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Address: Pocklington, GB
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My name is Sarah and I'm a qualified Blue Badge Tourist Guide for Yorkshire - I can offer tours to suit all ages, budgets and interests. From walking tours of our great towns and cities such as York, Hull, Harrogate, Whitby & Beverley to step on coach guiding for groups. I'm also qualified to guide at the fantastic York Minster and can take you round other fascinating churches such as Beverley Min

ster. How about visiting a sumptuous stately home - Yorkshire is full of them or just enjoying the stunning scenery offered by a county with 2 National Parks.

13/09/2024

I saw a hot air balloon taking off on my way to work this morning, it was a beautiful morning and I thought how stunning York would look from the air. So it seemed like a good reason to repost this fantastic pic of York taken from a hot air balloon in 2018 by 🎈😍. Got to be one of the best pics I’ve seen of the Minster and city. .

07/09/2024

Making the most of the last days of summer before autumn really takes hold.

We took the dog for a walk in Millington Woods. Did you know there has been a wood here for at least 1000 years!! It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. These days it’s a Site of Specific Scientific Interest (SSSI) as it’s one of the richest woodlands in the Yorkshire Wolds.

06/09/2024

York was looking gorgeous today.

This is Lendal Bridge which opened in 1863. It was designed by architect Thomas Page who also designed Westminster Bridge in London.

The bridge helped deal with all the new visitors arriving at the railway station but it put the ferryman out of business. He had operated between the two towers you can see in the pic. However he received compensation of £15 and a horse and cart!

04/09/2024

Happy anniversary to me! 9 years ago today I did my first guided tour of . It was also my first ever tour with actual people (as opposed to fellow guides!)

9 years on and it’s still a privilege to guide inside this magnificent building and you never stop learning new stuff about it!

02/09/2024

*York and Mobility Issues*

If you have mobility issues you may be worried about visiting York famed as it is for its narrow cobbled streets but don’t be! I had a group of 22 today and 2 of the group were using mobility scooters. We followed the usual route around all of the major sites including inside

All of this was done without any need to adapt the tour. There are plenty of dropped kerbs and large parts of the city are pedestrianised in the daytime making access even easier.

Inside the Minster there are ramps and lifts. You can also borrow a wheelchair for your visit.

So please don’t let any worries put you off visiting this beautiful city.
Pic is of an unusually quiet Shambles for this morning’s tour!

30/08/2024

Spotted some more Tansy Beetles whilst out and about in York. Do you recognise any of the locations? .

29/08/2024

Throwback Thursday to this time 4 years ago when I met the lovely when she was filming

Note how I’m wearing a visor due to Covid restrictions. I’m so happy to be through that! I did no guiding for nearly 18 months and I missed it!!

#2020

28/08/2024

If you fancy a peaceful, pretty spot in York to sit or perhaps have your lunch then head your way St Anthony’s Hall Gardens.

If you’ve walked the city walls you may have spotted these lovely gardens tucked away behind St Cuthbert’s church. See if you can spot the walls in some of my pics.
The last photo shows the gardens from the walls. Well worth a visit to escape the bustle of the city! .

27/08/2024

Back at work today guiding for in lovely Beverley. Did you know that Beverley has not one but two magnificent churches to visit. If you’re a fan of church carving (and I am!) they have some brilliant medieval carvings. Well worth a visit and .

26/08/2024

Happy National Dog Day. 🐶 🐕‍🦺🐾🐕

Here’s our pup enjoying the delights of Robin Hood’s Bay. Yorkshire is a brilliant place to bring your dog as it’s incredibly dog friendly. They are welcome all over the place so they can have as nice a holiday as you!

16/08/2024

Hello 👋 I’m back. Not sure if you’d noticed I’d gone! But I had a much needed social media break to enjoy the school holidays. I wasn’t planning to post so soon BUT if you know me, you’ll know I love an animal trail and the tansy beetles have arrived in York 😍

The tansy beetle is an endangered species which only lives on a 30 mile stretch of the River Ouse around York. In honour of that these gorgeous sculptures have popped up around the city the summer.

There are 17 to spot, here’s 3 I’ve found so far. If you really know York you might be able to spot a very well known York person in pic 1 😉

31/07/2024

What a beautiful telephone exchange box said no one ever…… until now!

has teamed up with to create these fantastic designs based on York’s stained glass.

You can spot them on Stonebow. I think they’re a great addition to the look of the street!

25/07/2024

I’ve spent the last few days commuting from our holiday cottage in Robin Hood’s Bay to York (the joys of being self employed- always working!), my journey has taken me through the brilliantly named village of Ugglebarnby!

Mr EY says it sounds like an argument as in “I had a right ugglebarnby with my wife last night” 🤣🤣

It’s actually a Norse or Viking name. ‘By’ on the end of a place name means village. So it was Uglubarthr’s village or farm. Uglubarthr would have been a Viking man and his name translates as Owl Beard. Now not many owls have beards; but the Eagle Owl, native to the Viking homeland of Scandinavia, sometimes has discolouration of tufted feathers on its chin!

So this explains the owl on the village sign 🦉 🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉

24/07/2024

When your group are on an Anglo Saxon themed tour of England then what are the 2 things you HAVE to show them in York?

1. The York Helmet - discovered by chance in 1982, this magnificent helmet dates from the 8th century and is intricately designed. It takes pride of place in

2. Just round the corner from the museum is the Anglian Tower. One of only two non ecclesiastical Anglo Saxon structures in the UK! It was constructed at some point between the mid 7th -9th centuries and we’re not really sure what it was used for! It’s built into part of the Roman city walls so perhaps a watch tower, if you have any ideas let me know!

20/07/2024

Goathland station was looking gorgeous yesterday - such lovely flowers. Swipe to see if the puppy was impressed!

Well worth a visit even without a train going through! If it looks familiar - it’s Hogsmeade station in the Harry Potter films.

19/07/2024

Happy place 🤩

17/07/2024

Finally a proper warm summer’s day 🤩 And where did I spend it?! Underground in the museum and crypt for most of it! However it was lovely to be able to enjoy these weather when I left and it’s a pretty great office so I’m not complaining!

15/07/2024

Blue skies! Finally 😀
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal were looking great today. Did you know that it’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site? It was recognised in 1986 as a feat of human creative genius!

14/07/2024

Just a tour guide leading a walk.
In a woolly hat and winter coat.
In July.
🥶🙄🤪

Yorkshire Dales always look good though!
Thanks to for the pic

13/07/2024

If you’re an All Creatures Great and Small fan then you have to get a pic of Helen’s farm at Yockenthwaite!

The weather was more April than July today but that didn’t stop us seeing plenty of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales 🤩

12/07/2024

Not sure when or even if summer’s going to put in an appearance this year 🙄, so here’s a throwback to a lovely walk in the Wolds a few years ago. 😀

09/07/2024

On this day 40 years ago, lightning struck the roof of the South Transept of York Minster setting fire to the wooden roof.

Due to the quick thinking of firefighters, they managed to bring the blaze under control by aiming their water cannons at the roof timbers. This caused the roof to collapse which stopped the fire spreading further.

Luckily the rose window had been re-leaded several years previously, so although it shattered into 1000s of pieces, it held in place until the glaziers could bring it down and stick it all back together. This took nearly 4 years to do!

One of my favourite stories to tell is about one part of the rebuilding - the Minster approached Blue Peter, the longest running children’s TV programme in the world and asked them to hold a competition to design 6 new roof bosses. Over 32,000 children entered (including me!) and the 6 winners had their drawings immortalised into the bosses that now sit proudly over the South Transept.

As part of the 40th year events, there is an exhibition in the North Transept with some fantastic photos from eyewitnesses. You can also see the drawings the Blue Peter winners submitted. It’s amazing how close to the original designs the carvers got!

Pic 1 today, fire engines returned to commemorate the anniversary (pic by my colleague
Pic 2 the roof of the South Transept
Pic 3 the roof from the outside
Pic 4 the rose window
Pic 5 the Blue Peter bosses in the new exhibition

#1984

07/07/2024

Great day guiding 3 Americans around Fountains Abbey followed by a lovely lunch and a stroll round the city of Ripon.

Did you know Ripon is the 4th smallest city in the country? It’s a city on account of the building in the photo being a cathedral! ⛪️

06/07/2024

Whilst going to puppy training I’ve spotted a little church across the valley - so as any good tour guide would do after today’s training I took the family there to investigate!

It’s the church of All Saints at Kirby Underdale and it’s a lovely church with its Norman tower and plenty of interesting features.

I really liked the beautiful stained glass - particularly the pheasant as you always see plenty of them round here. In a wall there is a stone carving believed to be Roman showing the god Mercury.

Surrounded by the beautiful countryside of the Yorkshire Wolds, it’s well worth a visit.

05/07/2024

Wholesome day off in the sunshine - picking raspberries and sweet peas and harvesting beetroot and potatoes at the allotment before lunch in the sun, thank to for the yummy sandwich!

04/07/2024

Great day out at Whitby and Castle Howard guiding a family from Arizona but came home to do the most important thing today - get a pic for and vote too obviously!

02/07/2024

Back to back tours of York today for an Argentinian school group. Boys in the morning, girls in the afternoon- great fun but exhausted now! Always fun to work with my fellow Blue Badge Guides too and

26/06/2024

On this day in 1483 Richard, Duke of Gloucester began ruling England having deposed his nephew. He is better known as King Richard III, one of our most notorious kings.

He only reigned for 2 years and was the last ruler from the Royal House of York. He had many connections to Yorkshire -

Pic 1 is Middleham Castle - Richard lived here for part of his childhood and his son was born here.
Pic 2 is which was a favourite residence for Richard.
Pic 3 is the Old Palace where Richard had his son invested as Prince of Wales.

24/06/2024

On this day in 1981, the Humber Bridge opened to traffic. Spanning 1.4 miles across the Humber Estuary, it was the longest single span suspension bridge in the world and an impressive feat of engineering. 43 years on it’s dropped to number 12 but it’s still an impressive sight!

23/06/2024

Finally summer’s here and is looking lovely.

The building is the medieval hospitium which was used by people visiting St Mary’s Abbey as lodgings. The River Ouse would have been nearer to the building so the archway would have been a water gate allowing boats to sail right up!
These days it’s a rather lovely wedding venue 💍

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Thank you so much for all your support in 2023 helping to make it my busiest and most successful guiding year ever!! See you all for a hopefully even better 2024 🤩 . . . . #2023 #2024 #happynewyear #tourguidelife #bluebadgetouristguide #bluebadgeguide #tourguide #yorkshiresbestguides #yorkshirebluebadgeguides #uktourguide #yorkshire #york #visityork #visithull #visitleeds #hull #leeds #whitby #yorkshiredales #northyorkmoors #reels #visityorkshire #visitengland #tourgroup #experienceyorkshire

Spotted today in York! This rather spectacular carriage has been recreating a typical eighteenth century coaching route - travelling from Darlington via Northallerton to York and then onto Harrogate today. The coach would have had 12 people on top and 4 inside. Inside wasn’t always the best place, although warm in winter, in the summer it could be unbearably hot and many passengers would get sick from the heat and bumping on the uneven roads! . . . . . #york #onlyinyork #stagecoach #coachingroute #coachandhorses #horseandcarriage #horseandcarriageride #eighteenthcentury #18thcentury #18thcenturylife #visityork #loveyork #experienceyork #experienceyorkshire #yorkshire #yorkshirehorse #horses

My office 😍. Don’t be fooled by the sunshine pouring in - it’s blowing a gale in York today! Stay safe out there everyone. . . . . #yorkminster #yorkminstercathedral #cathedral #englishcathedrals #gothiccathedral #gothicarchitecture #medieval #medievalarchitecture #church #stainedglasswindow #church #minster #york #visityork #visityorkshire

On this day in 1984, An enormous fire ravaged York Minster. But like a phoenix from the flames it was restored to its former glory. . . . . #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #yorkminster #yorkminsterfire #fire #rosewindow #york #visityork #minster #cathedral #church #churchfire #southtransept #1984 #yorkshire

Walking Tours are Back!

I’m delighted to announce that walking tours of York are back! First up on Saturday at 10am is a walk through 2000 years of history in York. Then next Friday, 7th May join me to walk the City Walls of York. To book and for more details please visit www.experience-Yorkshire.com/tours. Use the coupon code York5 for £5 off!

Exciting times! Preparing for an actual walking tour with real people! Can’t wait to be back doing the job I love very soon. . . . . . #bluebadgetouristguide #tourguide #walkingtour #beverley #beverleywalkingtour #beverleyminster #church #minster #gothicarchitecture #tourlocal #eastridingofyorkshire #eastyorkshire #visiteastyorkshire #visitbeverley #yorkshire #yorkshiretourguide #experienceyorkshire #visityorkshire #visitengland

Final post of Lincoln! The sunshine of yesterday is a distant memory as the rain and wind howl tonight back home in Yorkshire. Had a lovely 2 days in Lincoln. Great spot and plenty to see, do and eat! #lincoln #lincolncathedral #lincolncathedralquarter #visitlincoln #staycation #citybreak #lincolncastle #visitengland

It was fantastic to be able to enjoy so much of Hull's year as City of Culture. What a great city and what a brilliant year. Here's to more visitors coming in 2018 and hearing more of its story #hull #hull2017 #yorkshire

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Experience Yorkshire is a Tourist Guiding Company that can offer all sorts of tours and adventures across Yorkshire. There is something to suit everyone of all ages! This can range from walking tours of our fabulous towns and cities - York, Hull, Harrogate & Beverley for example; or working with our York based chauffeurs we can offer tours across the superb countryside. How about a tour of Herriot Country or a trip to the spooky fun of Whitby? We are qualified to guide in the magnificent York Minster, one of the finest cathedrals in the country. We can show you the splendour of Yorkshire’s many stately homes, castles and ruins from the famous Castle Howard to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Fountains Abbey. Interested in art? How about exploring the Yorkshire Wolds made famous by David Hockney or a visit to the fantastic Ferens Gallery in Hull. Whatever your interests we can design a tour that you will love. In addition to this we can offer step on guiding for coach groups. Please contact us via email to discuss your requirements. Visit Yorkshire, EXPERIENCE YORKSHIRE, Love Yorkshire.