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01/02/2025

A beautiful sunny day for a recce - Went for a walk around Birkenhead today, looking at the coach route for our exam in April 😳
A stately ruin saved by Wirral council. Reopens on 12th February so time for a proper exploration soon.

Birkenhead Priory was established as a Benedictine monastery in the 1150's and was home to no more than 16 monks at a time but they looked after travellers and rowed the ferry boat across to the Lyver Pool, a muddy inlet of the River Mersey which later became the site for the first wet dock in Liverpool.
The priory was closed under the orders of Henry 8th and the monks dispersed. Now it has a museum as well as lovely ruins to explore. Looking forward to paying a visit later in the month.

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28/01/2025

And you know where to come if you would like a guided walking, cycle, coach or boat tour in & around Worsley & the Bridgewater Canal
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23/12/2024

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This pub is just one of the sights on a walking tour of with me.
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06/12/2024

Two years ago today I walked into Liverpool Anglican Cathedral for the first time ever on a CPD event. Now I'm a guide here! I had no idea of what was to come but I'm glad it did.
Pictures on left from 6th December 2022. On the right is yesterday, 5th December 2024.
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28/11/2024

Liverpool Cathedral
has been the focus of my day today, guiding school groups and interested visitors.

The largest and smallest of Giles Gilbert Scott's designs from Rodney Street

The vastness of the cathedral when you look at the red-robed cathedral guides on the left

The star in the cathedral firmament

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PS - the ceiling is carved sandstone - a visitor was convinced it was wood.

14/11/2024

When in Rome, etc
On our way to & from the Institute of Tourist Guiding AGM
Trains every few mins, literally, what's not to like.

08/11/2024

So pleased to see Liverpool Cathedral where I guide and am an Education Team volunteer featured on the new Royal Mail stamps. A first class stamp for a first class cathedral!
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30/10/2024

Illusion hole, another artwork at Liverpool 's city of light 2024.

30/10/2024

Bubblesque by Atelier Sisu
River of Light - Play - Liverpool 2024.
This installation has been created specifically for the bodies of water around Mann Island. Overflowing onto the land around the water, bubbles fill the area, reminding the audience of a larger-than-life bath tub.

I definitely would like a nice, relaxing bath with musical, multi-coloured bubbles, but not in the river Mersey, thank you.

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28/10/2024

I've made a video! Woo hoo me!

28/10/2024

My first solo full day group trip walking tour of Liverpool on Saturday 26th October.
It was great fun but boy, am I tired!! Carted my bag full of notes and books and didn't use it once. I think I get this guiding thing now... 😳

Train from sunny Eccles to walking tour: Brownlow Hill, Rodney Street, Hope Street, Liverpool Cathedral Grafton Street, Royal Albert Dock, Pier Head and James Street for our train home.

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16/10/2024

at the Trafford Centre.
British Guild of Tourist Guides you said you wanted to see your guides in action but not guiding, well here I am, enhanced role community first responder (ECFR for short) with North West Ambulance service -
Part of a team that trained around 600 people over 12 hours to perform CPR and use a defibrillator (heart restarter) to save a life. (I was only there for 4 of those hours but ooooh, my knees are protesting!)
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10/10/2024

A grand morning's guiding, telling the stories of the women of the Bridgewater Canal & estate.
From a five foot feisty feminist, monarchs and a deputy lieutenant to the coal cart pullers and pit brow lasses, we weaved our way through Worsley woods and along the Bridgewater Canal in lovely ☀️

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25/09/2024

Something very special has come my way from a very good friend who has skills!
This is a model of the crane of curious construction, now seen as a sculpture on the platform at Worsley Delph. Book a tour of Worsley with us and not only do you get exclusive access to the Worsley Delph platform but I will bring the model crane as well.

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20/09/2024

One step closer to my Liverpool this evening - passed my tour planning project submission to plan, map and describe a full day's guided tour around Liverpool - UNESCO City of Music.
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Thanks to everyone at British Music Experience for their assistance.

17/09/2024

Been a-wandering today, Chester Cathedral is on our course as a 'day out' from Liverpool - gorgeous weather inside and out
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10/09/2024

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10/09/2024

Thinking of what to do this weekend? Join me on Saturday for the latest "Coal, Canal & Cake" guided tour with a hot drink and some cake at the end, served in the grade 1 listed St Mark's church.
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A tour exploring the history of the Bridgewater Canal in Salford and the hidden clues of its link to the coal deep in seams underground.