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Spooky Halloween walk for and ‘Bombs, Burials and Fantastic Beasts’. We had competition winner Jessica in the group t...
01/11/2024

Spooky Halloween walk for and ‘Bombs, Burials and Fantastic Beasts’. We had competition winner Jessica in the group tonight who won the competition to name the giant Octopus tendrils following us around the market - the winning name is Professor Cephalus! Learn why the Romans often put a chicken in the coffin when a child was buried? Why ithe street of St Mary Axe is called? What are witches Marks on buildings and churches?

‘Bombs ,Burials and Fantastic Beasts’ walk in and around Leadenhall Market for the City of London Guides. Lovely group b...
01/11/2024

‘Bombs ,Burials and Fantastic Beasts’ walk in and around Leadenhall Market for the City of London Guides. Lovely group but you could not even get into Leadenhall for the crowds of people - the streets were so packed all around too so no pavements to walk on. Challenging and noisy surroundings - but my fabulous group stayed with me and seemed to have a fun and spooky time!

Took this lovely group of finance and business lecturers from Westminster University on a history of finance tour in Cit...
28/10/2024

Took this lovely group of finance and business lecturers from Westminster University on a history of finance tour in City of London. Was worried they would know far more than me but they loved it - especially the coffee shops - and their rich and varied history. They loved hearing the wording of the first advert for coffee written in 1652 - it was an ‘excellent remedy for ‘hypochondria and Wind’!

Following a Roman London walk with a 6 year old and an 8 year old who were delightful, I then had the pleasure of these ...
26/10/2024

Following a Roman London walk with a 6 year old and an 8 year old who were delightful, I then had the pleasure of these four ‘pioneering’ women on this afternoons walk. They were fabulous- and we saw Lord Mayor Michael Mainelli who was in Fountain Court St Vedast Foster whilst we were in there! For

Took this lovely group on a ‘Bombs Burials and Fantastic Beasts’ walk around Leadenhall Market and surrounding area. Why...
26/10/2024

Took this lovely group on a ‘Bombs Burials and Fantastic Beasts’ walk around Leadenhall Market and surrounding area. Why did Romans often bury children with a chicken? Why is there a Wolfs head in the ‘Pump of Death?’ Why was the body of a boy discovered fully clothed and standing up in the burial vaults of a church?…. Come along and find out ! Next walk on Halloween at 6.30 - book on Eventbrite … if you dare! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leadenhall-market-burials-bombs-and-fantastic-beasts-tickets-1012360155477

Getting ready for my Roman London Walk today for kids - can anyone spot a gladiator??
26/10/2024

Getting ready for my Roman London Walk today for kids - can anyone spot a gladiator??

Took this lovely group of Berliners and Londoners around the City of London to hear about the amazing innovative women w...
23/10/2024

Took this lovely group of Berliners and Londoners around the City of London to hear about the amazing innovative women who changed things for the better in the City - and whose stories are still not generally known. Thanks

‘Bombs, Burials and Fantastic Beasts’ at Leadenhall Market. London is a 2000 City built on bones - there was witchcraft,...
21/10/2024

‘Bombs, Burials and Fantastic Beasts’ at Leadenhall Market. London is a 2000 City built on bones - there was witchcraft, murder and death at almost every turn! Come on a spooky Halloween walk and learn about the area surrounding Leadenhall Market. Walking Tours led by City of London Guides - I am leading the walks on October 24 th at 630 pm and on October 31st. Booking link below. Come along …..if you dare!!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leadenhall-market-burials-bombs-and-fantastic-beasts-tickets-1012360155477

Free on Saturday 26th October? Fancy a walk where we discover many of the wonderful strong innovative women whose storie...
21/10/2024

Free on Saturday 26th October? Fancy a walk where we discover many of the wonderful strong innovative women whose stories are interwoven in the fabric of the City - but many are still not recognised or known for what they achieved. Doing this walk for London Guided Walks under their title ‘Pioneering Women in the City’. Starting at 2 pm at Canon street station and ending up at the Reflection Pool near St Paul’s. Booking link below. Would love to see you all!
https://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/guidedwalk/city-women/

Both groups from both walks I led them on today came together for one large group photo. Lovely enthusiastic group for ...
15/10/2024

Both groups from both walks I led them on today came together for one large group photo. Lovely enthusiastic group for

Group 2 for my Great Fire of London Walk- Civil engineering students from all over the world. For
15/10/2024

Group 2 for my Great Fire of London Walk- Civil engineering students from all over the world. For

Group 1 on todays Great Fire of London Walk - I was wrong! They weren’t a school group at all, but a group of Civil engi...
15/10/2024

Group 1 on todays Great Fire of London Walk - I was wrong! They weren’t a school group at all, but a group of Civil engineering students who are over here studying - from India, Pakistan and Nepal. A very gracious and interesting group- and a pleasure to meet them.

Getting in the mood for two Great Fire of London Walks- one after the other. Both school groups of 30 kids so going to n...
15/10/2024

Getting in the mood for two Great Fire of London Walks- one after the other. Both school groups of 30 kids so going to need some energy! For

St Paul’s looms up in the distance - on way home after a lovely afternoon taking a couple from Australia on a bespoke Ci...
12/10/2024

St Paul’s looms up in the distance - on way home after a lovely afternoon taking a couple from Australia on a bespoke City Highlights Tour. A delight as they both loved - and knew their history. For astimegoesbtlondon

Saying hello to Captain Arthur Phillips before I start my City Highlights Walk for a couple over from Melbourne. # ...
11/10/2024

Saying hello to Captain Arthur Phillips before I start my City Highlights Walk for a couple over from Melbourne.
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Lovely couple from Connecticut today for a City Highlights Tour. Ending up at Blackfriars pub. From St Paul’s to Leadenh...
06/10/2024

Lovely couple from Connecticut today for a City Highlights Tour. Ending up at Blackfriars pub. From St Paul’s to Leadenhall Market to the Great Fire of London, St Michael’s alley to Carter Lane, the Kings Wardrobe and Worshipful Society of Apothecaries. Thanks

7 am coach up to London for a a 12 noon guided walk - ridiculously early but Southern rail decided to close all networks...
06/10/2024

7 am coach up to London for a a 12 noon guided walk - ridiculously early but Southern rail decided to close all networks from Brighton and Hove today for emergency rail repairs. Ho hum… City Highlights Walk for

Fun afternoon planning a tour of Fleet Street - ‘The Street of Shame’ - St Brides the journalists church, The Newspaper...
20/09/2024

Fun afternoon planning a tour of Fleet Street - ‘The Street of Shame’ - St Brides the journalists church, The Newspaper Barons, scandal and shame, Samuel Pepys, Samuel Johnson, The Old Bank of England pub. For

Took this group of sixth formers studying Business and Economics on a history of London Finance tour. All our main finan...
20/09/2024

Took this group of sixth formers studying Business and Economics on a history of London Finance tour. All our main financial institutions started off as humble coffee shops. Come and hear about the stockbrokers who were so badly behaved that they were expelled from the Royal Exchange, the auctions at Garraways and Lloyds of London.

I know it’s only September… but it’s only 96 days until Christmas! Fun morning plotting the Christmas lights walk with H...
20/09/2024

I know it’s only September… but it’s only 96 days until Christmas! Fun morning plotting the Christmas lights walk with Hazel Come along and get into the festive spirit! Book here: londonguidedwalks.com
You know you want to!

Lovely evening walk with this mixed group of accountants - Portuguese, French, Dutch, German Spanish American Irish and ...
18/09/2024

Lovely evening walk with this mixed group of accountants - Portuguese, French, Dutch, German Spanish American Irish and English. Covered the known highlights and the lesser known and delivered them to them to the Ivy City Garden for dinner.

Sitting in one of my favourite gardens in the City of London whilst walking the route for tomorrow evenings tour for . S...
17/09/2024

Sitting in one of my favourite gardens in the City of London whilst walking the route for tomorrow evenings tour for . Sunshine, lavender. roses and purple salvia- oh! and a large chunk of the Roman wall with medieval brickwork on top which dates back to the Wars of the Roses. 🌹

Early start this morning. 8.30 am walk with this lovely group who have just moved into their new office in Fenchurch str...
17/09/2024

Early start this morning. 8.30 am walk with this lovely group who have just moved into their new office in Fenchurch street and wanted to get to know the area. Hour long whistle stop tour where we covered the Great Fire of London 🔥, some Wren churches - one a ruin and one intact, executions, Samuel Pepys . Leadenhall Market and the Romans! Booked through AsTimeGoesBy London.

Lovely Roman London walk today for two sisters, one of whom is blind (the terminology she used) and so it had to be a ve...
16/09/2024

Lovely Roman London walk today for two sisters, one of whom is blind (the terminology she used) and so it had to be a very different walk at a completely different pace. You have to be very descriptive on a Roman walk anyway and a picture of life in Roman as so much of it is now 26 feet below our current payment level. I made up some oils from Roman recipes that I found so that they could smell the scents and imagine being in a Roman bath. They liked the smell of Julius Caesar (he used a mixture which included fenugreek and Marjoram). The general consensus was that he would’ve smelt of spicy vanilla with an undertone of curry!

Lovely sunny afternoon walk in the City for my Pioneering Women in the City walk for walk_london. There were a few Agath...
15/09/2024

Lovely sunny afternoon walk in the City for my Pioneering Women in the City walk for walk_london. There were a few Agatha Christie fans on it so they really enjoyed my stop on her!

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Funnell’s Fun Fact of the Day #3 The Romans in Britain used curse tablets to avenge their enemies! Scratched onto a thin piece of metal with a nail driven through the victims name, they would be hung on walls and temples and were often dedicated to Diana, goddess of Hunting. This one to poor ‘Trettia Maria’ is particularly vicious- and was found in Telegraph Street in the City, just by the Bank of England. I wonder what she’d done to make such an enemy? … ☠️

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