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Passionate walking tours that reveal the Falmouth of old. Imagination, drama and discovery.

21/01/2025

The poster for my new one-man storytelling show is up outside the Poly now. Ain't it a beauty? did the most fabulous job of illustrating it.

10/01/2025

A call to arms! Can you help me out?

On the 5th Feb I'll be performing my one show 'Stories of the Sea' at the Poly. I'll either be on the main stage or the gallery upstairs. I'd very much like to be on the stage, but it's dependent on there being enough advance ticket sales.

So if you're planning on coming, could you book tickets sooner rather than later? 😊

03/01/2025

Ahoy followers! I hope you've deftly stepped from 'festive indulgence' into 'new year optimism' and are feeling game for whatever 2025 has in store.

I'm focusing my energies on my new storytelling stage show 'Stories of the Sea', which is on at the Poly on the 5th February and the Acorn (in Penzance) on the 5th March.

It's basically a blend of storytelling, stand-up and theatre that sails the audience through some of the most captivating tales from across the waves. Think shipwrecks and cannibalism, mixed in with absurd adventures and eccentric events.

https://thepoly.org/whats-on/event/3424/stories-of-the-sea

https://www.theacornpenzance.com/events/stories-of-the-sea/

16/12/2024

Leave off Amazon, ignore the Asda Home section, Falmouth Uncovered gift vouchers remain a thing.

27/11/2024

In the last few weeks I've mostly been doing storytelling and music for elderly people — care homes, memory cafes and the Falmouth Age UK day centre — which has been a particular pleasure.

The context for the audience is obviously different than the tourists I usually work with, but I've found it requires the same skills to do it well. Meeting people 'where they are', finding sources of connection, bringing good energy that says 'Let us be merry and curious both'

Yes to connection! No to isolation!

20/11/2024

A frosty morning in Falmouth brings to mind this moment in 1823 when Swanpool froze over and 'gentlemen appeared to move as to forget their fair forms on the slippery ice.'

08/11/2024

Silver! Last night at the Cornwall Tourism Awards we recieving a trophy proclaiming that the tour is really good and stuff. A cracking way to bring the season to a close

06/11/2024

One of the great joys of running tours is that you sometimes get to meet direct descendants of some of Falmouth's historical personalities. Today's history tour included a lady descended from Alexander Moses (later named 'Zender Falmouth') who arrived here in 1740 and spent his life building the town's buoyant Jewish community.

Here she is standing outside the old Synagogue. It was built after his death, but its very existence is a reflection of how successful Alexander/Zender was in his life's work.

04/11/2024

A cannonball thudding into Falmouth. A great lil anecdote from Old Falmouth (1903) by Susan Gay.

02/11/2024

Only a couple of weeks left to catch a tour with little old me. Tickets on the Falmouth Uncovered website.

31/10/2024

'A Falmouth Ghost Story', my ghostly street theatre project, went down a storm over the last two nights. Hooray for us! And hooray for .

My usual 'Horrors of Falmouth Ghost Tour' is running tonight (though sold out) and tomorrow evening (tickets still for sale!) at 6pm. Hooray!

28/10/2024

It's the week for a ghost tour! Here's the availability if you still want to buy a ticket. Head to the Falmouth Uncovered website.

Also, the special street theatre A Falmouth Ghost Story still has tickets going for Tuesday and Wednesday. Head to the Poly website for those.

25/10/2024

White and black works for us both.

21/10/2024

Oh okay fine, I'll start performing a storytelling stage show that takes you on an epic voyage into true tales from across the salty seas. Keep an eye out: it'll be appearing on stages across Cornwall next year.

A million thanks to Elly Jahnz for putting together the stupendously wonderful poster! If you need graphic design or illustration work done, drop Elly a message.

19/10/2024

Locals! The time is now. Come along on the history tour tomorrow and enjoy some sweet, sweet value for money. Just be standing near the public loos by the Grove Place Car Park at 11am.

14/10/2024

If you fancy getting your spook on with me this October, here are your options 👻

The Falmouth Ghost Story, a standalone street theatre experience, is running just twice. Head to the Poly for tickets.

My 'usual' ghost tour is running a few more times, including Halloween itself. I generally give this tour during broad daylight in the summer, but the gloom and atmosphere of the season adds something extra! Tickets are on the Falmouth Uncovered website.

13/10/2024

Sad faces. Why? Well, this here is Akos, one of my oldest friends, whom I lived with during the grim lockdown winter of 2020/2021. In February 2021 he gamely partook in my very first attempt at something like the history tour — a wooden, stumbling attempt — but then he moved up country before I started running it properly.

He's visiting this weekend, so today was the day to show it him for real.... but no one came to the tour, so it didn't happen! Sad times.

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I'm not who I thought I was! And that's a good thing!

An advert with several references to the end times to keep it spicy. Im short: Falmouth Uncovered gift vouchers are available on the website, and they make really cracking presents.

A massive week for me, this one. Feelin's and thoughts.

A few words from Bobby after his final tour of the year. Despite the torrential rain, two locals, Helen and Arwin, were up for it anyway! Bobby's arrival at Falmouth Uncovered has made such a massive difference. He's come on board with such personal warmth and openness, and has become a bracingly fantastic guide 🔥

Times are a-changin'

Bobby's thoughts on his tours this weekend. Two very different experiences! #cornwall #tourguide #cornishhistory

A lil interview with Bobby about how it's going being part of Falmouth Uncovered :)

Falmouth Uncovered has marched! The Falmouth Carnival Parade was a big crazy joyous mess and that suited us just fine 🙂

A full on morning!

A tune so lovely it had to be shared. It's called The Abbess by Andy Cutting, which I've just learnt. I played it on a tour last week and a guest gave it 8 1/2 out of 10. Very specific. And positive. Specific and positive. (Melodeon face is the widely recognised phenomenon of melodeon players' faces looking dissociated/angry/pensive when playing. There is no known cure.) #folk #melodeon #lovefalmouth

Six weeks into the Romanian rescue dog journey... and Dotty has settled into the realisation that I'm a goodie. Now she just needs to realise that leaving the house doesn't have to be the most terrifying thing in the world 😅

Come along! For the good times! For the chat! For 'ahhh I didn't know that!' For tunes! For connection! For curiosity! For jokes! For the 'might as well, got to fill the day with something!' For knowing more and knowing why and knowing that Falmouth is somewhere special and always was. History tours are every Sunday, Monday and Wednesday at 11am. In weather fine and in weather foul, with me or with Bobby, both hatted and booted and chatty.