Q and A – Part 3
What’s the best thing about being a Blue Badge Guide? There are lots of things I like about it but I’ll pick just a few. Firstly, the opportunity to show off the best of our country to visitors from all…
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Q and A Part 2
So here are some more questions about me and my work as a guide… What do you do when you’re not guiding? Alongside my guiding, I work as a freelance German-English translator. I am fluent in German – which I…
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What is the difference between the Blue Badge and a Green Badge?
The Green badge is the second highest level of guiding qualification and shows that a person is qualified to guide in one particular city. The Blue Badge is the highest level of guiding qualification which covers several counties. A Green…
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What is the Blue Badge?
The Blue Badge is the highest level of qualification there is for guiding in the UK. It takes between one and two years of study to earn. Each badge covers one region, which includes several counties. For example, mine is…
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Going for Gold…Guiding At The Olympics
The summer of 2012 was an amazing summer of sport, with the Olympics and Paralympics capturing the imagination of the entire nation over a six week period. While I hadn’t bought tickets for the games myself, I was fortunate enough…
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