Amanda Whitehead
Contact Details
Address: 7 Dr. Garretts Drive Conwy LL32 8GZ
Telephone: 07876 241160
Mobile: 447876241160
Email: walesguide@gmail.com
Website: http://conwytours.net
Biography
Bore Da/’ Mornin’ or Pnawn Da/afternoon! Originally from the West Country, I moved to Wales 40 years ago and never looked back. I love my adopted country and have raised two Welsh-speaking kids here.
I have been working as a guide and tour manager for 25 years, looking after all sorts of individuals and groups. I love showing off Wales and the West Country to all types of visitors – from academics to hikers. I come from a rural background and have spent 25 years working as a qualified mountain leader so I love doing tours of the countryside whether in a coach or on foot. But I also have a history degree and have worked for Cadw, Visit Wales and local councils interpreting local historical sites and planning itineraries so that they are accurate but fun!
Being self-employed for many years, I have worked on many events and projects so with me you get the mixture of a lot of experience but flexibility and the belief that the clients’ brief counts! I project-managed the official opening of the Wales Coast Path, written copy for websites and printed literature on heritage sites and have planned and led many press trips and tour operator visits but my first love is guiding individuals or groups both for a few hours or for over a week. Book me and your group will go away knowing more about Wales and the South West of England than when they arrived but also feeling cohesive, happy and entertained with good memories of your company.
When lockdown happened and my international clients ceased, I spent the time researching and sewing an authentic Welsh lady costume and researching a story town tour “A Trail with Tales from a lady of Wales” of my home town, I also developed a food tour or this gourmet-lovers town and of course tours of the World Heritage Conwy Castle and town walks. I also have been running hikes to local prehistory sites.
There’s a posh Welsh word for fareyouwell but round about here we just say ta ta – see you soon!
Interests
Agriculture and Farming
I can arrange visits to a hill farm to watch the sheepdogs work, try shearing a sheep or feeding calves
Coastline
With much of Wales' magnificent coastline away from roads the best place to see it is a hike along a beach or cliff
Countryside
Learn why farmers make stripes in grass fields or the sheep have coloured markings
Gardens and Stately Homes
Visit world-class gardens, National Trust properties with a guide who'll show you the quirky and undiscovered bits
Geography and Geology
A People are formed from their landscape and in turn this is shaped by the underlying rocks and Wales has such a variety of geology from the oldest rocks in the world sticking up from pastures and lakes to the fascinating coal measures or slate beds and learn the stories about the workers that lived off them
History and Prehistory
Walk through the hills along ancient tracks to standing stone circles, inside burial chambers or admire the view from a medieval indigenous castle as an experienced and qualified guide peoples them with fold from the past
Industrial Heritage
Be led through the eerie inclines, railways and workers cottages of the past as we hear about how folk are still making a living from these industrial sites with modern industries such as adventure tourism or art
Nature and Wildlife
Embedded in the locality I can take you along beach, cliff, farmland, lake or Celtic rainforest and point out the wealth of flora and fauna both indigenous or introduced from tiny lichen to the wild ponies and goats
