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28/06/2024

Today’s tour was with Shawn and his family from San Antonio, Texas they was on their way to South Africa and booked a London Layover Tour with to see the best of London while waiting for their connecting flight.

01/06/2024

When in Cornwall

27/05/2024

A lovely day showing the Kaithakottil family from Texas the “Best of London” their first visit to our great city. Thanks to

20/05/2024

Summer is here, today’s tour is heading to the Cotswolds a beautiful area of outstanding natural beauty and the first outing for Panama “Hattie” this year.

20/04/2024

Beautiful Spanish tapas lunch , Iberico Chorizo & grilled bread with tomatoes, wild mushroom & truffle croquettes, Iberico ham croquettes, Spanish omelette, sautéed vegetables, wild mushrooms & romesco sauce and Basque cheese cake. Amazing food and service.

13/04/2024

I had the pleasure of going to the experience today, I received a random act of kindness gift from them, what an amazing structure it is thank you so much for choosing me.

05/03/2024

Happy St Piran’s Day

Saint Piran’s Day or the Feast of Saint Piran, is the national day of Cornwall held annually on 5th March. The day is named St Piron, one of the patron saints of Cornwall and also the patron saint of tin miners.

St Piran’s Day started as one of the many tinners’ holidays observed by the tin miners in Cornwall. The modern observance as a national symbol of the people of Cornwall started in the late 19th and early 20th century when Celtic revivalists sought to provide the people of Cornwall with a national day, similar to those observed by other nations. Since the 1950s, the celebration has become more popular and since the start of the 21st century almost every Cornish community holds some sort of celebration to mark the event. St Piran’s flag is also seen flying throughout Cornwall on this day.

Parades and processions are held every year in towns across Cornwall to celebrate St Piran’s day, even some schools and businesses give the day off to enjoy the festivities, the former MP for North Cornwall Dan Rogerson even asked the Government in 2006 to make St Piran’s day a public holiday in Cornwall. So if you’re thinking of celebrating St Piran’s day you could do no better than have a Saffron bun, a piece of Hevva cake with some clotted cream and a cup of tea or even a Cornish pasty with a glass of scrumpy.

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06/02/2024

Queen Elizabeth II Accession to the Throne

On this day in 1952 it was announced that King George VI died at Sandringham House, Norfolk aged 56. His eldest daughter Princess Elizabeth, would now be Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

In early 1952, Elizabeth and Philip set off for a tour of Australia and New Zealand by way of Kenya. On 6th February they had just returned to their Kenyan home after a night spent at Treetops Lodge. At the time it was was reported that she arrived as a Princess but left as a Queen.

Word arrived of the Kings death and consequently Elizabeth’s immediate accession to the throne. Her Private Secretary Martin Charteris asked her to choose her name, she chose to remain Elizabeth, “of course”. She was proclaimed Queen and the royal party hastily returned to the UK. She and the Duke of Edinburgh immediately moved into Buckingham Palace.

Traditionally the Queen chooses to spend the day in quiet reflection at Sandringham House. As well as becoming Queen on this day it is also the day her beloved father died. Due to the current pandemic Her Majesty will be at Windsor Castle where she and the Duke of Edinburgh have been in isolation since the spring of 2020, the government has announced that in 2022 the Queen’s 70th Jubilee will have an additional Bank Holiday and special events throughout the year to mark this momentous occasion.

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31/01/2024

Guy / Guido Fawkes 13th April 1570 - 31st January 1606

On the 31st January 1606, Guy Fawkes and three others; Thomas Wintour, Ambrose Rookwood, and Robert Keyes – were dragged from the Tower on wattled hurdles to the Old Palace Yard at Westminster, opposite the building they had attempted to destroy. His fellow plotters were then hanged and quartered. Fawkes was the last to stand on the scaffold. He asked for forgiveness of the King and state, while keeping up his “crosses and idle ceremonies” (Catholic practices). Weakened by torture and aided by the hangman, Fawkes began to climb the ladder to the noose, but either through jumping to his death or climbing too high so the rope was incorrectly set, he managed to avoid the agony of the latter part of his ex*****on by breaking his neck. His lifeless body was nevertheless quartered and, as was the custom, his body parts were then distributed to “the four corners of the kingdom”, to be displayed as a warning to other would-be traitors.

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30/01/2024

On this day:

The VC was introduced on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to honour acts of valour during the Crimean War. Since then, the medal has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. Only 15 medals, of which 11 to members of the British Army and 4 to members of the Australian Army, have been awarded since the Second World War. The traditional explanation of the source of the metal from which the medals are struck is that it derives from a Russian cannon captured at the siege of Sevastopol. However, research has indicated another origin for the material.

King George V felt very strongly that the decoration should never be forfeited and in a letter from his Private Secretary, Lord Stamfordham, on 26 July 1920, his views are forcefully expressed:
“The King feels so strongly that, no matter the crime committed by anyone on whom the VC has been conferred, the decoration should not be forfeited. Even were a VC to be sentenced to be hanged for murder, he should be allowed to wear his VC on the scaffold.”

A single company of jewellers, Hancocks & Co, has been responsible for the production of every VC awarded since its inception.

24/12/2023

Christmas has officially started at CLTHQ and we’re now taking a few days off to eat and drink a bit too much!

Happy Christmas to you all. 🎄🎅🎁☃️

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