South West
English, French
07882 182 434
I am a writer, musician, & French-speaking tour guide with 30 + years` experience in organising and leading general & specialist tours in English & French. I have also worked in Teaching and Examining English as a Foreign Language, Social Programme/Events organising, Music & Drama, & Museum Front of House/ Hospitality. I also have long-standing interests in Local History, Literature, Reading, Writing and Archaeology. I have lived & worked in France, Germany & Portugal, as an English Language Assistant & Teacher.
I offer walking and coach tours of Bath, Bristol, Salisbury, Stonehenge, Stroud and the Valleys, Tetbury, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Oxford, Birmingham and more, including Bristol Street Art & Laurie Lee/Slad Valley Walks, & history/landscape walks of Minchinhampton & Rodborough Commons. The latter can be with a WW2/US Forces component. I also offer general & specialised walks in and around Stratford House, aka The Museum in the Park, Stroud, where I worked for 13 years, with a special interest in the life and times of Soldier/Artist Edmund Gilling Hallewell Junior, of Stratford Cottage. I am currently contributing to a forthcoming book about Hallewell. Please get in touch if you would like tours, walks, materials and activities designed for your group, or if you have a special interest group.
| STROUD VALLEYS WALKS. STROUD, PAINSWICK,GLOUCESTER, CIRENCESTER WALKS AND TOURS |
| BRONZE AGE LANDSCAPES: STONE CIRCLES, HENGES AND BARROWS.STONEHENGE, AVEBURY, ULEY, MYMPSFIELD, THE TOOTS |
| COTSWOLDS TOURS AND WALKS |
| ARTS, MUSIC, THEATRE |
| TOURS, WALKS AND ACTIVITIES FOR OVERSEAS AND EDUCATIONAL GROUPS. GENERAL AND THEMED |
| THE LIFE AND TIMES OF EDMUND GILLING HALLEWELL JUNIOR, ARTIST AND SOLDIER, OF PAINSWICK AND STROUD. THE CRIMEA. |
| STROUD WALKING TOURS. SLAD VALLEY: LAURIE LEE |
| ARTS AND CRAFTS: STROUD, SAPPERTON, CHIPPING CAMPDEN |
| STROUDWATER AND THAMES AND SEVERN CANALS |
| Industrial Heritage | Stroud and West of England Cloth Industry. Tennis balls to Snooker Tables. Mill Visits. Working Water Wheel and other Mill Visits can be arranged. |
| Walking Tours | Bath, Bristol, Cardiff,Oxford, Stratford, Birmingham, London, Stroud, Painswick, Slad Valley/Laurie Lee Country, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Cirencester |
| Archaeology | Cotswold/Severn Barrows. |
| International Links | Tours, Familiarisation trips for overseas groups and leaders, twinning tours. |
| Education | Tours/activities for UK and overseas school groups/EFL groups |
| Regional Tours | South West, South Cotswolds, North Cotswolds/Romantic Road, Bristol & Bath/ Forest of Dean. Cardiff, Birmingham, Warwick, Stratford |
| Decorative Arts/Arts & Crafts | Cotswold Arts and Crafts, Arts and Crafts Movement, Stroud, Sapperton, Selsley, Chipping Campden. |
| Environment | Nature and wild-life walks, alternative energy/re-cycling |
| Countryside | Rodborough and Minchinhampton Commons, Selsley. Slad Valley, Frith Wood, Uplands, Bisley and Lypiatt. |
| Museums | Museum in the Park, Stroud. Guided Tours of the Museum. Walks, Talks on the History and Landscape of Stratford Park, and the Mini Arboretum. |
DIP RSA TEFL; PGCE; BA HONS
No
Regional Qualifications: Southern England, South West, Wales
Language(s): English