Vegan Youtuber Meet-up and Camden Town, London
Joining us on the trip this time was Plant-Based Nurse and The Vegan Engineer. When you travel on off peak times, trains can be very affordable. We paid £12 return trip to London for the two of us.
Deadpan Vegan, nearly didn't make it there on time. We kept calling and texting him but we were getting no response. Finally at 6am he sent us a message saying that he just woke up and was on his way. We had serious doubts as to whether he would make it. Turns out he did, which is good considering this meetup to see the London Youtubers was his idea in the first place. He's the one who wanted to start a YouTube channel.
We got into London around 9am and we were hungry so we looked on the Happy Cow app to find a place for breakfast. We started in the direction of Vegan Hippo in search of breakfast food. We had 3 hours until the meetup.
We google the opening times of Vegan Hippo to double check because sometime Happy Cow is wrong. Happy Cow said 10am but google told us Noon. Then we stumbled upon Planet Organic so we checked it out instead. They had a lot of vegan food there. We all got some food for breakfast and sat in their seating area in the back for a little bit. We mapped out our next route and then headed on our way. The seating in the back was pretty good. They had an area to charge your phone as well.
Planet Organic |
We visited Gandhi and then walked over to Kings Cross to see the Vegan Boutique called Vx.
We found Vx and checked them out. One of us got a lovely new Vegan T-shirt. The shop was quite small but had some cool stuff. We had been to a stall of theirs at Bristol VegFest.
VX |
Primrose Hill is really nice. It's part of The Regent's Park.
We walked to the top of the hill where the meetup was. There were lots of people jogging in the park.
Hey wait up guys! |
Quite a few people showed up to the meet up. The idea behind the meet up was to meet other vegan YouTubers and ask them advice on how to start a YouTube channel, make your channel better, and also just to socialise with other vegans. Based on YouTube comments and comments on Facebook that we've seen people have a hard time meeting other vegans. Fortunately this is not a problem we seem to be having.
The view from the hill was fantastic. You can see the London Skyline and we've never been in this part of town before. Cheap Lazy Vegan, The Friendly Activist, Brummy Vegan and Tim Shieff were some of the people we got a chance to meet. Tim Shieff is a professional parkour freerunner. We talked to people for quite awhile but it was really cold outside and we needed to find some warmth.
Here's a little video clip for your enjoyment:
We walked around looking for a coffee shop where we could warm up because it was cold outside and our feet were starting to feel numb from standing at the top of a hill. We found a coffee shop and had some tea. A friend of ours that lived in Brighton was at the meet up as well so she met us at the coffee shop. She brought a friend of hers along too.
Afterwards we all went to My Village Cafe which had a bunch of vegan options.
Falafel Wraps |
Cookies and Scream |
Ghouls |
Another place we checked out was Inspiral to get some juice.
Our friend from Brighton and her friend had to split but the rest of us took a walk along Camden High Street.
Thanks for reading. If you want to see more of London, check out our post "One Year in England! Let's go to London."
Sounds like everyone had an amazing time! Camden looks beautiful!
ReplyDeleteCamden is one of our favourite places in London.
DeleteI must visit London these photos make me crave to see the city. I also just want to experience all the food they have to offer as well.
ReplyDeleteLondon is a great City. Always so much going on.
DeleteI had never heard of a vegan blogger meet up but this is such a great idea! You must have met with a lot of amazing bloggers and it sounds like you had a great time! xx corinne
ReplyDeleteIt was great to meet like minded people and explore ideas.
DeleteWhat a great little excursion. I hope you guys got a lot out of the YouTube meet up. What a great way to meet others in your niche!
ReplyDeleteYeah it was a lot of fun.
DeleteThose ghouls looked absolutely amazing. This is awesome, all the vegan options that you share here. Looks fabulous.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Yeah they were delicious. We love to travel for food.
DeleteAs always I loved the photos, you guys manage to visit the most amazing places!
ReplyDeleteThanks. London is a great city to explore.
DeleteWhat a great trip you must have had. And to eat delicious vegan food during your stay, what a great find!
ReplyDeleteWe are always 9on the search for vegan deliciousness.
DeleteSounds like you had a really good time. it's great when you can meet up with other people who share you're interests. I'm not vegan but don't might the occasional vegan meal and London has a great selection
ReplyDeleteLondon has a lot of choices for vegans
DeleteThose are really great places to visit! they look awesome!
ReplyDeleteThanks
DeleteIt looks like you had such an amazing trip in London. I would love to go back, it's so beautiful and so much culture!
ReplyDeleteWe would love to go back too.
DeleteChocolate brownies with marshmallows? Yum! Who wouldn't want to try that? The ghoul would be my #1 reason I visit London
ReplyDeleteThe ghoul was amazing. Well worth the visit.
DeleteIt sounds like you had a great time meeting these blogger and youtubers. I'm sure it was quite a learning experience as well. I love getting tips from fellow bloggers and I've been curious about vlogging for a while now.
ReplyDeleteWe had a wonderful time. Its fun to pick peoples brains.
DeleteThat sounds like a great idea to meet up with other bloggers! London is always a great place to visit.
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of fun. We tried to go to London as much as possible.
DeleteWow, I didn't know there's such a vegan blogger meet up. But this is a good thing. At least you can have a chat with people who also writes about the same thing as you do,
ReplyDeleteIt was a wonderful meet up! We learned a lot.
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