Tours with Laura

Fab Four Blue Badge Guides after a mad busy day in York working with a lovely school group from Argentina

Oh to be in Edinburgh, now that summer's here.

So today is .

Who knew ?

Today's biscuit is delicious Vanilla and Walnut shortbread from Reids of Caithness courtesy of First class lounge in York.

Today the new Lowry and the Sea Exhibition opens at the Maltings Gallery in Berwick upon Tweed.

My colleage Tess and I were involved with training the guides who will be telling the story of Lowry and the Sea and the artist's love of Berwick through 20-minute tours at 12.30 every day (Wednesday - Sunday).

And the new guides are looking forward to guiding their first visitors to the exhibition, which launches on 25th May

https://www.maltingsberwick.co.uk/whats-on/lowry-and-the-sea-exhibition-entry-day-ticket-2/

Maltings Berwick British Guild of Tourist Guides Tours with Tess
Tours with Laura The Lowry

Sunshine on Leith today helping guests from cruises

Today is World Heritage Day

I'm very fortunate as a Blue Badge Tourist Guide to share some of the UNESCO World Heritage sites with visitors from around the globe.

The Forth Bridge was described by UNESCO as a masterpiece of human creative genius and an aesthetic triumph of tremendous grace, despite its solid construction and lack of any decoration.

Back in business, back at the Angel of the North this week with a lovely group staying in Newcastle

It's lovely to be back in York.
When I worked here many moons ago for this was the view from my office.
Painted by L S Lowry
image credit York Museums Trust

Great to be back in York preparing for a tour

Happy to be celebrating by giving a guided tour to a lovely group from Rochdale area today. We drove through Newcastle and along the coast to Tynemouth- in the sunshine!

The picture shows me at Tynemouth also in the sunshine a few years ago, on one of the first training days for our new group of Blue Badge Guides- I am happy to say that all of the guides were successfully accredited by the and are now leading tours throughout the North East of England 

 
             

Today I'm attending
Finding out about tourism developments in North East England

It's great to meet up with my local colleagues from

I'm very proud to work as a Blue Badge Tourist Guide in the North of England and Scotland and I am looking forward to welcoming visitors from all over the world in 2024. 

English Tourism Week is a Visit England initiative to celebrate our diverse and exciting tourism industry.

I am looking forward to welcoming visitors from all over the world in 2024. 

I'm very proud to work as a Blue Badge Tourist Guide in the North of England and Scotland- here I am on Hadrian's wall - never the border between the two nations!

Come on a guided tour and find out the real story!

Blue Badge Guides on a day off- today we followed ' Cuddy's Corse' the pilgrim route from Chester le Street to Durham, symbolic of the journey taken by the monks carrying the coffin of St Cuthbert over a thousand years ago.

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The Forth Bridge celebrated its 134th birthday last week.

Did you know that the first train driven over the bridge was driven by a woman, Candida Louise Hay the Marchioness of Tweedale.
That was on 24th January, several weeks before the official opening by Prince of Wales on 4th March 1890.

The iconic Forth Bridge is 134 years old this week

Today, on International Tourist Guide Day, guides from both England and Scotland organised a litter pick and clear up at the border crossing.

Tourists and visitors from all over the world stop here for a photo at the famous flags.

This area was looking a bit untidy - about 20 bags of assorted rubbish were collected and now the area is clean and tidy again.

Some of this was wind blown but so much had been deliberately dumped. 

But we have left it in a better condition so visitors are welcomed with pride 😀

Thanks to Darren and Ronnie from Scottish Borders Council who took it all away !

Today, on International Tourist Guide Day, guides from both England and Scotland organised a litter pick and clear up at the border crossing.

Tourists and visitors from all over the world stop here for a photo at the famous flags.

This area was looking a bit untidy - about 20 bags of assorted rubbish were collected and now the area is clean and tidy again.

Some of this was wind blown but so much had been deliberately dumped. 

But we have left it in a better condition so visitors are welcomed with pride 😀


 

The Angel of the North sits on a hill overlooking the Team Valley  in Gateshead
The Angel was erected in February 1998 , and is visible from both the main A1 trunk road and the east coast main line making it one of the most publicly viewed  works of art, seen by millions of motorists every year.
Designed by Sir Antony Gormley, the Angel has become one of the most recognisable landmarks in the North of England. 

The Angel of the North sits on a hill overlooking the Team Valley  in Gateshead
The Angel was erected in February 1998 , and is visible from both the main A1 trunk road and the east coast main line making it one of the most publicly viewed  works of art, seen by millions of motorists every year.

Designed by Sir Antony Gormley, the Angel has become one of the most recognisable landmarks in the North of England. 

Happy Birthday

Holy Island

Almost had the place to ourselves yesterday

Happy to be helping with tours for the delegates at the recent Coach Tourism Association conference

Delegates from all over the UK were at Hilton Newcastle Gateshead for the conference, visiting Bamburgh Castle The Auckland Project Raby Castle and Newcastle and Gateshead

Photo from Stanley Coaches

Lisbon


And sunshine

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