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Sue Hyde

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I am Sue Hyde The Guide, professional Blue Badge Tourist Guide. My work is showing off London – let me show you why I have the best job in the world.

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Just another day in the office! Today SueHydeTheGuide took a small group of 17 people from UK, US and Australia to Hever Castle in Kent. Built in 1378 originally as a castle for a Tax Collector called John de Cobham who needed protecting from the revolting peasants (can’t imagine why he needed protection! 😛), Hever Castle was the childhood home of poor old Anne Boleyn. Anne was probably the most famous of Henry VIII’s six queens, but she was a highly educated woman who deserves a better press. Hever was really lovely especially as we got an early entry guided tour before the masses arrived. If you haven’t been, I highly recommend it. The gardens are fabulous too! Lots to see and do. #suehydetheguide • #hevercastleandgardens • #visitkent • #tudorhistory • #anneboleynsociety taken in Hever Castle, Kent by @suehydetheguide

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SueHydeTheGuide lives in south east London (best part imho) and in one corner they’ve temporarily renamed the train station in honour of one of our key World Cup football superstars Jude Bellingham! And he’s from the West Midlands just like me! Brilliant! taken in Bellingham railway station by @suehydetheguide

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SueHydeTheGuide has been guiding another lovely choir group around parts of the UK. Here we have the University of Arkansas Children’s Choir with their beautiful voices singing in the magnificent Wells Cathedral. They also sang in Bristol Cathedral and today Holy Trinity Sloane Square. They’ve been such a joy to look after. Homeward bound tomorrow! #suehydetheguide #choirsingers #choircommunity #singinginbritain taken in Wells Cathedral by @suehydetheguide

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#lavieenvélo taken in Titisee, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany by @suehydetheguide

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#suehydetheguide #uktraveldesigners #britainsbestguides #beautifulsingingvoices #bowlinggreenstateuniversity taken in Llandaff Cathedral by @suehydetheguide

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#suehydetheguide #uktraveldesigners #cardiffcastle #beautifulsinging #britainsbestguides taken in Cardiff Castle / Castell Caerdydd by @suehydetheguide

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#suehydetheguide taken in Bath Abbey by @suehydetheguide

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SueHydeTheGuide loves a bit of Islamic art because I studied Arabic and I’ve lived in and visited many Muslim countries. So today did I visit a souk in old Aleppo? Did I enter a mosque in downtown Cairo or a Caravansarai on the Silk Route? Nope! I visited Lord Leighton’s House in Kensington west London. He had his late 19th century house and studio turned into thing of Islamic beauty with designs and artefacts from Turkey, Syria and Egypt. It is truly a stunning house and then off to Sambourne House to visit another Victorian artist. This one was the home of Linley Sambourne, a cartoonist for the satirical Punch magazine and his house has pretty much been preserved as it was as a family home from the 1870s. It really helped me to understand Victorian houses. Notice also the stunning Wisteria on another house nearby - you could smell it from across the road. What an interesting day in west London! #suehydetheguide • #lordleightonhouse • #sambournehouse @leightonsambournemuseums • #westlondonlife • #kensingtonhighstreet by @suehydetheguide

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Look at this lovely Thank You card given to SueHydeTheGuide today. It was hand drawn by one of the lovely students from Williams Honors College, Akron University in Ohio. I’ve been guiding them all week and we’ve all gone through some pretty tiring days out of London to Bath, Cotswolds, Windsor, Stonehenge and Oxford today but they’ve been troopers and kept smiling and laughing even at my jokes! I love the drawings showing their week in London and beyond. #suehydetheguide •#williamshonorscollege •#akronuniversity •#guidelondon •#visitbritain by @suehydetheguide

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SueHydeTheGuide has just finished a 7-day fun-filled packed-in tour with a really super group of students from the University of Illinois. I took them to the usual London sites via Tube and train, but as many of them study Sports and Tourism as part of their degree course we had 2 days focused on sports. So we went to Lords for cricket, Wimbledon for the tennis, Stamford Bridge for Chelsea footie plus of course Wembley Stadium as the spiritual home of footie. Some of the boys were experts at the beautiful English game and English accents! Farewell my lovelies and see you again! #suehydetheguide •#sportinlondon • #guidelondon •#universityofillinois @rst.in.london by @suehydetheguide

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Last but one day in India for SueHydeTheGuide. Yesterday in Jaipur we say how they block print by hand and I bought even more stuff to bring back to the UK -it’s addictive! Then early ish start for 5 hour train journey to Agra. Then all us ladies in the group changed into various colours of saris and headed to the place of dreams - The Taj Mahal or Crown Palace. Built in the mid 1600s by the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan for his beloved 3rd wife Mumtaz after she died giving birth for the 14th time - poor woman. It’s even more beautiful than you think it’s going to be even with the crowds. Aaah Incredible India! #suehydetheguide • #incredibleindia🇮🇳 • #tajmahalpalace by @suehydetheguide

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