JoJo's Travels (Lff Special)

• Posted by JoJo Pool January 8, 2012 #Leeds  #Cosmo  #Loft  4,224 views
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  Leeds First Friday is the North's biggest n best t-girl shebang...where glamour n sparkle are the watchwords.

  Situated on Swinegate in the heart of Leeds centre, the Cosmopolitan Hotel is the starting point for Lff goers...and as Paula had booked a room for three it was the right thing to invite Kelly down from Middlesborough and join the festivities.

  So the three amigos spread out their wares and got glam fabbed.

  By 7.30 all three of us were meeting n greeting girls, admirers and partners/associates like David Cameron at a Tory Donation Rally.

  You want names..?? 

  Natascha Spencer - T-girl Royalty, Roxy - Top Babe for Decades, Mandy Towers, Jayne Thompson, Callie (likkle sweetpea) the Minx from Derby, Mandy Make-up (friend to all the girls), Simon Templer (ya big lug! xx), Candy and Joanne, Sara, Rachael - the Chesterfield Glam Puss, Martina,  Samantha...etc. (To all those I've not mentioned - apologies.)

  By 11.30 the Cosmo is starting to thin-out and your intrepid trio vacate the hotel bar and stride (literally) across the road into Queens Court and Fibre. (That's the beauty of Lff...everything is virtually in one place, so no long taxis rides or "walks of shame".)

  Fibre too is chocka...the magnificent and very beautiful Tanya says hi...she's co-founder of this whole set-up....brains as well as beauty...lucky bitch! I pass Emma Wylde n Steve Laws arm in arm, as I step onto the balcony for a constitutional Richmond.

  And who's out there surveying the scene...? Kinky Peeps (aka Tracey n Spike) from that forgotten outpost of the Empire...Hull.

  They're a really lovely couple and it's great to catch up.

  As the last of the buffet gets tidied away (yes that's right girls...free buffet in Fibre) we cross the cobbles (what is it with girl-friendly areas n cobbles??) and up the stairs into the Loft.

  Mandy Make-up and I "cut the rug" and get to know each other whilst Paula, Kelly n Kinky Peeps chew the fat and take snaps. The atmosphere is second to none and the classic dance hit parade goes down a storm with all the revellers.

  Around about 3.00am Mandy grabs my arm and we head back to the Cosmo for the final leg...

  Final drinkies n tall tales of derr-ing do push the clock to 6am and I admit defeat, dragging Paula kicking n screaming back to the hotel room.

  You'll need stamina for Lff...but believe me it's all worth it.