hey guys forgive this vertical camera angle and the weird framing basically my phone is in my
phone holder because I'm driving somewhere and I forgot to bring my camera and I want a vlog
to vent to you while I'm driving and luckily I know where I'm driving so I don't need to use
a Sat Nav anyway tomorrow is the Blogger sphere Awards which is so exciting and of course Joel
word leaves it until the day before to sort his outfit of course he does I'm not asking for any
sympathy I've done it to myself I've I've known I've been going to the blogosphere awards for the
last month maybe two months and I've done nothing about it so it's my own fault I have just been for
a haircut as you've probably noticed before I had my hair cut I went into my local shopping
center to have a look for clothes like you know I'm thinking of velvet jacket I need I need a
tuxedo basically I think rather than a suit so I have a suit for a wedding or corporate suit but I
don't want to wear a suit I want to wear something Glam because the theme is glamorous I then told my
Barbers about it and they were like you didn't go to those shops for a suit shopping and I was like
yeah and I've been if you're not from the UK you won't know these shops but I went to next River
Island h m and they were like no way did you look for a tuxedo in those shops and I was like I did
and I tried and there was nothing and they're like yeah duh you need to go to a proper suit shop so
I'm back in the car luckily I've got a clear like I planned to have all of today for you to sort the
outfit but I met up with Chris in the morning um but I've got the rest of the day to sort it out
so it's currently 2 30 and these shops are shut at six so I've got enough time uh but I'm just
nervous guys I don't really know oh what I need I did look at what clothes I have in my closet
and close it I'm not American wardrobe I did look at the clothes I have in my wardrobe and I have a
couple of pairs of smart trousers and I have a white shirt and I have a normal suit jacket but
basically my priority for today is a really nice uh velvet dinner jacket right guys one wooden
was a mistake they don't have anything in my size they're like we can order it and I was like no I
I've left it last minute I need it for tomorrow um so I'm gonna drive 20 minutes to Kingston
I should have gone to Kingston in the first place it's bigger than Wimbledon many more shops
um fingers crossed they have something guys it's not looking good it's 4 P.M I've already had a
look around a massive shopping center like massive shopping center behind nothing in there what have
I done I'm gonna end up not going and leaving Leia to go on our own or just going in a T-shirt
right I'm done it is five o'clock and I tried on three different colored velvet jackets I went
for the Green in the end I spent 231 pounds on a jacket trousers two different types of
shirts because I'm not sure which one fits and the bow tie and a pocket square or something
so I have no idea if it will look good but let's hope for the best I need a drink guys
not an alcoholic drink just a drink I thought I'd walk past one on the way
to the car but I didn't and now I'm like oh is there a drive-through but weirdly there's
no like drive-through like Starbucks or anything in London that I know of
um I mean I'm just outside of London at the moment but like up north where Keegan lives they've got
a drive through Starbucks drive through Dunkin Donuts drive through everything but down south you
don't really see them very much they're starting to get more popular but that's what I need right
now is just to drive through so I'm going to Google it but I don't think they I don't think
it exists but I'm not good and I've still got to go home and try it all on and I and everything and
woe is me hey guys so it is the morning of the blogosphere awards I think I might have already
told you if I haven't I'm sorry uh it's the morning of the blogosphere awards Leo and I are
nominated for creator of the year so who knows if we're gonna win pessimistic Joel over here is like
I don't think we're gonna win but if we do like I'd love it if we do and that would be incredible
but I'm like oh there's really good creators in that category so who knows but either way it will
be a fun night but my kitchen is a mess basically I'm packing because I'm going away so I'm going to
the blogosphere awards tonight staying in a hotel then straight from the hotel tomorrow morning I'm
going up north to see Keegan for a few days then it's my birthday at the weekend then on Tuesday
I'm driving from Keegan's to Leah's and I'm going to be filming with Leah and then I'm driving from
Leah's here to pick up Ava and then I'm driving from here to my parents so it's Joel back on
tour again guys it's it's ridiculous but it is my life at the moment so um anyway I have a couple of
brand deals at the moment I'm working with Amazon and they have sent me this amazing Echo Show they
have haven't you know paid me to feature this in a YouTube video so that's not why I'm showing you
I'm just showing you behind the scenes of what I'm doing I'm also working with shark at the moment
I'm making some content for them so uh yeah these are two Big Brand deals that I've got which I am
currently creating content and I'm like oh but I'm not going to be here in London for a while and so
I'm just trying to get as much done as possible but I might need to take this with me to film some
more bits hopefully I can get it all done here but anyway I am going to make a coffee I'm going
to fill up my coffee machine because I've already had three coffees this morning but because I've
got to stay up late for the blogosphere awards I figured let's have another coffee it's 1pm in
the afternoon this should keep me going well into the evening as you can see my reminders are on my
new Echo Show stay at Travel Lodge in London central Houston well guys I've made it here I
am in my very basic hotel room this is a Travel Lodge so you walk in the doors here bed straight
away but fine it looks clean so far a bathroom on this side which is very very very basic but
whatever it's okay and then around here just some a desk and stuff it is a bit disappointing
um considering this is their super room so this is a more expensive rate they were like oh this
one comes with an iron it comes with it's on a quieter floor there's no way this is on a
quieter floor and it comes with a Lavazza coffee machine rather than just a kettle
um which it does over here and I do like coffee so that's good ah phew it does have an iron that's
great right so first things first let's uh just get things hanged up I did Iron my shirts however
they will need another Iron by the way guys as I said I've packed for like nearly a week well
five days so that's why there's so much in here two different shirts so basically guys I bought a
sandwich even though it's food tonight I bought a sandwich and a Pepsi Max because I know what
I'm like let me get my phone on charge and then we'll have a little chat while I eat my sandwich
so first things first Leah's coming over um her hotel is just a bit maybe like five minute walk
from mine basically I was never gonna stay in a hotel guys because I live in London uh so Leah
booked a hotel for herself and then uh last night I decided actually I might as well stay
in a hotel because I've got to come back to this exact location tomorrow morning to get the train
to Keegan's so I was like well I'll just book a hotel because I left it so last minute they
were so expensive anyway I'm glad I've done it I made the mistake of watching Vlogs from previous
years blogger sphere Awards in that Vlog one of my friends Luke who I met last week for the
very first time I'll link his Channel Down Below he makes very similar videos to me our lives are
like a strange parallel we're both vloggers we both live with a female friend we both bought
a dog together a black dog together and he lives in London and like our lives have such a parallel
anyway if you enjoy my Vlogs you'll enjoy his but last year he hosted the Blogger sphere Awards and
he wore very similar to what I'm wearing a velvet jacket and a tux with a bow tie so I felt okay
because I saw his outfits I was like oh it's fine um I watched the Vlog he was one of the only ones
in a tux and he even said in one of his Vlogs from last year oh I'm worried I'm overdressed
and you guys know me I'd always rather be underdressed than overdressed and
um so I've had a last minute panic I was like I I need to be a bit more not casual but I just no tux
so I bought some other options like a proper tie rather than a bow tie and a different shirt but
then I found out my other friend Nikki who you might have seen on this channel Nikki's coming
tonight and he said he's wearing a tux so I'm like phew panic over I'm just gonna go for it
Keegan told me I should rather be overdressed than underdressed he was like there's no such thing as
overdressed underdressed is a thing he was like you're gonna smash it like wear it with confidence
who cares what other people think like go for it so I'm gonna do it whoa anyway this feels like a
real treat because I live in London so like the fact that I've tracked myself to a hotel room in
London like for the awards it's really nice I mean I wish it was a bougie Hotel this is not a bougie
hotel I think I think from what you can see on the camera it doesn't look that bad and you probably
think Joy of being a snob I am I'm used to staying in really nice hotels not just because that's what
I like but because like I find really good rates at hotels so I'm paying 215 pounds for the night
for this I could stay in a four or five star hotel for the same rate trust me I can find it well not
this last minute obviously but with enough notice I can find a really early bird rate really great
rate for a hotel so it's not that I'm like used to spending loads of money on hotels I just know
how to find a good deal and I'm used to staying in like four or five star hotels so staying in
the Travel Lodge I'm like oh but you know what I honestly don't care because this is literally just
a place for me to rest my head and the fact that this is in central London that makes me really
happy so tonight it's probably about a 15-20 minute walk home from the venue and then tomorrow
morning I might have breakfast with Leah we might film it and then I'll jump on the train up North
so I feel very happy one cool thing I want to show you is here's my Apple watch and um I've actually
got a smarter Strat uh so that I can dress it up a little bit so I'm going to switch that over ow
has my wrist gotten fatter oh no well it's not a big deal I just put the old one back on
I don't understand this this used to fit I got this for Christmas oh I was doing it the wrong way
there we go um it's only a subtle difference many people won't even notice but I'll notice
and I'll feel the difference so yeah hello it's Leia just getting ready on Joel's Vlog so yeah
um we're in the Travel Lodge I'm staying in a hotel down the road it's it's not I'm not
going to say anything good or bad and yeah just gonna get ready and get go to the venue
this needs to transform anyway guys it's time to transform myself into someone worthy of an
award three two one and this is the after here I am Leah's here as well she's in her dress
and we're ready to go and get our Uber I just I forgot my jewelry guys but I don't
think it matters because I'm so sparkly yeah you've got lots of stuff sparkles
foreign
let me Shut these curtains oh my gosh guys it was a brilliant night it was so
good Leah and I won we won travel content creator of the year here's some footage
oh we don't have a management tonight
as Helena the results
we are those two Brits and our Instagram Panda was at those two bricks we have one
travel creator of the Year oh it's amazing I mean we fell into like travel kind of
accidentally we just went on holiday together we were YouTubers already we went on the holiday and
we were like let's film it and like it's like it took off from there so it feels a surreal
that we actually won this thank you so much to all of our viewers who have watched all
of our Brits in America content it means the world to us so thank you for supporting us and
wow oh it's stunning it it's amazing it's our first time here and it's so much bigger
than we expected and so much more slick and professional it's just intimidating the food was
oh my goodness we I know everyone says it when they accept an award they're like oh I I didn't
expect to win but we honestly did not expect to win I think I might have already told you
we're the only content creators in that category that don't do beautiful shots and you know most
travel content creators make amazing beautiful aspirational travel content Amelia are so Rough
and Ready shaky camera angles we just focus on our friendship and and the traveling Duo
but then our friends were like well maybe that's why you want because you are different and yeah
I just cannot believe it we only got one award so I gave it to Leah and I was like you have
it and we're going to contact the organizers and ask if they could give us another one um but I'm
actually not too Tipsy guys I feel fine I've just had a shower Leah's just gone off to her hotel
um we're actually not gonna meet in the morning now because it is 1am now so and I need to get
my train at 11 a.m so but overall really great night got to see lots of my friends also some of
my friends won Jack Edwards he won vloggerster creator of the year which is the biggest Award
of the night and I'm so proud of him and yeah that is all I don't know what else there is to tell you
really I'm just trying to think but over and out guys thank you so much for any of you who voted
for Leah and I because we couldn't have done it without you guys um it wasn't just down to public
vote it was I think 40 public vote and the 60 the judging panel made up of Industry professionals
so it was really nice and they said that the judges said about us something about we're
really watchable and it's really easy to want to subscribe or something like it was said nicer than
that but anyway thank you so much bloggers here if anyone from bloggers here is watching this
thank you so much it was such a great evening our first blog is here and it was a great one
um but yeah it's now time for bed good morning guys it is the morning if you couldn't already
tell I'm just having a coffee I've had another the shower I'm just packing up my case ready to go I
mean I'm early and my head my head of schedule Lea and I as I said aren't going to meet up
this morning just because we're really pushed for time but I still got an hour and well just
under an hour and a half until my train leaves so I'm thinking of just packing up here leaving
going for a bit of a walk getting some fresh air and um maybe even grab something like a little
bite to eat that's right if I've got cotton pads because they don't have face wash in here it's one
of these hotels where literally gross there's a dispenser for hair wash and body wash which
you know then it's not a good hotel when it does that but because of that I don't want to wash my
face with it so I've just uh cleaned it with my normal face wash stuff and exfoliating thing so
that is why I have white cotton bits I got a zit on my neck can't wait to see Keegan later guys
it is a rainy miserable day today should have brought my umbrella out really this is a cute
Street guys look at these they look like shops from like dickensian times wow School of English
really cool trouble is guys this has immediately got me in the mood for antique book shopping
that used to be a clock repair shop and I say used to I'm assuming it's not currently one yeah
I don't think I have time to go antique book shopping I also don't have the spare cash to
do that job but at least I could go to a charity shop that has some old books they don't have to be
expensive antique books this is so cute I've never known this was here this is just one street away
from the main road wow I'm in the market for a coffee well that was cool we just stumbled across
a really cool cafe called wholesome Cafe and I got a flat white with oat milk I've yet to taste it
but it looks really cute well guys I have tried but all the bookshops aren't open yet so that's
annoying I've just randomly stumbled across where Leah's staying Leah's staying on this road in one
of these she says it's worse than my room but it doesn't look it from the outside it looks lovely
just walking past some pancreas I think this is the most beautiful building in all of London
guys I tried bidding for a first class upgrade because there's an app where you can do that I've
been 15 pounds and I got outbid by one pound so someone has got an upgrade to First Class of 16
pounds first class includes obviously bigger C's quieter carriages you get free food free
drinks guys I've just arrived and look what he's got me uh travel creator of the Year
thank you yeah congratulations you're a winner baby that's a huge is that what they call what
do they call it a magnum of Prosecco and Keegan hates Prosecco so the fact you bought me Prosecco
is Real Love yeah you can drink it thank you oh guys I just forgot to Vlog I've just been
spending the last half an hour in the hot tub outside I actually took a little Boomerang on
Instagram so this is all I have to show you and I've been watching Harry Potter I set
up the iPad on the side and I was supposed to Vlog but I I just forgot I was having a nice
time Keegan's working upstairs and I was like you know what I'm not doing work today I'm not
doing it so I've just been chilling I was going to open this Magnum of Prosecco but decided you
know Keegan's not going to be having any so I was like I can't drink all of that myself so
I'm not gonna drink that today and that is the end of this Vlog if you enjoyed it please give
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