Address: Stoke Climsland Callington PL17 8PH
Mobile: +44(0)7768165022
Email: bluebadgetours@outlook.com
Website: https://britainsbestguides.org/guides/chrissie-le-marchant/
Croeso …Welcome…I love introducing guests to the amazing places and scenery in Wales… I have been guiding all over the Wales and the West of England (as well as most of the UK and Europe) for several years and always enjoy revisiting special places. I worked in North Wales for the Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri, the Snowdonia National Park and lived at a small station high up the Moelwyn mountains on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway. This has made one of my specialities, the Great Little Trains of Wales, their history, the workshops and all the personalities.
My first degree was in Geology and Geography, so reading and interpreting the landscape has become more than a hobby. Spotting different building stones in any of the 600 + castles in Wales is like a big quiz.
I love exploring the Wye Valley, and further west the Dylan Thomas village of Laugharne … so many places, so much to discover…
My tours are not all serious, about dates and facts, we do have fun …
‘ The Spark that made the Tour’ Senior Discovery Tours
‘Chrissie, you are the gift that keeps on giving’. Bob Loveland, Georgia Overseas Hiking Group
Best of Wales - general interest tours
I can join your group on an extended tour and have loads of interesting facts to share
Industrial Heritage
Having worked in mining and civil engineering, I can devise a mixed interest tour for exploring the wealth of industrial heritage in both North and South Wales
Slate and Slate Landscape
Now a world heritage site in North Wales, I have an intimate knowledge of the area of slate quarrying and mining in the spectacular mountain scenery, and gleaned mostly from working in the Information Service for the National Park
History and Prehistory