Olympics 2012 Tour and Olympic Torch Route
The Olympics are going to be the biggest event to be held in Britain since the Royal Wedding of last year and promises to be the best Olympics to date. The starting ceremony is on 27 July 2012 but running in conjunction from 21 June to 9 September is the London 2012 Festival This festival [...]
Ten Ten Most Romantic Places in the UK–West Usk Lighthouse
I discovered West Usk Lighthouse about 9 years ago whilst looking for something unusual to stay as a bed and breakfast accommodation. My whole philosophy at Tailored Tours UK is to provide something different and off the beaten track that gives an unique experience that you will not get from anywhere else in [...]
Midsomer Murders
Have you been fascinated by the number of murders at Midsomer recently? There’s about one a week for the last few weeks but I didn’t understand how popular this television programme is until I first met Carol Bush from Australia who asked me to do a Midsomer tour for her and her friend [...]
Arthur’s Tour to Duxford European Air Museum
A few days ago I was about to pickup my client of over 10 years and I remembered her father in law Arthur. It was nearly one year ago today that Arthur had died and I started to remember a complimentary tour that I did for him when he had cancer and early stage [...]
English Fetes–A Great English Summer Event
One of the great summer events in English culture is the traditional village fete which is normally a fund raising opportunity for the benefit of the local community. I would recommend that you research some local fetes and sample some of the diversity of this most English tradition. What would you do and see [...]
The Royal Wedding Tour–Part 3 Restaurants fit for a future King?
I have compiled this restaurant list for venues that befit a future King of England, King William V. The criteria I have used is that the venues must be typically English with accommodation and located in the countryside. They must have a great restaurant and gardens to match. This will give an insight for [...]
British Engineering Tour
I had an enquiry from Valeriy Yakunin who is a Russian business owner of a vibration diagnostic company and was here in the UK for a conference and for a number of business meetings. He wanted me to design a 7 hour tour at short notice taking in some of the major mechanical achievements [...]
The Royal Wedding Tour–Part 2
I will pick you up at your London hotel and the day tour starts ay 9.30am at Westminster Abbey, where we shall enter the Abbey and see the area where the procession will start. England has a great choral tradition and the procession will makes it way pass this area of Westminster Abbey for [...]
The Royal Wedding Tour–Part 1
The forthcoming Royal Wedding is the event of the year when Kate Middleton married her Prince on 29 April 2011. There has never been a more important moment in the history of the English monarchy since the last great royal wedding of 1981 when Lady Diana Spencer married Prince Charles. If you exclude Edward [...]
The No.1 Most Romantic Place in the UK for Valentines Day
I first went to Burgh Island about 25 years ago when I used to live in Devon and instantly fell in love with it and the art deco interior. I use to travel around the south Devon coastline scuba diving when I first stumbled upon the beautiful beach and causeway leading to the Island. [...]
