there's one on the 3rd Saturday too. There is rarely a shortage of good salseras to dance with and there's always the Cuban room to cool down when you get overheated because it's a smaller room with several enormous fans and Cubana can be less strenuous but it rarely happens that way for me! I always seem to attract ladies who like to go Read more [...]

2020-03-06: Que Rico Salsa Party at White Eagle Club Balham!

Miguel Mayana runs this salsa event in Balham at the White Eagle Club (aka Hamilton House) on the first Friday of every month. It is a welcome rebirth of the Que Rico event which used to run on the 2nd Friday of each month at The Bedford in Balham last year until it had to be closed for refurbishment. This venue has a luxurious ballroom for salsa dancing - big enough for 500 dancers I'd say. The bachata area is quite small but adequate for those who prefer sideways salsa! 😉 The ballroom has air Read more [...]