What a wonderful night in Kingsbridge, Devon, Cilla made a return but this time she look strangely like Dave as two rounds of contestants tried their best to win themselves a date.
Much fun had by all and most importantly the evening raised over £2000 for CoppaFeel! and the Ronald McDonald Foundation.
Thanks too to everyone who bought a copy of Date!
DC
www.davecornthwaite.com
@DaveCorn
www.facebook.com/expedition1000
Whether you’ve read DATE yet or not come on down to Kaff Brixton on Wednesday 13th June at 7pm to join me for a book reading, general dating discussion and a bit of subsequent revelry.
Kaff is just a short walk from Brixton Tube (Atlantic Road) in London and has a great selection of drinks, comfy sofas and , most importantly – a fine pile of cakes to choose from.
If you have any questions or favorite parts of the book that you want me to read from – tweet me @davecorn or leave a message on our Facebook page
The book of DATE, plus a beer and cake – what more could anyone ask for on a Thursday night?
See you there!
64-68 Atlantic Road, Brixton, London, SW9 8PY
To find out more about Date, visit www.thebookofdate.com
I stand at the bar, clinical with its swilling, suited clientele and chrome surfaces, and watch: two women in the corner clinking glasses of white wine. One man and a woman a bit further down the bar, shoulder to shoulder, facing the dance floor. Four women who are joined by a fifth, clip-clopping in her heels back from the toilet, and there, over there by the mirror, is one lady. Very pretty, short brunette hair, sat on a cubic leather stool, checking her phone, looking around. She’s been there for about twenty minutes doing exactly the same thing and, frankly, she looks lonely. So I gulp down my drink and stroll over, nervous as hell because this is the first time in my life that I’ve ever approached a strange woman in a bar and I have no idea what’s about to happen. She looks up as I reach her and I want the shiny black tiles to part and swallow me whole. I shouldn’t be here. I shouldn’t be doing this, talking in a silent goldfish-type way to this lady who doesn’t know me. My arms swing by my side and I don’t know what to do with them as they feel kind of … well, limp. I tuck my thumbs into my pockets and then realise I’m standing like a cowboy, but one without a hat, or a pistol, or appearing to be cool, and I wish I hadn’t necked that drink, because I could really do with a glass to nurse right now.
‘Can I help you?’ the lady asks.
‘Ah.’ I say, looking at her. ‘Ah.’ She cocks her head slightly and frowns at me, drawing her legs into the stool and leaning back a little bit too far for her to be entirely comfortable. I realise that I’m scaring her and decide to do something about that. ‘Hi. My name is … er, Dave.’ I breathe deeply, scratch my head quickly and then triumphantly finish my bit, ‘and I … I, well, I’m single.’
She straightens up, smiles, pushes herself off the stool into a standing position, and then she moves towards me slow and feline, sexily, gripping my jacket with both of her perfectly manicured hands before pulling me towards her slightly parted lips, all red like strawberries, her eyes closing behind a hundred thick, curly black lashes. And she kisses me, flicks her tongue against my teeth, snake-like, as though she wants to taste me with all of her senses. She moves her lips across my cheek, towards my earlobe, nudging, squeezing, whispering, ‘let’s go…’
Oh bugger, I really cocked that up. She’s not kissing me. Of course she bloody isn’t. She’s still sat there on her stool, reaching down and gathering up her bag, staring at me one last time before jumping to her feet and spinning towards the door. ‘Good for you,’ she growls, and she’s gone.
I’ve always had a hunch that I’m not very good at approaching women in bars, and now I’ve actually tried it my fears have been confirmed. I’m left alone in the middle of a crowd, standing in front of an empty stool with red cheeks and a pounding, painful heart, looking very much like a rubbish cowboy.
An ever-lovely collection of reviews on Amazon is growing swiftly but this week Google has informed us about two write-ups for Date on personal blogs, we thought we’d share them because they’re rather nice…
Boys Love Boys by Emily Bell
Do you remember the film ‘What Women Want’ with Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt? It’s a gem of a chick flick where Mel Gibson, a cocky dude in advertising who cares about no one, gets electrocuted in the bath and gains the ability to hear women’s thoughts. It’s genius. Here women are portrayed in their psycho, list making, neurotic, how does my hair look, I need to get my nails done type way and Mel gets an insight into the female brain. It’s pretty scary to be honest….
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Cornthwaite Melted My Little Black Heart by Jenny Hao
Humans can do amazing stuff these days. They can invent new techniques for minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, they can programme drones to fight wars, they can even hold two Guinness World Records, skateboard across Australia, paddle board the length of the Mississippi and write a book about dating.
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Ahoy! We have a trailer for DATE.
Thanks very much to some super talented ladies and the generous owner of a coffee shop in South London (which just happened to be the venue for a couple of dates in the book).
Date is out now, and every purchase supports breast cancer awareness through CoppaFeel!
Special offer until 1st March.
‘Is it good?’ they ask.
‘Well, I’m kinda biased.’
I enjoyed writing DATE (probably more than I did doing the research) and I found great pleasure in sitting opposite someone on the tube the other day as they were reading the book and shaking with what I think was a thorough case of the chuckles, but if you want an honest assessment of whether you’ll enjoy this read, take a look at the reviews on Amazon.
And if you have read DATE, please please write your own review, however you feel about it!
> Read reviews of DATE on Amazon
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> Purchase for Kindle
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PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VALENTINES DAY HAS NEVER BEEN SO CHALLENGING: On 14th February the Queen of Hoxton in Shoreditch is breaking out heart-shaped confetti for a Valentines event, with a difference. Speed Dating for Boobies, in aid of breast cancer awareness charity CoppaFeel, was the brainchild of Adventurer Dave Cornthwaite, a five-time World Record-breaker who has skateboarded across Australia and paddleboarded the length of the Mississippi. But Cornthwaite’s hardest challenge was much closer to home, when he tried to find a girlfriend by attempting to date 100 women in 100 days. He says: ‘I wanted to mingle the launch of my book, DATE, with a dating event that imitated the intensity of my dating challenge. With 50 girls and 50 guys dating each other for just 100 seconds, this is a great twist on speed dating for an amazing cause.’ Another high profile guest on the night is Bonita Norris, who has skied to the North Pole and is the youngest British female to climb Mount Everest. But, she says, she’s never been speed dating. ‘I’m apprehensive about going on 50 dates in one night, but I’m not exactly girlfriend material, I spend most of my time living in a tent in very cold places!’ Also dating on the night is multiple ocean rower Elin Haf Davies, and Sean Conway, who is about to attempt the fastest circumnavigation of Earth by bicycle. But, Cornthwaite stresses, you don’t need to be an Adventurer to come along, the event is open to everyone who appreciates a challenge. Tickets are selling fast and with a copy of DATE going to every participant, this is one speed dating event that nobody will leave empty-handed. Tickets are £12, available through www.boobdating.eventbrite.com //ENDS// NOTES FOR EDITORS For more information contact Dave Cornthwaite on dave@davecornthwaite.co.uk or by phone on 07872 986084 Venue: The Queen of Hoxton, 1-5 Curtain Road,
Shoreditch
, London, EC2A 3JX Times: Doors 18.45pm. Event begins 19.30pm. The Charity Web: www.coppafeel.org About Dave Cornthwaite Website: www.davecornthwaite.com About Bonita Norris Website: www.bonitanorris.com Quotes – Kris Hallenga, CoppaFeel founder “CoppaFeel! is a really important campaign to raise awareness about breast cancer diagnosis, so I’m delighted to be able to do my bit for this amazing cause. Guys who I will be looking for on the night will be the most charitable ones - the biggest donation to CoppaFeel! will be the best way of getting my attention” - Bonita Norris, Mountaineer “This event is a win win. Great cause, great fun, and if you’re not enjoying a date it’s fine, because you’ll be moving on in a minute!” – Dave Cornthwaite, Adventurer “Bonita says she’s looking for the most generous guy on the night. I keep telling her you can’t get more generous than organising the whole event, but she just pretends she hasn’t heard me.” – Dave Cornthwaite
CHARITY SPEED DATING EVENT ATTRACTS RECORD-BREAKING ADVENTURERS
Ticket website: www.boobdating.eventbrite.com
CoppaFeel! is a breast cancer awareness charity striving to encourage young people to be aware of their bodies and check their boobs!
Contact: Kris Hallenga - kris@coppafeel.org
An adventurer, author and motivational speaker, Cornthwaite is best known for his Expedition1000 project, twenty-five separate journeys of at least 1000 miles in distance, each using a different form of non-motorised transport. Throughout the project he aims to raise £1,000,000 for charity. DATE is his second book.
Bonita is Britain’s youngest chick to climb Mount Everest, she’s an ambassador for the watch brand TAG Heuer and outdoors brand Karrimor. At the age of 24 she has also skied to the North Pole and climbed some of the highest mountains in the Himalayas, but she has never been speed dating.
“Copping a feel on the first date is never guaranteed but we do encourage partners to get involved with this life saving activity! We’re so excited to host our very first speed dating adventure with Dave and hope it will not only get people talking about boobs, but help us raise money so we can keep talking about it to a lot more people.” 
The ONLY way to spend your Valentines evening. 100 people, 100-second dates, 50 chances to end your night under the…erm…mistletoe?!
Dave Cornthwaite, the Author of DATE, and the marvellous ladies from breast cancer awareness charity CoppaFeel! would like to invite you to a night of fun, flirting and boob-aware speed dating on Valentines Day, 14th February 2012.
50 girls, 50 boys and 50 super fast dates, this really is SPEED dating!
Included in the price of the ticket is a free paperback copy of DATE, and before the event begins Dave will give a little reading and offer some dating tips to ensure you don’t waste those 100 seconds with the boy/ girl of your dreams.
So, if you’re only vomiting a little bit after that last paragraph, this is the event for you! Sign up now, you won’t regret it!
All profits go to CoppaFeel! to help their amazing work encouraging everyone to get to know their boobs and prevent breast cancer before it’s too late.
See you on Valentines Day!
> Find out more about CoppaFeel!
> Read a sample of DATE on Amazon
