My Top 3 Afternoon Teas
I am always being asked where my favourite place for afternoon tea is. As I do an afternoon tea themed walk people are under the impression I've tried them all. Unfortunately I...
Vintage Caravanning (Guest post by Maggie Moncrieff – my Mum!)
Another article written by my Mum for the parish magazine of All Saints on-the-Hill, Highams Park which I think deserves a wider readership. I still can't get over the fact my...
Twitter – A Beginner’s Guide for Tour Guides (or anyone else!)
Friends and guiding colleagues know I am rather obsessed with social media and am always going on about how Twitter or Facebook and of course blogging are good for getting your...
Amazing Brussels: the Constantin Meunier Museum
There are two cities in Europe I keep returning to - Madrid and Brussels. Madrid through my participation in Vaughantown and Brussels for various reasons - my sister lived there...
The First Modern Olympics – Exhibition in Marylebone
Those of us that live in London know it's practically impossible to keep up with everything that's on even if you subscribe to listings magazines and are a regular reader of...
Win with Westminster Walks – the Answers
The time has come to reveal the winner and the answers of my recent competition. If you have been on my walks or read the descriptions of the walks on this blog you would have...
Win with Westminster Walks
Win 2 places on one of my walks. The questions give you a taster (no pun intended) of what you can find out on my walks. First person with the most correct answers to be...
(No) View from the Bridge
Last year I watched the Royal Wedding on TV but regretted not going into town to experience the atmosphere.So I wanted to do something this year for the Diamond Jubilee. However...
Time to slow down
Friends are always saying to me they are surprised at the amount of energy I have and how much I manage to fit into a week.I am always on the go and do find it hard to say no to...
Addicted to … Taxis
Riding in taxis is something of a luxury for most tour guides (me included) but when I was contacted by GetTaxi a new way of booking taxis via an App on your phone and they...
Way out West
Having lived in North-East London most of my life there are great chunks of outer London that I don’t know at all well. I can probably say too that I know Central London better...
The best Bloody Mary in London?
I have recently become obsessed with finding the best Bloody Mary in London. This obsession started after my visit to Brown’s Hotel in Mayfair last summer. Their Bloody Mary is...
Coppélia: Remembered and Enjoyed – Guest post by Maggie Moncrieff (my Mum)
Ballet was my first love. I can remember dragging my mother along Princes Street in Edinburgh worried in case I was late for class; I was three or four years’ old. After the...
Amazing Art in Mayfair
Mayfair is an area I am quite attached to. It is the area where I based my project walk whilst studying to become a guide and as luck would have it our exam walk was also based...
A Forest Stroll
Sitting at my PC this lunchtime with the light streaming in the window I suddenly had a desire to get up and out and into the Forest. I'm lucky enough to live only a few minutes'...
My Top Ten Central London Pubs – Part Two
I have now finally completed the second half of my Top Ten Central London pubs. The first part can be found here. Only by listing them have I realised that 6 of my favourite pubs...
My Top Ten Central London pubs – Part One
As many of my walking tours include pubs I am often asked what is my favourite. I am always flummoxed by this question as don't have one particular favourite but a number and all...
Madame Tussaud’s – A Souvenir Brochure from the 1930s
When I saw Pete Berthoud's recent blog post reproducing a review of Madame Tussaud's from the 1880s this prompted me to look out a Souvenir Brochure from the very same place that...
North East London Christmas Quiz results
After a slow start I had quite a few entries come through last night including several with ten out of ten correct answers so the prize of 2 free walk places has been awarded and...
The Moncrieff Christmas Quiz 2011
Last year my family started a new tradition - for each of us to contribute a home-made present to the rest of the family. Last year we made and received home-made soaps, scarves...
My favourite new bar
This post originally appeared on fellow guide Pete Berthoud's London blog which is well worth bookmarking for his amazing London knowledge. Whenever I want to know about a new...