@@speakenglishnfly8728 Many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Christmas Church edition & sincere thanks for your very kind words, greatly appreciated. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

@@jontalbot1 Many thanks taking the time out to watch our Chester edition & particular thanks for your constructive criticism, greatly appreciated . Hopefully you can now find calm & move on. Cheers Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

@@TourGuidesTravelGuides I know a guide is a jack of all trades but mostly what people see is buildings so you really should understand them yourself. There are good reasons to believe A&C has its origins in Chester when shop owners started blackening the timbers (this is a Cheshire thing), predating William Morris etc.Chester and the surrounding county is the best place in the world to see A&C, including the clock. And if you had known what you were looking at you could have pointed out some outstanding examples. Everyone notices Liberty in London and you missed stuff better than that!

@@jontalbot1 So continuing our amusing “bit of banter “ I’m picking up your love of Chester & your passion for architecture of the A&C style & that is something I respect & admire. Incidentally, amongst many passions of mine, vexillology rates pretty highly with me , horses for courses I guess. I’m also picking up a certain antipathy towards Tour Guides or tourism in general or maybe I’m off the mark but I suspect not as the “Jack of all trades “ comment suggests. I will admit that as in all professions you will encounter fraudsters, charlatans, rogues & ne’erdowells, however, in my experience in over 30 years in the travel industry the vast majority of tour guides, tour managers, directors, drivers, escorts, hosts, leaders, reps et Al all share a similar passion for our profession. At the very top of the list of priorities is the comfort, safety, enjoyment, enlightenment & enjoyment of the clients. A lot of us have been through the incredibly arduous yet absolutely amazing courses of the Guild of London Blue Badge Guides, think of the London Black cab drivers “Knowledge “ on steroids & you might get the picture. Completely & utterly rewarding though I have to say & would do it again in a heartbeat. Again most of us who work multiple destinations tend to be generalists rather than specialists or specialists in several areas. Flags , Salisbury Cathedral & the Reconquistia of Spain in the 11th century I will humbly submit are mine. Another thing that we tour people share is that we are human & as I am sure you are aware that “it is human to err” & I know for a fact that you are only too well aware that too many people are “too ready to criticize rather than praise “, just a simple fact of human nature. Speaking from a position of experience I know & understand what the average “punter “ wants & needs from a tour are as mentioned above but primarily entertainment & variety. I think that you will also be surprised that people see a lot more than just buildings (are buildings not is )! I can tell you with absolute certainty that they want a lot more than just buildings. The tour guide needs to be able to wear many hats & have a basic working knowledge of all things relevant to the area / country that they are working in. For example cultural, religious, political, currency, monarchy, education, social, spiritual, sport, food, holidays, cost of living, commerce and yes of course architecture. The list is endless, just give that some thought for a moment & maybe consider some of the questions that come our way . We are currently working on a book about life on the road & there is a chapter called the things that they say covering exactly that. The majority of my clients are from this side of the pond, where I now reside in the USA & the market at which we aimed the Tour Guides Travel Guides at probably haven’t heard of William Morris, Arts and Crafts, Gothic Revival or plate tracery in the early English style & also probably wouldn’t recognize it if it jumped up & bit them on the backside & also probably wouldn’t give a damn anyway. What they have heard of, however, is “Mock Tudor” & that is something they can very much visualize as it is now an extremely vogue style of housing for the savvy property developers over here tapping into the nouveau riche booming property market. In conclusion, I must tell you that when we set up Tour Guides Travel Guides about 9 years ago, the idea was for it to be exactly what it says it is, a travel guide made by people who have worked the industry as “boots on the ground “ tour guides. A guide for people to use as a basic introduction if they happen to visit said area or for people to view from the comfort of their own home, incidentally our views skyrocketed during the pandemic. What the guides are definitely not are dry lecturing long gone are the days of the aging Oxford don moonlighting as a guide boring the pants off & draining the soul of unsuspecting punters hoping for a lighthearted yet informative day of touring/ sightseeing. Good riddance ! Most of us & most definitely we at TGTG do not take ourselves too seriously, the fall can be mighty, I’ve seen it many times, we can poke fun at ourselves and will occasionally make mistakes, it’s human ! As a quick side note that you may or may not find interesting, before we release any material onto social media we review the film multiple times & then have the finished article vetted by local experts. In the case with our Chester edition we met with people from the Cathedral, Tourist Information, City Council and most importantly the man the myth the legend your Town Crier David Mitchell & all of them gave us a resounding 👍 yes a couple of minor details but nothing to lose sleep over. Bishop to B4 , your move I believe. R TGTG .

@@TourGuidesTravelGuides I just think you could do a better job explaining things if you were a little more literate in respect of architectural styles, that is all. As l said you missed explaining what is truly good and interesting to see in Chester because of it. A&C has many variants but it is something which originated in England and had a serious purpose. It was a reaction against mass manufacturing and aimed to unite art with craft as it had been in the pre- industrial age, hence the name. The past also inspires classical styles like Greek revival and Gothic revival. I am not trying to score points or stick up for Chester. I know you do a lot of these things but when you understand a little better what you are looking at your enjoyment will increase and our presentation improve

@@jontalbot1 So here is where I’m at, having reread your last communication I wasn’t sure it warranted a response, however, after a moment of consideration I feel I would be doing you a disservice if I didn’t. A first cursory glance at your missive I thought I noticed an almost conciliatory term of “not scoring points “. I got to thinking once again that this gentleman & I use that term somewhat loosely, knows his subject & has a passion for it & to repeat that is something I respect & admire . Another aspect I considered was that this topic is a whole subject on its own albeit very dry & should be treated as it should be as a specialist subject. My mind got to wondering if he is that passionate & knowledgeable about this why wouldn’t he want to create a piece himself & present it himself as he saw fit ? The other aspect that crossed my mind briefly was this, the family & I will be back in the UK in July 2025 , we will be on the Wirral for about 5 days & the fleeting thought I had was of you & I meeting up in Chester to discuss your subject & maybe even work on some sort of collaboration, this is something we have done before in other projects with great success. As I said I only considered this briefly, very briefly indeed. Having reread your comments again a time or two my impression changed, we are quite obviously polar opposites. I don’t think for one moment you understood or even wanted to understand what I was saying about our industry & travel & tourism in the 21st century or how I present my travel guides. It appears that you have absolutely no flexibility in your arguments, everyone is totally wrong & you are always right. You clearly feel that you know more than I what needs to be presented in a basic introduction to Chester. I will tell you that in almost a decade that we have been running our various projects, the literally thousands of comments we have received ranging from good, bad , indifferent to the completely barking, never once have we told anyone what I will tell you now. As the old saying goes “ Put your money where your mouth is, if you think you can do better be my guest & go right ahead “ . Please do let me know when you release your master piece as I will be waiting with bated breath. Looking back over our communications I believe I have shown you nothing but courtesy & respect, okay admittedly a little tongue in cheek flippancy, but what would expect if you had received such erudite & literate words like “ this guy “ & the stellar “FFS” wise words indeed. You on the other hand have been nothing short of aggressive, condescending, rude, patronizing, disrespectful & so very superior. To question my literacy & call out my presentations, if that was what you were actually trying to articulate is frankly uncalled for, inappropriate & insulting. You may want to look in the mirror & engage brain before opening mouth the next time you feel it necessary to savagely critique someone else’s work & ideas just because those ideas don’t align with yours. Finally before you do go on the attack you might want to check your own facts. I have done a little more research myself this weekend & I can tell you that a lot of your argument is way wide of the mark , you will certainly have to brush up on your presentation on the differences between Mock Tudor & Arts & Crafts else you will appear more ridiculous than you already do. I believe our work here is done.

@@johnthompson6059 Many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Stratford edition & sincere thanks for your feedback, greatly appreciated. Enjoy your time there & have a pint in the Garrick for me. Cheers 🍻. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

@@gatocat3336 . Many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Oxford edition & particular thanks for your kind words, greatly appreciated. Best wishes. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

@@edmundcrighton4219 . Thanks for taking the time out to watch our Oxford edition & many thanks for pointing out our deliberate mistake. Well spotted that man ! Best wishes Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

@@choboutube . Many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Oxford edition & sincere thanks for the feedback greatly appreciated. Yeah “ cushty “ never really been in my vocab! All the best. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Christine, many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Cotswolds edition & particular thanks for the feedback, greatly appreciated. I couldn’t agree more with your statement to be honest, however, we had only a very small window of time to put that piece together whilst visiting the UK from our permanent location in the United States. As you can see Mother Nature was not on our side at that time of year. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Diane many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Conwy edition & particular thanks for the feedback greatly appreciated. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Gunwrites , many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Oxford edition & also thanks for your feedback, greatly appreciated. Sadly I must decline your kind offer to join you celebrating Belgian Beer Week in Brussels, I have prior commitments 1st week in September , maybe another time. My best wishes to you and also to the Patron Saint of beer . Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Limor, many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Bath edition & sincere thanks for the feedback, greatly appreciated. Best wishes , Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

C . Cdo many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Oxford edition & sincere thanks for the feedback greatly appreciated. It’s actually the bicycles you really need to watch out for ! Best wishes , Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Stephen, many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Stratford edition & sincere thanks for the feedback greatly appreciated. Best wishes Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Kennyglesga , many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Chester edition & particular thanks for the feedback greatly appreciated. Yeah do check Chester out if you can great little city, very chill vibe great pubs & restaurants and if you’re into the ponies Chester races are a blast. Best wishes Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

@@TourGuidesTravelGuides Thanks a lot, Rich, for taking the time to send me a nice informative message about Chester. Much appreciated!

Alma Mater many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Oxford edition & sincere thanks for your kind words, greatly appreciated. Best wishes Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Plant powered, many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Bath edition & sincere thanks for your comments, greatly appreciated. Best wishes , Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Darrell , many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Chester edition & sincere thanks for your incredibly kind feedback, greatly appreciated. Curious to know which tour company of the many you traveled with, that was my bread & butter for many years guiding tours of Britain, Ireland & vast part of Europe. Happy days indeed but really felt we were just showing a tiny taste of what our countries had to offer. E.g 2 hours in Chester no where near enough but we have to be in Wales for dinner ! But as I always said there we’re always places that you experienced that you said been there but never need to go back, however there we’re always 1 or 2 places where you felt compelled to return to. Funnily enough just recently experienced that myself this past summer on a return trip to the UK with the family for a 4 week visit & adventure. Best wishes for the festive season & hoping you have a safe and healthy New Year . Rich Jones, Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Neena Norto, many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Oxford edition and also thanks for the comments, greatly appreciated. Great question & a fairly simple answer to be honest. Most of the colleges & University buildings have limited access & even stricter filming regulations. We did ask permission to film stating that it was a historical & travel documentary but sadly we were denied. Hopefully that answers your question. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Jack , many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Chester edition & sincere thanks for your feedback, greatly appreciated. Not sure if I’ve had a pint in the Boot to be honest maybe I have years ago on a pub crawl. I will certainly make the effort next time I am in Chester. All the best mate . Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Oh Corey so so angry, thinking someone got out of bed on the wrong side this morning ! So here’s the thing, this was a small piece of many that talks about Oxford & specifically Christchurch. The simple fact of the matter is that because of the World wide success of the Harry Potter phenomenon, the filming that was actually done there & the fact that the vast majority of visitors to the College go there because of J K Rowling’s stories I would be doing a huge amount of viewers a huge disservice by not mentioning it. If you would like another spin on Oxford colleges you may want to check out our full Oxford tour, although there maybe too much historical information for your liking ! 🤐🤫. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Veronica , many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Oxford edition & particular thanks for your comments, greatly appreciated. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Looks like a decent boozer Tom

@@TourGuidesTravelGuides It is. If you do tour of Hull you should visit it and the deep which is the world's only aquatic centre with a life where you can travel through a tank of sharks 🦈🦈🦈!

Bob, many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Oxford edition and sincere thanks for your kind words, greatly appreciated. Best wishes, Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

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@@davidcunningham3813 Thanks for the share David, appreciated. The music isn’t really my thing but the filming & drone footage, I presume, is really very good. Is this your work ? Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Krishna , thanks for taking the time out to watch our Stratford edition. I am not sure exactly what you are asking me here , but as far as I know there a no original plays in Shakespeare’s hand that actually exist. There is the First Folio that was put together in 1623 , seven years after his death by former friends & colleagues of his, that I believe contains 36 pieces of his work and as I understand it is in the library of UBC University of British Columbia. I hope this helps. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Tommy , thanks for taking the time out to watch our Bath edition & sincere thanks for your kind words greatly appreciated. Cheers, Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Thanks for the feedback Peter, greatly appreciated. Maybe if you have the time could you put me straight on the errors. Cheers. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

@@TourGuidesTravelGuides to be fair its Conwy Bay and Snowdon is only highest point Wales and England. SCOTLAND Has the higher peaks. But as i said entertaining so well done.

@@peterdonnellan2065 Nice one mate thanks. I know the Scottish peaks are higher, in fact I was up there this Summer. Probably me just tripping over my tongue & getting ahead of myself as usual. Cheers Rich.

Many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Cotswolds edition and sincere thanks for the feedback greatly appreciated. Rich Jones, Tour Guides Travel Guides.

@@TourGuidesTravelGuideshey just subbed . Are you ok . Love the vids .

Kelly May, many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Oxford edition & sincere thanks for the feedback greatly appreciated. On a limited budget I would suggest move away from the main drag on the corn market & shopping center & wander the back streets exploring the colleges, Christchurch meadows. The museum’s are mainly free, if you want to go into Christchurch itself there is a fee & I would definitely pre book as that seems to be the norm everywhere these days. Food wise I would suggest Oxford market or go & see my friend Hamid at Cafe Crème on Broad street for the best coffee & panini in town. Hope this helps. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Sorry it’s Hakim at cafe Crème

nige99 many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Bath edition and also many thanks for the feedback greatly appreciated. We are aware of the origins of the history of bog island & have been corrected several times ensuring to “ get our facts right “ . Saddened to hear your feelings about the state of your beautiful city, must be simply awful for you. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Stephen , many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Oxford edition and many thanks for the feedback greatly appreciated. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Meeker , many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Chester edition & sincere thanks for the feedback greatly appreciated. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Sorry that should obviously read Neejer not meeker

Tony , many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Oxford edition and sincere thanks for the feedback, greatly appreciated. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Achernarpolis , many thanks for taking the time out to watch our Oxford edition and particular thanks for the feedback greatly appreciated. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.

Thanks very much for watching & for the feedback greatly appreciated. Rich Jones Tour Guides Travel Guides.