I have only recently become active in the BDSM scene with my first visit to the Preston Playroom in September 2011. The selection process as to how I arrived with Mistress Maggie is logical, un-inspiring and it is already documented in other reviews I have submitted. I had rejected any thoughts about being prescriptive as to how sessions should proceed and decided that wherever Maggie wanted to take me, within her own strict published guidelines, would appeal to me as a sub. I also decided that when I enter the chambers there would be no nonsense of 'he who pays the piper.....' I wanted the experience where I am truly subservient and fully under the whim of a dominant Mistress. My first contact with Mistress Maggie was via her web site. There are a lot of professional sites that I visited when I was teetering on the edge of making first contact. Maggie's web site ticked all of my boxes and appears as a professional shop-front for the services that are available. The narratives are interesting and the pictures provide visual stimulus to reinforce the text. The web-site is well maintained and regularly updated and has a members area containing the normal news reviews, snippets of additional information, stories, a bit of history etc and proved to be well worth the investment for a months subscription. The latest news update (20th February 2012) shows Maggie as keen to continue to expand her considerable experiences by the conversion of a second room to accommodate her newly acquired medical furniture. I also found it refreshing that rates are prominently displayed within the site and you are aware of the financial investment that will be required for session time. The other review sites that Maggie uses on the Internet are regularly updated to reflect the progress on the main Mistress Maggie web site, suggesting an active contributor. To me it also suggested a professional approach to the whole area of advertising and the provision of updated information to potential clients. I have seen many review sites where the only contact was the day the PD registered. I find it disappointing when you read the briefest of blurb, attempt to locate the web site for more information only to find that it is diametrically opposite to the image portrayed on the review site or, worse still, the Mistress' own website was last updated several years ago or is simply unavailable. The web site was sufficient to draw me to making that first, all important contact. From my perspective, a very nervous beginning as I am sure it is for all first timers, the initial phone call was friendly as were the couple of e-mail exchanges exploring where I wanted to go. I had little idea apart from my liking for latex bondage and breath play. Again, Maggie was welcoming and attentive at the first session and first impressions were of a very attractive person interested in her work and prepared to invest a lot of effort into making a session enjoyable for both herself and customer. The pre-session review confirmed our conversations and email and we were off in session. That session was very much about gaining trust for both parties and easing me gently into my fantasies. I did get the impression that Maggie was assessing me as a person as much as I was of her as a Mistress. I suspected had I not been genuine and honest, I may have received far more than I bargained for. A force not to be messed with. At this point I will restate the obvious. My experience with a PD is limited to my current experience with Mistress Maggie. I have no intentions of changing in the foreseeable future and by definition cannot compare her with other PD's; I do not have the exposure to make a valid comparison. I do, however, have some life and work experience (employed and approaching 60) and what I have experienced in the 11 sessions is the approach of a professional person who appears to really enjoy their job. Either that or she should be Oscar nominated. In an earlier life, I did spells as an adult trainer and on a couple of occasions have been privy to the session notes that are used by Maggie. The documents have been professionally created and are referenced during each session and creates the impression of a structured training plan. It is obvious Maggie maintains client notes, as I am sure all the PD's do, because what is said, agreed or performed in one session is reflected in future session plans. I have certainly had my horizons extended and this will, hopefully continue. None of the sessions have strayed into the 'off limits' areas that were so fundamental to my original choice and I am really pleased that the original decision to abdicate all control was correct. Having read various web offerings and talking to Maggie, I do appreciate, from a PD perspective, that the blank canvas approach can be most difficult to plan for. From my perspective, it does give servitude; one of my original aims and suits my needs but I am certain will not suit everyone. It has produced a wonderful bi-product that I am actually learning what gives Maggie some enjoyment during sessions. That I believe is important in a Mistress and slave relationship. It has encouraged some of Maggie's rather strange sense of humour to surface which in turn makes for a far more rewarding session for both players. After 11 sessions, what conclusions can I draw? The web site is an accurate reflection of a PD. The Preston Playroom is both warm and welcoming yet sinister and challenging. You are made welcome and your relationship is not, in any conceivable way, just part of a balance sheet entry; money in money out. I have been helped through some difficult web entanglements, that through my naivety could have proved embarrassing, reflecting that welfare is also an important aspect of Maggie's longer term involvement with her subs and a PD who really does enjoy her work and that enjoyment is transmitted through to the sessions. I now feel qualified to suggest that if you are a newcomer, as I was last September, a relative newcomer as I am after eleven sessions or a much more experienced player, Mistress Maggie should feature high in any short list that you create. In the North West you will experience a mature, self assured, capable, attractive PD who should be able to accompany you on whatever course you choose to navigate in the sub role. I would offer a final precautionary note. If you have to be away from the Playroom by a specific time, make sure you tell Maggie beforehand. The sessions do have a tendency to overrun and if Mistress is in full swing, it will end when it ends. Maggie does not operate a conventional clocking off mechanism which is another endearing fact that suggests she really does enjoy her work and not just the money. Visit the web site and see for yourself.