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My newest tour – Stanmore Circular Private Walking Tour

Posted on June 25, 2020 by

Finally I have finished putting together my newest tour, Stanmore Circular Private Walking Tour.  It’s all ready available for booking on the Ye Olde England Tours Website and on popular sites such as Viator and Trip Advisor. It’s all entirely … Continue reading →

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My new book cover – Secret Gardens of the City of London

Posted on June 18, 2020 by

I thought today as I’m having a relatively easy day (I hope) to unveil the cover for my forthcoming Secret Gardens of the City of London. This is the Kindle formatted cover which ends up being very similar if not … Continue reading →

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The Gilt of Cain

Posted on June 12, 2020 by

I wrote on Monday on one of my favourite Secret Gardens in the City of London, Fen Court. It would be a beautiful little space in any case but is extra special due to its connections with the Abolition of … Continue reading →

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Fen Court Garden and the Abolition of Slavery

Posted on June 8, 2020 by

With all that is in the news recently I thought it would be an opportune moment to write about Fen Court which is one of my favourite spaces in London. It’s in the old Roman city and is the site … Continue reading →

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Visiting the grave of W.S Gilbert – the very model of a modern Major-General

Posted on June 3, 2020 by

One of the main things I waned to find on my walk I wrote about on Monday was the grave of W S Gilbert.  I’m used to finding obscure graves amongst hundreds thousands in cemeteries a mile or more in … Continue reading →

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The ruined church of St John the Evangelist in Stanmore

Posted on June 1, 2020 by

With the never ending lock-down being met with never ending warm weather, I decided to go and join up the dots of my new Stanmore tour which I actually worked out dreamt up whilst writing my blog posts on the … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Diary 42 – Necessity is the mother of invention

Posted on May 28, 2020 by

I started Ye Olde England Tours in 2013.  As far as I know, I was the first person in Britain to do what I do.  In fact I was so pioneering that I was thrown off Viator/Trip Advisor as back … Continue reading →

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The 900 year old Swan Upping ceremony is cancelled

Posted on May 25, 2020 by

It is an historic Royal ceremony that has taken place annually for the last 900 years but the Coronavirus means that for only the second time, this ancient practice of counting the swans on the River Thames has been cancelled … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Diary 34 -Social Distancing in a WW2 Pillbox

Posted on May 11, 2020 by

I was going to post this in a week or two but with it being VE weekend I thought I’d bring it forward a little.  I took these photos on one of my once in a  blue moon walks, I … Continue reading →

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Book covers…. book titles

Posted on May 5, 2020 by

So I’ve been working on finishing my new book.  I’m on the 3rd sweep through it now and I feel like I know it off by heart.   I got the idea about a year ago based on my very successful … Continue reading →

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