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Happy International Tourist guide day!
Although we, Blue Badge Tourist Guides, might not be able to do much actual guiding at the moment we can still celebrate the day by sharing stories of guides around the UK. Please follow the hashtag #internationaltouristguideday!
What an amazing shot of #DurhamCathedral, reposted from @stevielandscapes It is almost 1000 years old and was built to house the relics of St Cuthbert.
The American author Bill Bryson visited and called it the
'best little Cathedral on planet Earth '
#Durham#TourLocal
Here's a clip from #WalkingHadriansWall with actor and presenter Robson Green.
Tune in tonight (14 Jan) as he explores the length of one of the largest remnants of the Roman Empire - an 80-mile journey coast-to-coast.
@channel5_tv at 9pm.
Look out for Robson Green walking Hadrian's Wall on Channel 5 starts Thursday 14 January at 9pm.
I showed him around Chesters fort and by Blue Badge colleague Sue pointed out some interesting features at Birdoswald.
#HadriansWall#RobsonGreen#TourGuideNorth
Pic #NlandRangers
Slowly getting back to the way we were and doing the things we love 🖤😊 Today our #daytrip is the Northumberland Coast. First stop #HolyIsland then onto #Seahouses & #Bamburgh@VisitNland https://t.co/h8TcAVZArk
#BarnardCastle has had plenty of famous visitors-Richard III Oliver Cromwell #JohnWesley#CharlesDickens
But perhaps the most notorious visitor will be a more recent one- a quick thinking local has erected a very special Blue Plaque this week #DominicCummngs
#BlueBadgeGuides are the official, professional tourist guides of the UK.The Blue Badge is the UK's highest guiding qualification, awarded only after extensive training and thorough examination. We look forward to showing you the UK once this #pandemic is over. #WhenWeTravelAgain
Same scene today- Robert Stephenson's High Level Bridge spans the Tyne Gorge- built to carry the railway link towards Scotland, the canny Geordies incorporated a second level for vehicles and pedestrians with a toll.
It's Grade I listed, still used today- my favourite bridge!
Today, May 6th 1840, the Penny Black postage stamp was introduced, radically reforming the British postal system.
Why dont you send someone a letter or a postcard today to let them know you are thinking about them ?
Here's a postcard of the Angel of the North
We're raring to go on today's 'Know Your Northumberland' course around #Berwick! Our fabulous, and slightly windswept, tour guide Laura is on hand to give us all the fascinating facts and figures @TourGuideNorth@VisitBerwick@VisitNland