Who am I?
   I am a Blue Badge guide for London and the surrounding area, with many years experience. I have worked as a tour manager throughout the UK, Ireland & some areas of Europe. I am particularly interested in art, architecture & garden design of all periods. I love medieval art & architecture - cathedrals & churches, castles, illuminated manuscripts & sculpture. I enjoy leading tours of art galleries and museums. I like a new challenge...... and I love my job!

Who do I work with?
   I have worked  with people from all types of backgrounds - special interest groups, families & individuals, holiday-makers, students & teachers, shoppers & bargain-hunters, Friends' Societies from museums, historians, art enthusiasts, choirs & orchestras, gardeners, bankers, doctors & nurses, religious denominations, English language students.

My guiding qualifications
   London Blue Badge guides are trained to standards set by the Institute of Tourist Guiding, and upon passing, are awarded the Blue Badge and membership of the Institute. We are then required to keep our knowledge up to date. Each year I attend training days and site updates. I have taken longer courses for accreditation as a guide at Canterbury Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral & York Minster. as well as a course for guides at the British Museum. I have a 'private hire' driving licence, and am a member of the Driver Guides Association.

What else have I done?
   Research projects for exhibition designers & museums - I researched the building of Tower Bridge for its centenary exhibition, and also the background to the lives of two 19th century sailors for story-tellers at the National Maritime Museum. Some teaching - art history, and English as a Foreign Language.