(ACCOMPANIED WALKING TOURS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES AND IRELAND. SMALL GROUPS HIKE THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE, STAY IN BED AND BREAKFAST ACCOMMODATIONS, AND ENJOY PUB FOOD.)

I am happy to introduce “WALK YOUR WAY” to you and I invite you to to discover England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland in the best possible way - on a walking tour - and off the beaten path. I began hosting small groups of walkers in 1989 and the demand for these trips keeps growing. The first were in England, but now, we walk throughout the UK and Ireland.

     

A Welsh steam train - September 2010

Many have been with me on more than one tour, and they tell me that the attraction is the personal touch. I research, plan, conduct and accompany every tour for its entire duration (I know this is unusual in the travel industry but it continues to be my policy). England is my home, and hosts at our B/B's have become personal friends.

What better way is there to learn about an area than to explore it on foot? Here, you can read about all of the walking tours that I have developed and conducted over the years. Each year I introduced one new tour and repeated a few.

To give you a little background, I was born and educated in England and became a teacher. I have lived in Egypt, Pakistan, India, and Australia. Now, I divide my time between Ireland and the United States. Having lived overseas for much of my life I feel that I do understand your needs, and anticipate your questions while travelling here. Fifty nine groups have accompanied me to Ireland, England and Scotland in the past eighteen years, and perhaps this year you'll join me too.

I do offer select, customised tours specifically for special interest groups.If you have a small group wanting a specific tour I will be glad to organise a special tour adapted to your group and required (available) dates. This customised, accompanied tour would focus on your special interest - or chosen location. This may appeal to you, if you and a few friends wish to plan around your own specific interests eg: archaeology, painting, birding, photography or genealogical research. You might ask for a tour in a location not listed in this brochure - with a list of sites of particular interest to your group.

A walking tour offers: intimate contact with local people a pace so much slower than the tour by car or bus that you'll smell the bread as you walk past the bakery; feel the cobblestones as you walk; hear the local dialect; watch people at work a journey that is as enjoyable as the destination an opportunity to eat all those hearty breakfasts, local specialities and rich desserts because you are getting enough exercise to compensate, so you return home fitter not fatter. Included in the tour cost are: all accommodations and daily breakfast, group transfers to and from the airport, all land transportation including any ferries, buses or trains, and admission fees or tickets - and me.