Guided Tours of St Ives

Well everyone I am going to Sussex for a while in July to help out after my mother has a heart bypass and also to await the arrival of my first grandchild. But don’t worry I have some wonderful guides for you.  It has been a boon as I needed some more guides since the tours are getting busier and busier and soon it will be more than I can manage on my own.

Andrew Jackson will be taking the Art Tours and you will be in very capable hands. Andrew is very much part of the St Ives community and works in the Tate from time to time. He has a lovely personality and a  great depth of knowledge.

Here is a comment I received about him

5 gold stars

Chris Smyth
(London )

For the history I have two new guides. Joern and Tim. 

Joern is an accomplished guide and does his own walks in the Cornish countryside. He is  also related to the Boase family and has  been researching his family history so if you need any tips you can ask him.  And he could give you a tour in German!  I also have other German speaking guides available so any German speakers please feel free to ask and we can provide you with a tour in your own language.

Tim Hannigan grew up in a tiny village on the coast west of St Ives.  His father was a fisherman, and later a local newspaper journalist, and Tim was steeped in the history and folklore of Cornwall from an early age.  He once made his living as a chef, cooking fish and seafood in restaurants in St Ives.  These days, when not guiding tours during the summer months he is a professional travel journalist working in Asia, but the stories he loves to tell most are those of his Cornish homeland.

Who knows when I get back we might offer more tours around the Cornish Countryside and remember I am also running a competition to name a follow on history tour. I can’t fit everything in in one tour and some of you have done both my tours and want more!!!  So if you come up with a good name which I can use then  you can try out the new tour for free and I will give  you a bottle of wine!