Meet your Guide

Hi, I’m Jill and I’m a Blue Badge Tourist Guide for Cumbria and Wales. I lived on the edge of the English Lake District for 20 years and now live in Wales.

Blue Badge Guides are highly trained and rigorously examined.  The Blue Badge is the highest professional tourist guiding qualification you can achieve in the UK, recognised (and highly regarded) throughout the world. We are the only guides recognised by Welsh Government to guide in this country. My training covered everything from history and architecture to practical guiding skills and I’m really proud to be part of this community of guides!

My Approach

For me, guiding is about more than just sharing information. It’s about creating a sense of place - noticing details, weaving stories, and helping people connect with the landscape in meaningful ways.

My own passions lie in gardens and heritage: on a day off you are likely to find me either enjoying someone’s garden or hunting down an old church or prehistoric site. I aim to bring these interests into my tours in a fun and interesting yet accessible, well-paced way. I want you to leave a tour with me having thoroughly enjoyed yourself in an unhurried atmosphere rather than feeling like you are going to burst with all the facts that have been thrown at you.

What I Offer

If you are interested in a bespoke, private guided tour please get in touch. I can guide you on foot, in a coach, minibus or chauffeur-driven car. I have limited availability left for 2025 but if you are planning your dream holiday for 2026 then I’d love to help.

You’ll get a better ‘feel’ for me and my interests if you have a browse through my journal. I don’t offer ‘off the shelf’ tours - each one is individually designed for you. You tell me what you are interested in and I plan the itinerary based on that. My journal may give you some ideas though….

You can read my bio at British Guild of Tourist Guides where you will also find my most recently updated availability calendar.

I use the terms and conditions as set out by the BGTG and broadly follow their guideline pricing structure, both of which you can view here. If you choose to work with me you are also accepting these terms and conditions.

Welsh Government runs an Ambassador Scheme which is a series of online courses in tourism in various parts of Wales. I have achieved the highest level in each course currently available.