Strictly...

Strictly speaking, I am not really a classic dancer, however the sultry beats of the salsa music aroused some sort of rhthym within my tracksuit bottoms and next thing you know I was Cuban turning with the best of them!

The worst of them actually as it was a beginner class; the basic steps, the basic turns, the basic people. It was kind of like an aerobics class where you do little sections and then put them all together at the end, only with funky latin beats rather than disco trance!

I really enjoyed myself and so did my buddy, although she needed a bacardi to settle her nerves on arrival. She was already drinking wine when I picked her up, which I could have done with as I was there in my sweat pants and trainers thinking I was going for a work out and there was her all glammed up as though we were out on the pull?!?!

I later realised that dance classes are now a potential dating zone - what is all that about?!?! I have clearly been in a relationship for too long as turning up at my local salsa dancing venue would not have been my first choice when looking for a suitable partner! Quite the opposite after last night's experience!

I found dancing with women the wierdest thing, I know, me of all people shouldn't really say that, but I did! I have never danced with a woman, as in proper dancing or slow dancing and now I know why! You can't do the same moves, as the man has to lead and move one way leaving the lady to be led and move the other way and spin, yes there was a lot of spinning.

My buddy discovered this the hard way, as she spent the night as a man, given that there were 3 woman to every 1 one man! I got to be a lady all night, which doesn't happen often, allowing me to spin and cha cha cha the night away - will I go again, probably not, as busting out the salsa with a sweaty man (sorry buddy) doesn't come close to burning rubber on a spin bike! ;>)