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05/12/2024

Looking forward to this!

05/12/2024

Papped at the end of one of my tours last week!

Wondering whether you should come along on the tour? Well it runs daily at 4pm and you can buy your tickets via the link in the bio.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Viator Review, Nov 2024

“This was a great tour. Our lovely guide, Sarah, told us about all kinds of Christmas traditions that originated from many cultures over many centuries, including the Pagans, the Romans, the Vikings, right up to the Victorians and beyond. 😍 It was a wonderful mixture of christmas traditions that are so familiar to us today.”

Lovely reviews like this are the best kind of Christmas present! If you have been on the tour - please consider leaving a review if you can - it really helps us small businesses out ✨

05/12/2024

05/12/2024

Looks like I might find a pot of gold at the Christmas tree festival this afternoon

05/12/2024

Officially calling Christmas - the Advent wreath is up and it’s looking 🤩

04/12/2024

04/12/2024

You can stay in the same elegant spa hotel that Agatha Christie escaped to https://www.classiclodges.co.uk/the-old-swan/agatha-christie/

On 3 December 1926, in an episode as intriguing as any in her many novels, Agatha Christie disappeared from her Surrey home and was discovered over a week later, on the 14th December, staying under an assumed name at the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate.

She said she had no recollection of how she came to be in Yorkshire...

Here we take a close look at this unsolved mystery: https://www.discoverbritain.com/history/icons/agatha-christie-mystery/

Photo: A photograph of Agatha Christie by Walter Bird, mid-1950s. Credit: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy

04/12/2024

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02/12/2024

Our latest blog celebrates 250 years of artist JMW Turner, who sketched or painted every corner of Yorkshire on his frequent visits.

Written by Yorkshire Blue Badge Guide Tess Pike, who was no doubt inspired by Turner’s painting of the beautiful’Ruskin’s View’ in her home town of Kirkby Lonsdale.

Celebrating 250 year of JMW Turner in Yorkshire

29/11/2024

The medieval Ouse Bridge in York had houses, shops and a chapel built on it.

In 1564, however, a flood caused it to collapse, and 12 houses fell into the river. A new bridge was built in 1566, but demolished in 1810. The current bridge still stands today, read more 👇

https://www.exploringgb.co.uk/blog/old-ouse-bridge-york?rq=Ouse

27/11/2024

25/11/2024

A cold morning at Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire.

Mike Henton 📷

25/11/2024

Have you started your Christmas shopping?

My Anne Lister's York Walking Tour book could be the perfect gift for someone you love.

Students studying Anne Lister; fans of the hit TV show Gentleman Jack; people who love York history; tourists and many more!

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"Sarah's book is a labour of love and you can see this on each page. Her expertise of Anne Lister combined with her knowledge of York makes for a great read. I bought the book after watching Gentleman Jack and wanted to learn more - initially I just read this at home but I was so drawn to following in Anne's footsteps I headed to York, in true Anne fashion looking for an adventure."

If you have bought the book already I would love it if you could DM me with a review so that I can add these to my website 🥰

Buy the book here 👇

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