In which our heroine ventures - a bit - further afield...
'confidence is a preference' says Tony Daniels at the start of Blur's Park Life.
Having tried all the local parks, I thought I'd try one a bit further, although it's really only a short hop and skip of a bus ride.
Actually I've been here before on an exploratory visit a couple of years before lockdown, so I knew there were generously sized gender-neutral loos that I could change in, and back for the trip home.
I wasn't confident then or now to try the whole trip there and back as Susie, but maybe that's still to come.
Glorious day, although perhaps leaving it to the middle of the afternoon wasn't the best choice. Or forgetting to pack a bottle of water along with the myriad other things I needed to remember for the change bag (skirt, check; flats, check; wig, check; forms, check; wipes, check; keys, check; camera, check; keys, check again). It's these days you really envy women who can just pull on a pair of shorts, sandals and a loose top and be out in 5 minutes without having to bag half the contents of the bathroom.
(Although I did see one girl, years ago, empty what looked like the entire Boots cosmetics counter out of her bag onto the bus seat beside her and give a full makeup demonstration to anyone watching. I wouldn't have been brave enough to put anything near my eyes on a bus hurtling down a country road full of potholes. Astonishing, she looked immaculate when she got off at the station.)
meanwhile, some other park life... (I was examined briefly for food and then summarily dismissed.)