ELLY BLAKE: I'd been back in the world of dating for a couple of months and the horror stories were piling up. I'd just about given up, until a friend recommended I get a tarot card reading.
ELLY BLAKE: I stumbled across Timeleft on Instagram. A glossy-looking advert promises me the chance to 'meet new people over dinner'. In the pursuit of 'trying new things' I sign up.
ELLY BLAKE: I have joined tens of thousands of Brits signing up to Sober Spring this year. But could your success in quitting alcohol be determined by the time of year you're doing it?
While doom-scrolling on Instagram one night, ELLY BLAKE comes across Haystack Dating which promises to make dating 'more inclusive and less sh**' , by putting on singles events with a difference.