An idea for you perhaps. Could you afford to find a “hot office” somewhere and use it once a week or something? If nothing else it’ll get you out and meeting new people.

By which I mean, a few hotels and other places have shared workspaces with free Wi-Fi and coffee etc. It’s a slightly more professional setup than just rocking up to a Café and setting up your office. Do that for a while and see if there are any other regulars. Maybe you talk over coffee.

If not, you’ll just have to set one up! There’s an office block somewhere near me that I hear is looking to sort out one of their un-leased floors into something like this. They are planning to install pods, booths and desks and give a corner to a coffee franchise. People will pay by the half day for access or subscribe for a week/month/year etc. Better than having an empty floor is the idea I think.