classic33
Leg End Member
It can really help if the guide actually knows the area/buildings they are taking people round.One relatively new feature over the past two or so years is the appearance of the flag-wavey tour guide. Maybe I've just not noticed before, but the groups are certainly larger and there are more Chinese tourists who probably feel more comfortable with a guide.
I like to imagine that the guides make stuff up, like pointing to Greggs and saying that's where King Alfred used to buy his steak slices, or that the cathedral is being converted into an Ikea.
I will not have a word said against Basingstoke!
I think I've told the story before on CC about my slightly surreal visit to the Basingstoke Tourist Information office so won't repeat it here, but it all went a bit Royston Vasey.