About me: For seven years I was a guide at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal near Ripon in North Yorkshire, a National Trust property and Yorkshire’s first World Heritage Site.

About my talks: I am now delighted to offer illustrated talks (PowerPoint presentations) on all aspects of this 800 acre estate, one of my most favourite places, introducing my audience to some of my personal WOW factors along the way. I can often help out at short notice.

I bring my own laptop and projector but would ask for the use of a screen (or blank white wall). Extension cables are useful but I can always supply my own.

Visit a Regency pleasure park that still entrances and delights today and see why the National Trust property of Studley Royal receives over 350,000 visitors every year, Hear about how the park was designed as well as the scandal that surrounded its most famous owner, John Aislable, Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time of the South Sea Bubble,

This talk last 45 minutes, with an abridged version of 30 minutes.

An ecclesiastical masterpiece of high Gothic Victorian architecture that rightly deserves its place in the 1000 most significant churches in the country. Appreciate its highly decorated interior designed by William Burges, a true medievalist, who also designed Castle Coch and Cardiff Castle in Wales.

This talk last approximately 35 minutes.