by Mike Griffiths | Jun 23, 2024 | Diary of An Apprentice Tourist Guide
Sunday 23rd June Huge anxiety today. Sean, one of the more experienced guides from our Green Badge course, passed a job over, guiding a group of English speaking tourists around Castell Coch. As I have been volunteering there for 3 months, I felt I had more than...
by Mike Griffiths | Jun 8, 2024 | Diary of An Apprentice Tourist Guide
Pub walks can be a good way of both getting new information for guiding and for practising guiding skills. On this occasion a group of 10 “Wacky Wanderers” left the White Cross pub in Groeswen at 11am in the direction of Castell Coch where I...
by Mike Griffiths | Jun 1, 2024 | Diary of An Apprentice Tourist Guide
Well, that’s it. After one of the more interesting courses I have followed, I finally have confirmation that I am a qualified Green Badge Guide for South East Wales. The only problem now is finding work. During the last month of the course I overlapped...
