Freelance Tour Manager for Rail Based vacations around the world
The first Tour allocations for 2023 are beginning to come through. It's early days yet, but there are a couple that I'm very excited to be involved with (they are with different companies however, so I won't mix and match in the same blog post - I'll write up the other one in a little …
I'm just about to get underway for the Lake Garda Tour but couldn't resist getting this update out. For those of you who visit Manhattan occasionally, there's a change to the midtown skyline on Billionaires Row. The construction of the world’s thinnest supertall skyscraper 111 West 57th, also known as the Steinway Tower, is complete. https://youtu.be/ryec7kC_rtc …
Twenty years ago today, on September 11, 2001, the world changed. There are many ways to reflect on that awful day. After 36 years working as Cabin Crew, my thoughts will tend to be directed towards those crew members who lost their lives, but this doesn't in any way diminish the rememberance of all of …
Not much has been posted on here recently, for reasons that are hopefully obvious. I was reviewing this blog and thinking about some of the Tours that I've done while listening to some of my music. My mind went back to one of my favourite Tours, Tracks of the Deep South, or, as I prefer …
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Today is the day that we remember the dreadful events in 2001. It's one of those events, like the JFK assassination or the moon landing that many of us over a certain age will recall, and always remember where we were when it happened. I was in a shopping mall in London. Hearing that something …
Well it's been another great day on memorial day weekend, but this time in New York City. this week has been Fleet Week, which basically means that the Navy visits New York and has a thoroughly good time. Everywhere you go in midtown Manhattan there are the men and women of the Navy in their …
Our recent visit to Key West is now fading into memory as I begin the prep work for the Summer Season of Tours. There's one thing left to do... I promised Georgie Atherton that I 'd write about the Key West Gypsy Chickens! Way back in the day, Key West residents kept chickens, both for …
Something of an epic journey back from Vladivostok - It took 21 hours door to door! There were no delays, it just takes that long. I got home and slept (sort of) although the 10 hour time change isn't making like easy at the moment. I phoned the office early this morning and had to …
I came across this video which explains rather well the issues that affect AMTRAK trains in the USA, despite the unpromising title. My clients on USA Tours are often surprised by the slightly ramshackle state of the rolling stock and the smallness of some stations and passenger handling facilities. They also often wonder why there …
Nope - not a typo! The Louvin Brothers were an American musical duo composed of brothers Ira (the taller of the two) and Charlie Louvin who performed secular country music, as well as fire and brimstone Gospel. The album cover shown above is for the latter. Designed by Ira Louvin, the cover features the brothers standing …
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