Caroline Brealey

Crisp leaves, bronze hues and stunning sunsets: it’s no wonder London in autumn provides the perfect backdrop for first dates or date night. The season is all about enjoying the outdoors before winter so impress your date by doing something different. 1. Horse riding in Hyde Park With private sessions for two available from the Hyde Park Stables you’ll hopefully be galloping off into the sunset before the afternoon is through (and not falling off and ending up in A&E).    <img class="photo lazy inline" src="http://media.timeout.com/images/102852693/image.jpg" image_id="102852693" loaded="383182" total="383182" type="image/jpeg" data-width-class="" data-credit="" data-caption="" id="7b27644f-42ba-f14f-886f-aaae87664d8b"> 2. Warming up over Irish coffee With the nights getting cooler, a log fire and a steaming Irish coffee can be the perfect way to while away a few hours getting to know your date. Check out the Merchants Tavern or the Prince George in Dalston for a cosy spot.  <img id="279b8046-4cf9-4c48-8c1d-377225885fb1" data-caption="" data-credit="" data-width-class="" type="image/jpeg" total="239065" loaded="239065" image_id="102853916" src="http://media.timeout.com/images/102853916/image.jpg" alt="conkers" class="photo lazy inline"> 3. Conker hunting Yes, you may be an adult but nothing beats the feeling of finding a p

We're launching a new Blog Network that involves getting a bunch of cool bloggers to write for us, such as Caroline Brealey who runs the London dating agency Mutual Attraction. Here are Caroline's favourite secret places in London. 1. Sager and Wilde No pretence, just good quality wine. What more could you want? You’ll regularly find winemakers propping up the bar happy to chat about their vineyard and wine-making process. I readily admit to knowing nothing about wine, though I still swirl and sniff with the best of them. It's a wine-lovers dream on Hackney Road. If your date is partial to a good glass of red, you'll be onto a winner taking them here. Added bonus? It won’t break the bank.  <img class="photo lazy inline" src="http://media.timeout.com/images/102835502/image.jpg" image_id="102835502" loaded="239506" total="239506" type="image/jpeg" data-width-class="" data-credit="" data-caption="" id="d5176e11-c366-ded2-6ab9-e1ee07896f37" align="middle">  2. Hope and Greenwood Flying saucers, cherry bakewell bon bons and pineapple cubes: any Londoner with a sweet tooth will be in their element in this traditional looking sweetshop that sells all the classics. I love that this place is always full of nostalgic adults being taken back to a time when a penny sweet really cost a penny. They even have the candy fags you pretended to smoke as a kid, because you know, you looked cool.    <img id="0ba0ca83-d97c-92fe-d8f9-796e7cf5d0ae" data-caption="" data-c