Timeline of Dan & Phil's IRL meetings

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Timeline of Dan & Phil's IRL meetings
before they both moved to Manchester


This is a timeline of Dan & Phil's early meetings, before they moved to live in the same city. It includes how often they traveled to see each other, how long they stayed for, and what they did (that we know of). At the time, Phil lived in Manchester and Dan in Reading, which is a 3½ hour train journey.

Visual version:
pink: #confirmed - they definitely spent this time together
blue: debatable - maybe they did, maybe not (not sure when they left/arrived)
grey: no possibility of seeing each other, because of vacation or similar
white: they did not spend this time together, period
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Text version:
2009
  • October 19-21 – First meeting
    (October 28-30 Phil's in Dublin)
    October 31-November 1 – SitC and Halloween Gathering
    November 6-9 – ApartmentRED + lion nakedbooth
    November 29-December 4 – "That" week (actually it was six days, mind blown)
    December 10-14 – General D&P hangout, Christmas gathering
    December 22-24 – Filming the Christmas special
    December 30-January 2 – New Year’s in London, then Phil visits Dan
2010
  • January 15-17 – Avatar in 3D, failed attempt at going to the Sheffield gathering
    January ?22-24 – Dan visits Phil (don't know when he got there but likely a weekend trip)
    (February 5-19 Dan's in India)
    February 20-24 – Dan visits Phil after India, they make pancakes and stuff
    March 5-9 – Phil visits Dan
    March 16-21 – Phil visits Dan again
    (March 31-April 6 Phil's in Isle of Man)
    April 17-26 – Planned trip to Portugal becomes trip to Blackpool instead bc rude volcano, then they film Pinof 2
    (April 27-May 16 Phil's in Florida)
    May 19-21 or 22 – London -> AmazingDan -> Thorpe amusement park (unclear when Phil left, probably the 21st but could have been the 22nd too)
    May 27-June 3 – New date for the Portugal trip, yay
    June 11-18 – Went to L.A. with Bryony, PJ and others for E3
    June 26 or 27-July 6 or 7 – Dan visits Phil and play lots of video games (unclear when Dan arrived and left)
    July 26-August 5 or 6 – Youtuber trip to Jamaica + D&P hangout (unclear when Dan left)
    (August 7-8 - Dan's at SitC while Phil is apartment hunting)
    August ?15-21 – Dan visits Phil’s new apartment, films Truth or Dare 2 (Dan might have gotten there before the 15th)
    (August 25-30 - Dan's at Reading festival with his friends)
    August 31-September 12 – At Phil's place, StickAID collabs and Muse concert
    (September 16 - Dan moves to Manchester!)
Note: As you can see the dates start getting a bit patchy in 2010. This is because Phil stopped dailyboothing completely and Dan's booths grew very infrequent. They also stopped tweeting every single time they went to a train station, which is just unhelpful tbh.
Detailed version:
Under the cut is the ridiculously long and detailed version of this timeline, that proves all of the above dates with screenshots. There's also a google doc version.
FIRST MEETING
19-21 Oct 2009

18 Oct Phil anticipating Dan's arrival:
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19 Oct Dan’s train ticket:
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19 Oct Train tweets:
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19 Oct First meeting tweet:
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19 Oct Dailybooth from first day:
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(they both boothed the same picture)

19 Oct Skybar:
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20 Oct Pinof1 was filmed:
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21 Oct, Dan went home:
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(you will notice phil always follows dan to the station/meets him there when he arrives)
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(Phil's in Dubling shooting ApartmentRED videos)
28-30 October 2009
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SITC & HALLOWEEN GATHERING
31 Oct-1 Nov 2009

30 Oct Getting ready:
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#mouseandbearsavetheworld

31 Oct Dailybooth from the Halloween Gathering:
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(posted a couple of days later obvs)

maea05, John StressedTechy and Port3M5 on Youtube caught D&P in five vlogs between them, see my Dan and Phil in vlogs playlist for videos and timestamps.

1 Nov They went their separate ways home after having spent the night in London:
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(mookentooken being Phil's brother)
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(fun fact: 5 Nov Dan classed his relationship status as “?” in a Dailybooth survey.)

ApartmentRED FILMING
6-9 Nov 2009
(See video “Stephen & Phil in Manchester” on ApartmentRED, which Dan filmed.)

5 Nov late at night (so late it's technically the 6th) Phil is excited:
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(so supposedly they didn't just hang out with Stephen but Charlieskies too)

6-7 Nov Dan travels to Phil and spends the night:
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(again, Phil always meets Dan at the train station)

7 Nov They meet Stephen in Manchester:
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7-9 Nov Dan stays at Phil's house:
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(fun facts: this is when they took the lion nakedbooth and Dan filmed the Phil part of his “How to befriend your favourite internet stars.” They also booked tickets to a Muse concert that wasn't until September 2010.)

9 Nov Dan goes home:
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THAT WEEK (giggity)
29 Nov-4 Dec 2009

I think they may have waited sort of impatiently for this week? Idk just a hunch.
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(and that's only like half of it... such good friends!)

29 Nov Dan goes to Phil:
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30 Nov-4 Dec Dan’s week with Phil, hanging out, filming AmazingDan, interesting Dailybooths and cherry tweets etc
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(fun fact: 1 Dec was when Dan tweeted about cherry and then later at night about Uma Thurman watching him have sex, but hey there's a Phan Timeline for that kind of stuff let's not get distracted)
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4 Dec Dan goes back home:
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(5 Dec Dan posts his #distancesucks tweet)
(6 Dec Phil posts a Dailybooth saying “I had the best week ever last week” and talks about how he’s looking forward to Dan’s next visit.) (srsly, such good friends) (but again there's a Phan Timeline for that kind of stuff)

FESTIVE GATHERING
10-14 Dec 2009

10 Dec Gathering isn't 'til the 13th but Dan goes to Phil early:
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11 Dec Mario and videomaking:
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12 Dec Playing dress-up:
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13 Dec They head to London for the gathering:
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Photo from the gathering:
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14 Dec Still in London, more gathering + museum visit:
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14 Dec They then go home separately:
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(Phil shows some more photos from this trip in his video “I WANT SNOW” from Dec 16.)

FILMING THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
22-24 Dec 2009

22 Dec Dan arrives in Manchester:
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(fun fact: 22 Dec was also the day Dan wingmanned for Phil)
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(bet that got phil laid) (sorry this is an inside joke) (hi jonquil)

23-24 Dec They filmed the Christmas special and then Dan went home:
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(fun fact: it was during this visit Phil gave Dan his Christmas gift, the Final Fantasy tonberry plushie Dan shows off in his now privated video "What did YOU get for Christmas?")

NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY AND PHIL VISITING DAN
30 Dec 2009-2 Jan 2010

30 Dec Dan meets Phil at the station:

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31 Dec Party party:
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Picture from party:
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(rip party vlog - anyone got a copy? please shoot me a pm or message me at [email protected])

1 Jan Phil goes back to Dan's place:
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2 Jan Phil goes back home:
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SHEFFIELD GATHERING AVATAR IN 3D GLASSES
15-17 Jan 2010
Dan went to Phil’s place, they saw Avatar at the IMAX and the day after they were supposed to go to the Sheffield gathering, but ended up not being able to. (Instead they stayed at Phil’s place.)

15 Jan Dan arrives:
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16 Jan They end up not going to the gathering:
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17 Jan Prrrrobably the day Dan went home:
There are no tweets or anything indicating when Dan went home again, but since he was working weeks at the law firm at the time and 15-17 Jan was Friday-Sunday I think it would be safe to assume he went home the 17th.

DAN VISITS PHIL RANDOMLY AGAIN
22(?)-24 Jan 2010
Arrival date is anyone's guess really as all we have is the departure date, but 22-24 would have been Friday-Sunday.

24 Jan Dan leaves:
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(5-19 Feb Dan is with his family in India.)
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(fun fact: the vday vid was uploaded to lessamazingphil the 13th)

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DAN VISITING PHIL AFTER INDIA
20-24 Feb 2010

20 Feb Phil meets Dan at the train station:
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21 Feb Hanging out:
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(fun fact: while dan was in india they tweeted about wanting to make pancakes "on sunday" and the 21st would be that sunday. in Phil’s unlisted video “My fish died” from 1 march you can see a short clip of them making pancakes.)

24 Feb Dan's back home again, apparently for the first night's sleep in his bed since before India:
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PHIL VISITS DAN
5-9 March

4 March Dan anticipates the weekend:
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(the 4th was a Thursday)

5 March Phil's on his way:
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6 March Getting recognised:
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8 March Going to the cinema:
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9 March Phil's on his way home:
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PHIL VISITS DAN AGAIN
16-21 March

16 March Dan goes to Manchester to look at the university and Phil follows him home:
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17-19 March ??

20 March Singstar:
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21 March ?
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22 March Phil leaves:
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(March 31-April 6 Phil's in Isle of Man with his family)
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TRIP TO BLACKPOOL (after Portugal got cancelled) + general hanging out
17-27 April 2010

Firstly, here's them planning the Portugal trip that didn't happen:
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(no it doesn't seem like they saw each other irl for that, but did it all over the internet)

Aaand the flight being cancelled:
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17 April They leave for Blackpool instead:
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Photo from Blackpool:
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18-21 April ??

22 April Still hanging out:
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("being with AmazingPhil for so long", "dsn't let me eat it")

24 April Hanging out:
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25-26 April Filming PINOF 2:
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27 April Phil leaves for Florida early in the morning and Dan tweets going to bed at home:
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(27 April-16 May Phil's in Florida, he documented everything in a series of now-private vlogs on his channel.)
here's Phil coming home:
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FILMING AMAZINGDAN + GOING TO THORPE PARK
19-21 or 22 May 2010
(uncertain which date he left, 21st is probably the most likely)

19 May They meet up in London:
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(apparently Phil had some kind of meeting in the city?)
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19 May Dailybooth from London:
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(Notice how Phil is wearing exactly the same clothes as in AmazingDan – this was the visit during which they filmed it.)

21 May They go to Thorpe Park (an amusement park halfway between Reading and London):
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(Saw is a rollercoaster)

(Unclear exactly when Phil went home, but it's likely they went their separate ways after Thorpe meaning Phil got home the 21st.)

23 May Phil's definitely at home and early in the morning too (= he must've slept there):
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TRIP TO PORTUGAL
27 May-3 June 2010

27 May Departure:
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28 May Portugal tweet:
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(the Q&A he's referring to is pinof2)

Picture from Portugal:
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(Phil shows more photos in his video “World’s Biggest Chip?!”)

29 May-2 June Still in Portugal

3 June They get back from Portugal:
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E3 IN L.A.
11-18 June 2010

(they got chosen for the E3 trip in May)
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11 June Departure:
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17 June Dan posted a vlog filmed in L.A. where he and Phil talks about the trip but it’s since been privated. Plenty of other footage around though – Phil still has his channel PhilatE3 up with two videos, PJTheKick and Paperlilies have vlogs from there, Dan’s “Stalker prank call” was recorded in L.A, and a guy called Will Francis uploaded a vlog they’re in (first video on his YT channel. And more.)

Picture from Dan's L.A. vlog:
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18 June, Phil's home again:
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19 June Dan doesn’t tweet about getting home but there are no signs of him being with Phil and he tweets A LOT of other random crap so I think it’s safe to assume he did go home:
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JUST TWO BROS HANGING OUT PLAYING VIDEO GAMES
26/27 June-5/6/7 July
Hard to tell exactly when Dan arrived and left.

25 June: Dan's home:
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That evening he goes to a party (without Phil):
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26 June The next evening both D&P tweet about Muse at virtually the same time:
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^This could be a sign they were together, but then again it might as well not be

27 June They are both spotted in Manchester together, so Dan's definitely there by now:
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28-29 June, They play Playstation and watch a thunderstorm:
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30 June-3 July Not much to go on here but it seems they keep playing games:
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4 July, They arm wrestle, ofc they do:
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5 July, Socks:
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Somewhere around this time Dan leaves, the 5th, 6th or 7th.

7 July Dan’s definitely home as he gets an Xbox in the mail:
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(Fun fact: Sometimes D&P play video games while they’re apart as well)
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YOUTUBE TRIP TO JAMAICA
26 July-5/6 Aug 2010
(Jamaica: 26 July-1 Aug
D&P hangout: 1-5/6 Aug)

Here is a video compilation showing D&P’s trip to Jamaica with correct dates based on videos by the dailyvlogging youtubers on the trip and tweets by everyone. Here is a playlist of all the vlogs shot by the dailyvloggers.

The trip is also heavily documented on D&P’s own channels:
Underwater Lion Roar
Dan Vs. Phil
The Lion of Inflatable Destiny
argblarbleawblrwarblgablrblewablbll
Extreme Tubing Fail

Here's a lovely photo:
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1 Aug Going home:
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2 Aug Home!:
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2 Aug Dan's Dailybooth:
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3 Aug When I said they went home I meant they went to Phil's:
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4 Aug Editing:
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It's hard to say when Dan went home but he must have stayed the night as they're putting the video up then. He left either the 5th or 6th.

6 Aug He was definitely home by this point:
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(7-8 Aug Dan goes to SitC. Without Phil this year, as Phil's in the middle of packing as he's moving)
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(13 Aug Phil actually moves into his new apartment)
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VISITING PHIL'S NEW APARTMENT+ filming Truth or Dare 2
?15-21 Aug 2010
(unclear when exactly he got there, but he was there the 15th)

(Fun fact: 14-15 Aug was the first night Phil ever slept in his new apartment)
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15 Aug Dan helps Phil move in:
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16 Aug Luke asks about their living arrangements:
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16 Aug They watch Inception #cosy:
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16 Aug Like Dan says in Truth or Dare 2, he got the plague in London on his way to Phil:
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17-19 Aug Dan’s ill, I presume

20 Aug They go ahead with filming Truth or Dare 2 anyway:
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(you can hear Dan being ill in the video)

21 Aug Dan goes home early in the morning:
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(25-30 Dan goes to Reading festival without Phil)
25 Aug Dan arrives at Reading Festival:
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27 Aug Phil tweets Dan:
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STICKAID AND MUSE
31 August-12 September

31 Aug Dan travels to see Phil:
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2 Sept They film the StickAID videos (this one and this one):
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3 Sept, Dan tweets about the same videos
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5 Sept, Zoo day:
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7 Sept, Went to the cinema:
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No tweet to be found from Dan but between 8 and 9 pm people tweeted him this:
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so I think it's safe to say there used to be a tweet

8 Sept, at the supermarket together:
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(the second screenshot is from a different timezone, that's why it's from Sept 9)

9 Sept, at Hard Rock Café:
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10 Sept, Planned to do a liveshow together but it didn't happen:
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11 Sept, The long-awaited Muse concert:
(remember how they booked these tickets way back in 2009?)

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12 Sept, The day after the concert, Phil leaves from Dan's house:
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DAN MOVES TO MANCHESTER!
16-17 September

16 Sept Dan's all packed:
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17 Sept Phil films his video "I ate Mario" in which Dan appears:
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quote from 'I ate Mario':
Phil: Also, guess who just moved to Manchester...
Dan: Rawr!
17 Sept, Phil (and Dan?) goes to a party:
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Aaaaaand now they live in the same city, so that's probably a good place to end this.
dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas

:dh:
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