We were a little ambitious on the event set up. We couldn’t book a band with our £10 budget. We even tried to persuade Nick Wincup to perform with his band but there weren’t any electric points. Collecting money from the attendees, never happened. Bulk buying food and sharing costs ended up a cost for Tammy. The wild night out ended up being a single drink in a bar along Whiteladies Road. The coming together as good friends, ended up with a couple arguing and Tammy’s miserable boyfriend wanting to go home.

We would like to pay special thanks to all attendees: Tammy Whalen Blake, Tom Parker, Kate Rennolds, Daniel Martin, James Taylor, Nick Wincup, Adam Tiley, and Sophie.

This year had to be better and to be honest, it wasn’t a hard job. James was assigned the role to be host, and a great host he was. Kindly allowing his not-so-trustworthy friends into his parents home while they enjoyed a break in the sun, we all celebrated our annual festival with booze, snacks and games. James went wild with his personal funds and purchased wristbands for everyone to wear.

This was one example of his creativity that made it feel more like a festival. But James didn’t stop there… he bought face paint that GLOWS IN THE DARK. Excited by the face paint, Tammy spent extra care to enhance the already beautiful features of Rich’s face. As you can see here, the end results were magnificent.

We knew the moment to leave was when all the uploaders got stuck into decorating James’ home with toilet roll and black bags.

Off we went to a nearby nightclub designed for students. While none of us were students, it was the ideal location for our childish behaviour.

The night got sweaty, especially for Adnan as he danced hard with all the female beauties. Lad-Nan was on form!

No surprise, the night ended with another couple argument (same couple as last year) but it really wouldn’t be our group if this didn’t happen.

We love drama.

Special thanks to all attendees: James Taylor, Adam Tiley, Kate Rennolds, Daniel Martin, Tammy Whalen Blake, Adnan Ahmed and Richard Davies.

Two years had passed with no Upload, and so this year’s host had to do double the work! Luckily, Tammy was on the case!

A combination of a natural leader, event organiser and creative master led to themed uploads.

It was the first year the event was kept a secret minus knowing the date and time. Upon arrival, the guest was presented with a well-decorated flat, goodie bags and a basic supply of food and drinks.

Let’s start with the goodies bags: inside each attendee had an outfit and a new German name.

The day continued with fun games such as no hand eating the pretzel competition. There are a few competitive souls in the Upload crew, but there is one that is uber-competitive and aggressive. She goes by the name of Kate!

The £30 budget stretched pretty far, not only did the event start with awesome activities at home, but it also covered entry into Bierkeller, a stein and a hotdog.

For those who are unaware of the Bierkeller, this is a budget venue with lots of fun. Tonight's show: Oktoberfest.

The band was on form, within 30 minutes we were dancing on the table, hitting our steins together shouting “oompah” and on the dancefloor interacting with randomers.

Come 11 pm, we ventured to a classic venue that welcomes fancy dress and stupidity: Popworld.

The night ended with laughter and group love, and without any arguments - the culprit for causing the fights was no longer able to access Upload tickets moving forward.

Special thanks to our attendees: Tammy Whalen Blake, James Taylor, Kate Rennolds, Adam Tiley, Jonny Bongo, Shaun Whalen Smith, Adnan Ahmed, Richard Davies and Sabrina Whalen Blake.

Taking it from single great minds to two powerful minds and what better way to start the duo with Adam and James.

Competitive streaks grew to new levels as Upload 2016 set a new precedent.

Keeping to the theme style Upload, this year welcomes a very unusual theme: Meximas.

For those who have never heard of this global event, it is Mexico’s Christmas. Well, this is what we told one gullible Carphone Warehouse employee who almost arrived at work dressed up for the occasion until it was revealed Meximas was actually a joke.

The joke came to life for one-time only.

This year we were responsible for our own outfits as the theme was announced a month before the event. Everyone got stuck in. Here are some examples of our enthusiastic Uploaders.

Leading up to Meximas, Adam and James enjoyed many ideations in their living room. While they had grand plans, some were just not possible to create. But they were able to create an epic game that stood out from all activities to date - “Knock down the Mexican wall”

It was the year Donald Trump announced he was building a wall between the USA and Mexico. The game would consist of one player being Trump; wearing a Trump mask with oven gloves and foam bricks. While the other player would be a Mexican; wearing a sombrero with a slingshot and balls to knock down the wall. The goal was for the Mexican to keep the wall below 3 bricks high otherwise a shot was to be drunk by the player.

The game was going well until Tammy (the Mexican) tried to bribe Jonny (Trump) to not build the wall but rather throw bricks at all the other Uploaders.

Time to head out!

Off we went back to our favourite nightclub, Popworld. At this point we are unable to recall our actions as James and Adam ensured we were well supplied with booze!

Special thanks to all attendees: James Taylor, Adam Tiley, Kate Rennolds, Sabrina Whalen Blake, Tammy Whalen Blake, Shaun Whalen, Smith, Adnan Ahmed, Richard Davies, and Jonny Bongo

Time to “take it up a notch” quoted Jonny and Sabrina, the host of Upload 2018. It was the first time Upload was hosted outside of Bristol. Home to both hosts, Upload took to the road and partied in Hereford. More specifically, Sabrina’s house.

What an amazing display. They truly went hard on the decor and it was evident some love, sweat and creativity had been put into this year’s event. They even made sure we had good weather for the day.

The cost increased but this was welcomed with the array of services. From a well-stocked fridge of drinks to sitting on hay. Detail all the way through.

Upon arriving we were welcomed by Sheriffs who guided us through the country and western style garden and to our outfits. We were not allowed to go outside until we were dressed and together as a group. The Sheriffs remained in character all the way through the experience. We were ordered to move quickly and line up before proceeding into the new world…

What a display! We had a saloon, game zones and even a prison for bad behaviour. Genius!

The food was top notch. With Sabrina as a great cook and Jonny as a creative master, they created chilli beans, potent punishment drinks and taco shells.

The day was full of fun activities. There was no time spent bored.

This was the first year we had a new nightclub to entertain with our crazy Upload concept, The Venue. The nightclub goers treated us well, we felt comfortable to bring our weird and wonderful selves all night long. Drinks continued to flow for many but not for Kate. Kate couldn’t walk properly so we had to send her home to Norma’s house.

Furthermore the night got a little stranger as Adam ran out of the club screaming (with his high pitched voice and fuelled with too much Redbull.)

We lost Adam for 3 hours! Did we search for him…. NO!

To top it off, Kim was spewing on the floor, Jonny took a nap next to Kim, James watching Kim, and Joe holding on to Tammy to stop him falling.

Time to head home!

We woke up to a very sad Kate. She had fallen out of the taxi, smashed her face on the floor and woke up with a sore hungover head.

Special thanks to attendees James Taylor, Adam Tiley, Kate Rennolds, Sabrina Whalen Blake, Tammy Whalen Blake, Shaun Whalen, Smith, Kim Whalen Blake, and Jonny Bongo