Hello to you!
So last Saturday I went to a youtube gathering in Northampton. The whole day was amazing but I won't give you all the details because I will be talking about it in a future video and it would take too long to type out!
So the day started with us leaving the house by 8 as it was a 200 mile journey to Northampton from where I live. Once we got there, there was a queue of people hanging around and after about 20 minutes or so, Bethan (musicbethan),Dean (dean dobbs from omfgitsjackanddean) and Gary C turned up! I think we all went into shock mode a bit as they were the first youtubers there so it didn't feel real, and that's when the day started...
Dean is quite short in real life! He was lovely, seemed really nice and it was great to meet him! He was really sweet with everyone there, and he seemed really down to earth.
Bethan is just as gorgeous in real life, it was so weird meeting her because I started watching her a few years ago before I really got into youtube, and rediscovered her last year so it felt very surreal! She was so nice to us, and later on in the day we had a proper conversation with her and she was so down to earth and lovely.
Next I met Gary C who was a sweetheart, there was a very orderly queue waiting to meet him! We ended up taking 3 selfies because in the first picture he moved his hair out of his face so his whole hand had covered his face! It was so nice to meet him, and he gives great hugs!
Then Cherry arrived and she had a crowd around her, I don't know if you guys know this but she followed me on twitter for a month and we spoke quite a bit! When we were in the crowd, she pointed at me and said "Lottie" and I was quite surprised that she remembered me! She was so sweet, and she gave me a little signed card with her logo on it. We went to speak to her again later on, she was so friendly!
This was our second picture with Bethan, we were talking to her for ages before we realised there was a queue forming so we got a quick picture before we went! She is so down to earth and easy to get along with, I could imagine being good friends with her because we had a really lovely conversation and it just felt so real and laid back!
Then Jason/Patty/Luke arrived and everyone went slightly crazy, I managed to end up behind Jason while they were walking up the field and I touched his hair! He turned around and said hi, and later on I got this picture with him - he gives really good hugs!
We got a silly picture too - later on in the day when everyone was more chilled out, I ended up speaking to Jason for ages and he was so friendly! Right before we left at the end I asked for another hug before I left and he spun around and gave me a huge hug, he was really sweet.
After I got the original pictures with Jason, I went to see Luke and this was probably my highlight of the whole day. I stepped forward to hug him and so he gave me a big hug, and when you would normally pull away from a hug I just hugged him even tighter and he didn't try to pull away or anything he just hugged me back as well and the crowd around us aww'ed! It was the cutest moment ever, he was so sweet and it just made me the happiest person ever. It was such a long perfect hug and I think he just knew how much it meant to me, it was amazing <333
After I met Luke I went to meet Patty who was adorable, he gave me a big hug before we took this selfie (youtubers all seem to be so good at giving hugs) and then I got a video of him saying hi to my friend Phoebe & he was so lovely, saying he was sorry she couldn't be there and stuff and then the crowd aww'ed again after that! He was such a cutie, and he hugged me again before we went to meet the others. He's so sweet!
Then we met Tom Law who was so friendly with all of us, he was just hanging out and chatting with a little group of us and he was so sweet! A girl gave him a box of presents because it was his birthday last week and he shared the chocolate with us, he seemed so caring and it was great to meet him!
Slightly later on I met Dodie who was so sweet, I remember she wore the most amazing shoes! I went over to her to say hi, she gave me a hug and we chatted for a little while and took this selfie before I went to meet some of the others - later on in the day Dodie and Tom started playing music and singing songs and everyone was clapping along, it was such a lovely moment!
Then I spotted LittleRowan who I had tweeted that day already, I only found out she was going a few hours before we got there! She was so sweet and we had a conversation about hair dye and such, it was really nice to meet her as it was rather unexpected!
Then I met Marina Joyce, I had been looking out for her and I saw her with some of her friends who were there so I felt a little bit too awkward to go up and say hi, but then one of the guys realised I was there and she came over and she was like "hi i'm so sorry!" and I said it was absolutely fine, she gave me a hug and she was so sweet! We took a selfie facing the sun until we were both like "wow that was bright" so we took another one, and afterwards she said "you're so pretty!" and in my head I was like WHAT because she was gorgeous in real life too, I just said to her "aw thank you so are you!" She was so sweet, I wasn't sure what to expect when I met her but she was so cute! Later on in the day I saw her again so I went over and congratulated her on 100K subscribers and we chatted for a little while, she was so kind. Today I went on my twitter and she had actually DM'd me twice! The messages she sent were:
SUPER LOVELY MEETING YOU <3!
You're so beautiful btw omg D; not fair.
She was so lovely honestly, I know that some people don't like her and I was quite intimidated when I first saw her but she is the sweetest person!
Right near the end of the day I spent about half an hour just chatting to Jason and he was so sweet, then just before I left I went to say goodbye to Luke and this girl there put him on the phone to her girlfriend and he spoke to her before pretending to be Jason, Patty, Alfie, Caspar and Marcus! It was the funniest thing. By this point I had 1% battery left so we managed to get a super quick selfie before my phone ran out of charge! Luke is the sweetest person, I had such an amazing day :)
The day after Vidspoon, someone tweeted me this picture saying they had accidentally taking it while I was hugging Luke! I think this picture is perfect, I love it so much. I smile every time I see this!
I hope you enjoyed reading about my experience at my first ever youtube gathering, it was one of the best days of my life! I didn't include pictures of me and people from twitter but they are in my latest youtube video if you would like to see them. I was quite surprised at how many people knew me from twitter, some were already my friends and some were people who followed me and came over to get a picture and to say hi! They were all so lovely, and it felt like a day where I was hanging out with a huge group of friends. It could not have been more perfect.
xo
