Rhys Thomas Tours

16/04/2025

Walking over to London City Airport to meet clients and getting nostalgic for when I lived in the Docklands area. Nestled amongst the shiny modern architecture of Canary Wharf and the Victoria and Albert Docks is the wonderful little airport. Mostly small planes and short flights from Europe to entice business clients to the financial district of London. For me, I have a Canadian couple doing a special Shakespeare’s London tour to celebrate a 70th birthday!

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I’m Rhys, for private tours of London or Windsor with a theatrical flare, why not book me for a tour?

06/04/2025

Tonight I am guiding at a special event inside Eton College. Probably the most famous High School in the world.

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I’m Rhys, a Windsor based London Blue Badge Guide. Follow me for posts about London, Windsor and beyond.

05/04/2025

Always nice to spot something with our new King’s royal cypher on it (the CIIIR, for Carolus Tertius Rex, King Charles III in latin) What exciting thing could this be for?

… It’s a hideaway for the rubbish bins from the gift shop! It’s also got a helpful dent in it for storing the watering can!

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I’m Rhys, a Windsor based London Blue Badge Guide. Follow me for posts about London, Windsor and beyond. For information on tours, please click the link to my website in the bio.

29/03/2025

A glorious day to be eating by the river overlooking Tower Bridge and the Tower of London.

04/03/2025

Caerphilly Castle, South Wales. What an amazing fortress. Bear in mind, that I live near Windsor Castle, so I am particularly hard to impress. This is arguably the second largest Castle in the UK after Windsor (there are other claimants to this, such as Dover Castle). This castle was established in 1268 and you can see that this would have been a truly intimidating fortress when your main way of attacking a castle was with siege weapons like the ones in the first picture, however, by the English Civil War (yes, this reached Wales too) we had gunpowder, which you can see in the second photo has left the south east tower to lean at a more acute angle than the Tower of Pisa!

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30/01/2025

This may be the last time I see the Windsor Totem Pole, Virginia Water, Windsor Great Park. This Totem Pole was carved in the style of the Kwakiutl tribe of British Columbia, Canada in 1958, to celebrate 100 years of BC being a Crown Province. It has now reached the end of its natural life and will be taken down. In fact it was due to be taken down last year but it was delayed for technical reasons. It will be removed soon and laid to rest and naturally degrade, as is the traditional way to dispose of totem poles.

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I’m Rhys, a Windsor based London Blue Badge Tourist Guide. To book me for a tour, please contact me through my website rhysthomastours.com link in the bio.

28/01/2025

A wet Guard Change for the Gurkha soldiers as they enter Windsor Castle this morning.

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I’m Rhys, a Windsor based London Blue Badge Tourist Guide. Please contact me through my website rhysthomastours.com to book a private tour. Link in the bio.

25/01/2025

Always a pleasure to guide Windsor Castle on a sunny winter day!

11/12/2024

Meeting some clients this afternoon at the Shangri-la at the Shard. Probably my favourite hotel lobby because you get such an incredible view from up on the 35th floor!

11/12/2024

More London’s Christmas Tree with the amazing backdrop of the Tower of London and Tower Bridge!

11/12/2024

An hour after a meeting and now the whole of Whitehall is blocked by tractors for the farmers’ protest!

11/12/2024

The farmer’s protest in Trafalgar Square and Whitehall. Loads of tractors everywhere. This Christmassy one was my favourite!

10/12/2024

Windsor Christmas Lights.

10/12/2024

The Brooklands Museum. Home to the world’s first speed race track, and the UK’s first Grand Prix. This became an important centre for motoring and aviation. Today it is a fantastic museum where you can see all sorts of amazing motoring and air vehicles including concord. Well worth the trip down to Weybridge, near Hampton Court.

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I’m Rhys, a London Blue Badge Guide. To book me for a tour of London, Windsor, and beyond please contact me through my website www.rhysthomastours.com link in the bio.

05/12/2024

28/11/2024

Got to take my annual “King Rhys” selfie with the Windsor Christmas Lights.

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I’m Rhys, a Windsor based London Blue Badge Tourist Guide. To book a private tour with me for yourself or as a Christmas gift for a loved one, please contact me through my website www.rhysthomastours.com link in the bio.

26/11/2024

Lovely review for a tour about Crime, Punishment and the Dark Side of London for some Criminology students last week.

Fancy joining the dark side? Do you know someone who would like a tour like this. A tour with me makes an excellent Christmas present! 🎁 Contact me through my website www.rhysthomastours.com link in the bio

22/11/2024

Guiding in the wonderful City of London today. This is the oldest part of London, even with its shiny contemporary architecture everywhere the streets are still based on the medieval structure so you don’t get great wide boulevards giving wonderful vistas like you will in cities like Paris, but what is does mean is you get beautiful vignettes like this view of St Paul’s Cathedral here.

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I’m Rhys, a Blue Badge and City of London Tourist Guide. To book me for a tour or to book a tour as a Christmas gift for a loved one, please visit my website www.rhysthomastours.com