Tomorrow we will be back 2 weeks from a most wonderful 2 week family vacation in Europe. We spent our first 2 days in London. I wanted to share a couple recommendations for Blue Badge Guides who we absolutely loved.
Our first guide was Rosamund (Rozzy) Forester. She was our driver guide and really helped us make the most of the short amount of time we had to spend in London. She picked us up at the airport and from there she drove all over showing us sites and filling us with all sorts of information. She worked with me to create a day for my family that was tailor made to our interests. We would have literally been lost without her! It was so nice to leave the driving to someone else and not have to try to figure out how to navigate the busy streets of London. She really was awesome. Very knowledgeable, warm, friendly and witty. She really helped to make our trip truly memorable.
We also hired Rozzy on our second day to drive us outside of London for a stop in the Hundred Acre Wood and then on to Portsmouth to drop us off at the Brittany Ferry port. Her website is www.bluebadgeguide.com. Be sure to tell her I said hello and that I sent you.
Our second guide was Simon Rodway. He does walking tours and has quite an assortment of "specialty tours" and also tailor made tours. He led us on an excellent Sherlock Holmes walking tour. He was very knowledgeable and provided a very enjoyable tour. His website is www.silvercanetours.com.
I'd also like to add that I had originally contacted Janine Barton who is a driver guide recommended in Rick Steves' London guide book. For the dates I requested she already had a previous booking so she forwarded my e-mail to Rozzy and also gave me her contact information as well so we could get in touch with each other. From there we were able to come up with a plan and she then referred me to Simon for the Sherlock Holmes Tour.