I Met Alfie Deyes

The title of this post literally says it all!!

I met Alfie Deyes AKA Pointlessblog on YouTube.

After 4 years of being a subscriber/viewer I finally got the chance to meet him when he flew to Ireland for a meet & greet set up by Easons. The way everything was organised was perfect. From the arranging of tickets, having his books pre signed to spend more time with him and to the free sweets handed out from the manager when everyone was waiting outside.

I have never been to an event that had been so well thought out and organised. I expected everything to be madness but actually it was all so calm.. Nobody was rushed, pushed or told off. Everyone from the staff of Easons to Alfie's team were so kind and relaxed.

I personally loved how the day before the meet & greet Alfie signed all of the books to spend more time with the viewers. I also loved how buying the book was optional but of course I bought it. Pre signing the books was all to save time, so he would have a chance to have a proper chat with you and to get numerous photos. It was just brilliant.

I queued from 9.45am and finally got to meet him shortly after 12.30pm, it was a reasonable amount of time to wait but it was extremely worth it, I got to have a chat with Alfie & give him a scrapbook that I had made with a ton of messages from viewers on twitter showing their love & support to him and also get a handful of photos with him! He was so chilled and polite to everybody, even the staff at Easons couldn't believe how calm everyone was because they expected chaos considering it was his first time in Ireland.

All in all I had such a wonderful time meeting him and going by the hashtags #PointlessbloginIreland & #IrelandmissesAlfie on twitter so did everyone else.

-R xo

Tour Of Red Rock

Okay, so I know that this post is long overdue, but it's finally here!

For anyone who is reading this that may be Irish or living in Ireland you may have heard of the hit soap on TV3 called Red Rock, yes well I got the fantastic opportunity to meet them back in May and might I just say WOW!

That morning exceeded my expectations.

The entire thing was set up to celebrate the first series of the hit TV show, so myself and a handful of other 'superfans' got to go onto the set of the show, have a little wander around and meet the cast.

It was so outrageous to see the set in person because I was so used to seeing it on the TV every week and then to be seeing it in real life was something I was not expecting. It was quite small compared to how it looks on TV which I found quite strange but it was so interesting to learn how what is now the Garda Station in the TV show evolved from an empty building.

It was all just so surreal have such an incredible opportunity especially with being such a big fan of the show. It is honestly a morning that I shall never forget.

To rewatch season 1 of Red Rock #RedRockRewind begins Thursday 23rd July at 10pm on TV3. 

Be sure to watch the 1st episode of season 2 on 2nd of September on TV3.

-R xo