Sin eaters were a strange tradition. Find out about their macabre duties, and hear about the last ever sin eater in our Death and Burial podcast: storiesofbritain.com/post/dead-fasc… British Guild of Tourist Guides

British Guild of Tourist Guides Look Up London Slightly less prestigious but here too 😀

We are Tourtastic today with our first Walking Tour starting at 10.30 . Come and grab your ticket to enjoy a sunny Chester @VisChester_ British Guild of Tourist Guides

After a wet start it was Hell Bay Hotel for lunch followed by more 🚶‍♀️ 🚶 on #Bryher discovering the ancient landscape with great views before boating StMarys British Guild of Tourist Guides Tripsmiths

Next Edwardian tour at 11.00am tomorrow , tickets only available from your Visitor Information Centre .
See you on Thursday British Guild of Tourist Guides Visit Chester 11 years of Shitchester CambriaCostumeHouse

Mary Wollstonecraft was born #OTD 1759. She escaped a violent father, wrote the groundbreaking work of feminist philosophy and tragically died after giving birth to her daughter Mary Shelley. Hear her story in our Women and Writing podcast: storiesofbritain.com/post/women-and… British Guild of Tourist Guides

A glorious #spring sunny day for @wimbledon guided tours completed for @wimbledonmuseum . The lovely guests were treated to seeing the courts being top-dressed with Perennial Ryegras seed; A great place to work. #wimbledon #tennis #lawntennis #wimbledon championships British Guild of Tourist Guides

It’s coffee ☕️ and tattie cake time in the Gig Shed Cafe whilst waiting for my second group to arrive on the Scillonian later this morning British Guild of Tourist Guides St Mary's Harbour Isles of Scilly Travel Update

Check out 'Ian Jelf's (Virtual) Tour of the Mysterious Island of Steep Holm' on Wednesday eventbrite.co.uk/e/ian-jelfs-vi… @Eventbrite British Guild of Tourist Guides Visit Somerset Visit Weston-super-Mare South West England Discover Brean

Our view from Tinkers Hill St Martins Isles of Scilly at this moment 😀 ☀️ British Guild of Tourist Guides Tripsmiths

Enjoying Martin Roscoe playing Arthur Somervell - Piano Concerto in A minor, 'Highland' (3rd mvt) 🎹 Petroc Trelawny BBC Radio 3 #MayDay
Arthur Somervell 1863–1937 #Cumbrian composer born in #Windermere #LakeDistrict
#Musictours British Guild of Tourist Guides

Great welcome to Scilly -yes back again.! It’s a tough life! Calm crossing on Isles of Scilly Travel Update yesterday - Group enjoying the great outdoors ☀️ 🚶 🚶🏼‍♂️ good food and beautiful island scenery British Guild of Tourist Guides Tripsmiths

St Martin’s Isles of Scilly today walks 🚶 🚶🏼‍♂️ vineyards & wine 🍷 to end the afternoon. British Guild of Tourist Guides Tripsmiths

The memorial of Daniel Defoe at Bunhill Fields #London

#otd in 1719, Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe' first appeared; a novel which may loosely be based on the real life castaway story of privateer Alexander Selkirk who was marooned for 4 yrs on a Pacific island.

Defoe himself 🧵

Day 3 Isles of Scilly Yesterday St Agnes just as wild and beautiful as ever for our island walk followed by lunch at Turks Head before setting off on private wildlife cruise to outer isles A great day was had by all British Guild of Tourist Guides Tripsmiths

#OTD 1789, George Washington became the first President of the #USA
So today we're featuring C11th Selby Abbey with its Washington Window #Yorkshire
Head for the south clerestory window of the choir & there you'll find the window in its original C14th glass ... 🧵

#travelgoals

Check out 'Ian Jelf's 'What's in a Business Name?'' eventbrite.co.uk/e/ian-jelfs-wh… @Eventbrite British Guild of Tourist Guides

Look what we've just spied at the National Portrait Gallery bookshop Look Up London❤️

#britainsbestguides on tour & in all good bookstores :-)

#london #history #heritage #books #recommendedbooks #wanderlust #touristguides #VisitLondon #travelgoals #guidedtours

The splendid interior of St Martin-in-the- Fields #London , at last night's sublime concert by international chanteuse, actor & dancer, Ute Lemper.
There has been a church at this site since medieval times, but the present building ,designed by James Gibbs was completed in 1726 🧵