https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/ 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/guided-tours-header.jpg Guided London Tours With Author Richard Jones. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/london-tour-guide-richard-jones.jpg A caricature of London Guide Richard Jones holding a tray with the sights of London on it. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/richard-guiding-st-pauls.jpg Tour guide Richard Jones showing a group St Paul's Cathedral. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/richard-at-the-marshalsea.jpg London tour guide Richard Jones pointing at the Little Dorrit pages that are on a wall in Southwark. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/walking-dickensian-london.jpg The book cover of Richard's book Walking Dickensian London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/prince-philip-and-the-queen-pose.jpg Two people wearing The Queen and Prince Philip masks on the streets of London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/richard-guiding-at-marshalsea-prison.jpg Richard guiding a Dickens tour and standing alongside the wall of the Marshalsea Prison. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/richard-jones-guide.jpg Richard Jones listening to a question being asked by a client on one of his guided tours. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/man-with-guard.jpg A man on one of Richard's tours marching alongside a guard at St James's Palace. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/platform-nine-and-three-quarters.jpg Platform nine and three quarters at King's Cross Station. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/william-wallace-memorial-plaque.jpg The memorial to Scottish Patriot Sir William Wallace in Smithfield, London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/richard-guiding-shakespeare.jpg Richard Jones telling a group about Shakespeare. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/social-face-book-icon.jpg Follow this link to the London discovery walks Facebook Page. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/social-twitter-icon.jpg This link will take you to our Twitter feed. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/social-video-icon.jpg View videos on Richard's Youtube channel. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/social-pinterest-icon.jpg Have a look at what we're doing on Pinterest. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/social-flickr-icon.jpg Have a look at our photos of London on flickr. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/email-icon.png This will take you to our contact email form. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/data1/images/eveningstandardreview.jpg Richards tours reviewed by the London Evening Standard Newspaper. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/data1/images/sundaytimesreview.jpg A review of the tours that Richard offers from the Sunday Times Magazine. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/data1/images/orangecountyregisterreview.jpg What the Orange County Register said about Richard as a guide. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/data1/images/dailyexpressreview.jpg An excerpt from an article about Richard's tours in the Daily Express. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/data1/images/theindependentreview.jpg A review of Richard's walks from The Independent. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/data1/images/inbritainreview.jpg A quoute about Richard's tours from In Britain Magazine. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/richard-jones-head.jpg Richard Jones London Blue Badge Tourist Guide. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/old-phone.jpg An old fashioned phone. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/blue-badge-guide-london-richard-jones.jpg Richard Jones is a qualified London Tour Guide and this is his Blue Badge. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/tower-bridge-olympics.jpg Tower Bridge. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/tower-of-london.jpg The Tower of London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/st-pauls-and-millennium-bridge.jpg St Paul's Cathedral seen across the Millennium Bridge in London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/hampstead-high-street-sign.jpg Hampstead High Street sign. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/shard.jpg The Shard in London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/osyter-card.gif An Oyster Card. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/richard-jones-guiding-in-london.jpg Richard Jones guiding a group on one of his tours of London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/graffitti.jpg A piece of London street art. https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/-MQ59Ofb0qo/default.jpg London Guided Walks With Richard Jones London walks and tours (https://www.londondiscoverytours.co.uk) guided by author and Blue Badge Tourist Guide Richard Jones.This short film shows a series of the walking tours that Richard offers around London. They includee Dickens London, Shakespeare's London, Beatles Tours, Sherlock Holmes Walks, Secret City Walks and many, many more. https://www.youtube.com/v/-MQ59Ofb0qo 783 2014-03-28T02:00:46Z 5.0 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/about.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/richard-child3.jpg Richard Jones as a child. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/richards-jones-guiding.png Richard Jones conducts a Beatles London Tour. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/blue-badge-guide-london.png The Blue Badge Toursit Guide Qualification. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/richard-jones-with-michaela-strachan.png Richard Jones telling Michaela Strachan a ghost story. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/day-trips-from-london.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/private-london-tours.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/dickens-walking-portrait.png Charles Dickens walking with the London skyline in the background. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/jack-the-ripper-figure.jpg A sinister figure putting up posters on the Jack the Ripper murders. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/sherlock-holmes.jpg Sherlock Holmes with a magnifying glass. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/william-shakespeare.jpg William Shakespeare standing by a desk. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/group-tours.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/contact_richard.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/tour-reviews.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/man-writing-review.jpg An image of a man at a desk writing. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/news-reviews.png Some of the newspaper reviews Richard has received for his tours of London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/book-a-london-tour.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/first-london-trip.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/richard-on-roof-one-new-change.jpg Richard Jones guiding clients on the roof of One New Change. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/london-discovery-tour.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/london-attractions.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/private-car-tours-in-london.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/mercedes.jpg The Mercedes vehicles we use for our private London tours by car. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/group-with-toy-soldier.jpg People on a London sightseeing car tour imitating a toy soldier. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/group-at-tower-bridge.jpg People by Tower Bridge on a London sightseeing tour. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/boys-with-guard.jpg Two men imitating a palace guard in London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/east-end-street-art.jpg Two girls saluting an image of the Queen in London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/tower-of-london-private-tour.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/tower-of-london-arial-view.jpg An arial view looking down on the Tower of London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/tower-bridge.jpg A view of Tower Bridge. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/tower-of-london-beefeater.png One of the Beefeaters, the guardians of the Tower of London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/tower-of-london-towers.jpg Two of the Tower of London's towers shown by night. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/white-tower-by-night.jpg The White Tower By Night. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/family-treasure-hunt-london.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/cartoon-of-people-on-treasure-hunt.jpg A cartoon of a group of children and young people being led through London by a guide. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/people-looking-up.jpg People looking up for a treasure hunt clue in London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/group-st-michaels-alley.jpg A family enjoying a tour and a treasure hunt with Richard in the City of London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/people-in-phone-box.jpg People getting into a phone box on the streets of London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/secret-london-tour.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/guildhall-full.jpg The City of London Guildhall which we visit on the Secret London Tour. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/cordwainer.jpg A statue of a cordwainer. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/churchill-clock.jpg Winston Churchill's face at the centre of Bracken Houses's astrological clock. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/st-pauls-in-stained-glass.jpg A stained glass window showing St Paul's Cathdral. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/richard-one-new-change.jpg Richard Jones guiding a group on the rooftop of One New Change in the City of London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/guildhall-london.jpg A a view of London's Guildhall. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/alice-ayres.jpg The plaque to Alice Ayres in Postmans Park in the City of London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/remember-the-poors-box-barts.jpg The Remember the Poors box at St Bart's Hospital. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/henry-v111-statue-barts.jpg The Henry V111 statue over the gate of St Bart's Hospital. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/cloth-fair.jpg The old houses in Cloth Fair outside which the Secret London tour ends. https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/PNawyr1btaw/default.jpg The Secret London Tour - A Walk Back In Time An introduction to The Secret London walking tour around London, one of the many private London walks offered by author and Blue Badge Guide Richard Jones. https://www.youtube.com/v/PNawyr1btaw 84 2014-03-22T15:12:58Z https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/the-dickens-london-tour.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/charles-dickens-office.jpg The office in Gray's Inn where Charles Dickens worked at the age of 15. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/staple-inn-.jpg Looking in through the gate of Staple Inn. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/royal-london-tour.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/queen-annes-gate-porch.jpg One of the houses we pass as we make our way along Queen Anne's Gate. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/secret-palace-summer2.jpg The secret palace that we see from the bridge over the lake in St James Park. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/buckingham-palace.jpg A front view of Buckingham Palace. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/clarence-house.jpg Clarence House the London home of Prince Charles and Camilla. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/st-james-palace.jpg A view of the Tudor gatehouse of St James's Palace. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/inns-of-court-tour.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/legal-london-barrister.jpg A wigged and robed barrister of the type we will see in abundance on our tour of the Inns of Court. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/grays-inn-hall.jpg Grays Inn hall the first stop on our Inns of Court Tour. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/garden-shed-lincolns-inn.jpg The gardeners hut in Lincoln's Inn. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/royal-court-dog-and-cat.jpg A depiction of a dog and cat growling at each other at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/middle-temple-hall.jpg Middle Temple Dining Hall. https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/9Ql_UR2u7cM/default.jpg A Tour of London's Inns of Court A tour around the lovely Inns of Court, Gray's Inn, Lincoln's Inn, middle Temple and Inner Temple. This photo tour features a soundtrack composed by Bjorn Lynne of Shockwave Sounds and was photographed by London Guide Richard Jones of https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk. https://www.youtube.com/v/9Ql_UR2u7cM 291 2014-03-19T16:41:21Z https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/the-shakespeare-london-tour.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/william-shakespeare-image.jpg An image of William Shakespeare. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/middle-temple-hall-shakespeare-tour.jpg The Middle Temple Hall where Shakespeare's Twelfth Night wa first performed in 1602. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/king-lud-statue.jpg The statues of King Lud and his two sons. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/shakespeares-lodgings.jpg The plaque marking the site of Shakespeare's lodgings. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/st-pauls-warped.jpg A reflection of St Paul's Cathedral. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/sir-john-falstaff.jpg Sir John Falstaff https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/globe-playhouse-plaque.jpg The plaque at the site of Shakespeare's Globe Playhouse. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/rose-theatre-blue-plaque.jpg The blue plaque that marks the site of the Rose Theatre. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/the-new-globe1.jpg The New Globe Playhouse. https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/OGqkpqRlIZs/default.jpg Shakespeare's London Tour Excerpts from Richard Jones's tour around Shakespeare's London. We begin on the south bank of the River Thames alongside the New Globe Playhouse and then delve into some of the locations around London that Shakespeare would have known. https://www.youtube.com/v/OGqkpqRlIZs 200 2014-04-03T01:53:06Z https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/hampstead-tour.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/church-row-hampstead.jpg A view of Church Row in Hampstead. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/hampstead-church-yard.jpg The church yard of St John at Hampstead, the village's parish church. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/admirals-house-hampstead.jpg The exterior of Admiral's House, Hampstead. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/grand-house-in-hampstead.jpg One of the houses we see on our tour around the village of Hampstead. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/hampstead-heath-path.jpg A path on Hampstead Heath. https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/h2ASxOzo7DA/default.jpg Hampstead - The Jewel In London's Crown A photo essay tour of Hampstead that takes you from the heights of the Heath, through the delightful streets of London's country village and into the hauntingly beautiful churchyard of the parish church of St John at Hampstead. https://www.youtube.com/v/h2ASxOzo7DA 421 2014-03-20T17:36:31Z https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/sherlock-holmes-london-tour.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/Sherlock-holmes-caricature.png An image of Sherlock Holmes holding his magnifying glass and wearing a deerstalker hat. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/sir-arthur-conan-doyle.jpg An image of Sherlock Holmes's creator Arthur Conan Doyle. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/speedys-cafe.jpg Speedy's Cafe which was used as 221b Baker Street in the BBC series Sherlock. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/st-bartholomew-the-great-interior.jpg The interior of the church of St Bartholomew The Great which features in the opening scene of the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes movie. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/barts-phone-box.jpg The phone box that featured in the closing sequence of series two of Sherlock. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/sherlock-holmes-arch.jpg The arch that featured in the opening scene of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/holmes-pub-sign.jpg An image of Sherlock Holmes wearing his deerstalker and smoking his pipe. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/victorian-sewer-gaslamp.jpg The Victorian sewer-gas powered lmap in Carting Lane. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/sherlock-holmes-pub-upstairs.jpg The sitting room of 221B Baker Street in the upstairs bar of the Sherlock Holmes Pub. https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/lDAGP-Nu7K4/default.jpg The Sherlock Holmes London Tour An introduction to the Sherlock Holmes Tour of London conducted by Richard Jones of https://www.london-walking-tours.co.uk. We visit the site of 221B Baker Street and the location where Dr Arthur Conan Doyle was working when he developed the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr John H. Watson. https://www.youtube.com/v/lDAGP-Nu7K4 122 2014-03-01T01:21:26Z https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/harry-potter-london-locations-tour.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/harry-potter-trolley.jpg The trolley embedded in the wall at Platform nine and three quarters at King's Cross Station. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/ministry-of-magic-corner.jpg The corner where Harry Potter and Mr Weasley enter the phone box to descend into the Ministry of Magic. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/phone-box-ministry-of-magic.jpg A group of people cramming into a phone box on Richard's Harry Potter Tour. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/st-pauls-with-millennium-bridge.jpg A view of St Paul's Cathedral seen across the Millennium Bridge. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/leadenhall-market.jpg Leadenhall Market which features as Charing Cross Road in several of the Harry Potter films. https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/_xhY3-9xkAo/default.jpg Harry Potter Tour of London The first part of the Harry Potter Tour of London starts at Leicester Square Underground Station and visits the alley that is believed to have inspired Diagon Alley. It then heads off along Charing Cross Road, before heading over to Shaftesbury Avenue, which features in Deathly Hallows Part One. The Harry Potter Tour of London then makes its way to Leicester Square. Download the pdf from https://www.the-magician.co.uk https://www.youtube.com/v/_xhY3-9xkAo 625 2014-04-01T06:15:48Z 4.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/private-jack-the-ripper-tour.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/jack-the-ripper-image.jpg Walk the streets of Victorian London and retrace the footsteps of Jack the Ripper. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/richards-jack-the-ripper-book-cover.jpg The book cover of Uncovering Jack the Ripper's London by Richard Jones. https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/nz5EfxPIvBc/default.jpg Jack The Ripper's Third Murder - Elizabeth Stride Richard Jones of https://www.london-walking-tours.co.uk. takes you on a tour of Jack the Ripper's London and visits the site of the murder of Elizabeth Stride whose body was found in what is now Henriques Street but which, in 1888, was known as Berner Street. https://www.youtube.com/v/nz5EfxPIvBc 176 2014-03-06T21:39:13Z https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/haunted-london-tour.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/50-berkeley-square-by-night.jpg Number 50 Berkeley Square which has the reputation for being the most haunted house in London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/demonic-face.jpg A sinister face that we encounter on the London ghost tour. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/19-st-james-place.jpg 19 St James's Place to whicha ghostly Victorian lady made a spectral return. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/farm-street-house.jpg One of the haunted houses we pass as we walk through the streets of Mayfair. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/green-park-haunted-tree.jpg Green Park's notorious tree of death. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/st-james-old-gas-lamp.jpg An old gas lamp that we pass under as we make our way through haunted St James's. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/grenadier-haunted-pub.jpg The Grenadier Pub where we end the tour of haunted London. https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/eEfoK-OPxfo/default.jpg The Cursed Cobblestone - Haunted London Richard Jones takes you to one of London's haunted locations and tells you the strange tale of a series of unexplainable events that befell a family who once joined him on his London Ghost Walk. https://www.youtube.com/v/eEfoK-OPxfo 265 2012-11-10T16:24:11Z https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/oxford-day-trip.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/oxford-brasenose-college.jpg A view of the Radcliffe Camera over the buildings of Brasenose College in Oxford. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/oxford-college-gate.jpg An Oxford College gate. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/oxford-castle-mound.jpg The grass mound of Oxford Castle. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/oxford-clock.jpg The Oxford church clock. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/oxford-christchurch-exterior.jpg A view of the Oxford College of Christchurch. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/oxford-christchurch-dining-hall.jpg The dining hall at Christchurch, Oxford. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/oxford-christchurch-cavalier-monument.jpg One of the Cavalier Monuments located inside Christchurch Cathedral. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/oxford-st-edmunds.jpg St Edmunds college quad Oxford. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/oxford-the-brasenose.jpg The Brazen Nose in the dining hall of Brasenose College. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/oxford-satyr.jpg The satyr that reputedly inspired C.S. Lewis. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/oxford-statue.jpg One of the statues that you will encounter as you walk around Oxford. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/images/oxford-worcestor-college-cottages.jpg The cottages at Worcester College. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/oyster-cards.htm 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/D0rFmd9h1rU/default.jpg Find out more about Visitor Oyster cards Visitor Oyster cards are plastic smartcards you can use instead of paper tickets. Put on pay as you go credit which you use when you travel. It is the cheapest way to pay for single journeys on London Buses, Tube, trams, DLR, London Overground, Emirates Air Line and most National Rail services in London. For more information visit our website: https://visitorshop.tfl.gov.uk Transcript: Every visitor wants to know; how do Londoners get around so fast? On Tubes on trains on buses. The key is Oyster card. it opens all the gates for you it automatically deducts the right fare for every journey. It's easy to check your balance, you can top up at thousands of shops and stations and it's so much cheaper than buying paper tickets. Virtually every Londoner has one and you can too. Buy an Oyster card online now and we'll post it to you before you leave home. So beat the queues and save with Oyster card. The key to London travel. https://www.youtube.com/v/D0rFmd9h1rU 61 2014-02-17T10:57:26Z https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/sitemap.html 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery.htmll 2014-05-03 monthly 0.5 https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/boyswithguard.jpg We don't just see the guards we do our own guard duty! https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/ballet2.jpg When we encounter a statue we don't just pose by it we imitate it. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupkissingshakespeare.jpg It was Shakespeare's birthday so we blew him a kiss. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/bloodyman2.jpg We encounter some curious characters on the tours. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/churchillandroosevelt.jpg It's not every day you encounter Winston Churchill on a Guided Tour of London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/familyinalley.jpg We encounter hidden and secret alleyways. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/couplelookingup.jpg London is, very much, a city to look up in. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/coupleposing.jpg Sometimes you just have to smile when you're enjoying yourself. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/couplewithqueen.jpg It's amazing how often the Queen pops up on our tours. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/eastendstreetart.jpg When we ecounter the Queen salutes are in order. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/fixingshoe.jpg Footsore in the pub after a tour. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/floatnghumanstatue.jpg Now how does he do that? https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/funincoventgarden.jpg You sometimes just have to jump for joy. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/gardenerstatue.jpg We often set challenges for our clients, such as imitating this statue of the gardener. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/girlswithqueen.jpg Queens for a day. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/goldencat.jpg It isn't every day you come across a golden cat. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/greenwichriveflooded.jpg Recently, in Greenwich, we found our way was impassable. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/churchillmisletoe.jpg It was Christmas so we thought it good to get into the season and kiss Winston under the mistletoe. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupathenryv111gate.jpg The only outdoor statue of Henry V111 in a public place in London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupatnewglobe.jpg Well, would you just look at that? https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupattowebridge.jpg Posing in the reach of Tower Bridge. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupbybarts.jpg Happy, Happy and Happier! https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupfindsclue.jpg In and out of old alleyways. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/grouphavingfun.jpg What can I say, it was Christmas in London! https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupinlondonwithumbrellas.jpg Even in the rain our clients have fun. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupinpostmanspark.jpg Altogether now. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupinpub.jpg We've had our tour now where's the pub. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupinshop.jpg A musical interlude. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupintrafalgarsquare.jpg Don't you just love the figures on horse back in Trafalgar Square. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupjumping.jpg Sometimes we ask our clients to see who can jump the highest. It's always a fun challenge. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupleaning.jpg Leaning to have fun. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupplayinginstruments.jpg It was Christmas so we borrowed some instruments on a Christmas lights tour. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupwalking.jpg Walking is a great way to get around. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupwithchristmastree.jpg We found a Christmas tree so we imitated it! https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupwithguard.jpg Whatever a guard can do we can do better. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupwithmini.jpg Now that's what these clients called a car. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupwithmrblobby.jpg It's surprising the sort of characters we run into when we're exploring London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupwithstpauls.jpg A quick pose in front of St Paul's Cathedral. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupwithswanmarker.jpg We passed this statue of the Swan Marker on the Secret London Tour and, guess what, we decided we'd always wanted to be a Swan Marker. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/groupwithtoysoldier.jpg When you can't find a real guard any one will do. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/guardsmarching.jpg Oh there they are. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/hoodedmeninpub.jpg Fun in the pub. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/humanstatue.jpg Who will move first? https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/humanstatue2.jpg Look Mum I'm a statue. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/balletstatue.jpg Here we go again! https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/imitatingastatue.jpg Do we look anything like her? https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/jumpingforjoy.jpg Hoorah! We're in London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/kissingchurchill.jpg A Christmas kiss for Mr Churchill. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/kneelinggroupwithstatue.jpg Life moves slowly when you're a statue. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/manattowerbridge.jpg A strange encounter by Tower Bridge. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/mancheering.jpg A cheer for London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/manwithguard.jpg Which one's the guard? https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/manwithheadingrass.jpg You find things in the strangest places in London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/richardonenewchangetour.jpg Richard Jones guiding on the roof top terrace at One New Change. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/olympicmascot.jpg And they're off! The Olympic City in 2012. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/outsidestpauls.jpg A little respect for St Paul's Cathedral. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/peopleasprincephilip.jpg Is that really Prince Philip? https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/peopleasqueenandprincephilip.jpg You cannot be serious! https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/2meninshopwindow.jpg The ultimate in window shopping! https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/peopleatlondonshop.jpg Hey, look, we're in London. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/peoplesalutingqueen.jpg I think we met the Queen. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/peoplewithballerina.jpg The footsore Ballet Company. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/peoplewithboot.jpg So that's where I left my boot. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/peoplewithpostcard.jpg Oh look, it's the Blues and Royals. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/posingasabrahamlincoln.jpg We're standing with Abe. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/richardsjonesguiding.jpg Richard Jones guiding a Beatles Tour in 1988. I was so much older then I'm younger than that now. Oh wait, that's Dylan. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/queeninwndow.jpg When you spot the Queen in a London window you just have to salute. It's the done thing. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/richard1ststatuegroup.jpg Richard the Lion Hearts. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/southwarkphonebox.jpg Who's got the phone? https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/stpaulsfirefighters.jpg Fire, fire. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/richardjonesguidinginlondon.jpg Richard Jones, guiding in the City. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/sherlockholmestour.jpg We found Sherlock Holmes. So he's not dead. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/stpaulsstatue.jpg That's it I'm off to Australia. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/templestatue.jpg Which one's the statue? https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/threewisewomen.jpg It was Christmas so we slipped into a shop to be the Three Wise Women. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/twopeopleintenbells.jpg Enjoying a bit of modern art in the Ten Bells Pub. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/dowding.jpg Never in the field of London tours was so much enjoyed by so few amongst so many. https://www.richardslondontours.co.uk/gallery_files/vlb_thumbnails1/peoplewithhorse.jpg A horse, a horse, my Kingdom for a horse.