NameDebs
Area CoveredLancashire, UK
InterestsLocal food & drink, Language teaching, Adventure sports, Cultural traditions, Ecology, Markets & shopping, Arts & literature

Introducing Debs - your Friend at the other End!

About Me

I currently live in London and work for Dorling Kindersley’s Travel division as a trouble shooter, program manager and general all-round fixer. I also train horses as a hobby, dealing with youngsters and problem horses, training dressage and terrorizing walkers in the woods near Guilford. I like to get out of London when I can, and have recently been discovering the ‘South’!
Prior to living in London I worked in Tourism for 5 years. I spent a year in the Waterberg, South Africa as a horseback tour-guide before going to Chile for a year, where I guided on horseback up and down the Andes, as well as acting as translator and boat-guide for the company I worked for. When I left Chile I returned to South Africa, this time to the Lowveld adjacent to Kruger Park, where I worked as a horse trainer and qualified as a safari guide on a ‘Big 5’ game reserve. I also ran their volunteer work program. My other travel experience includes spending a month working in Nice and trips to Spain and Northeastern USA during my university years. Since returning to the UK I have been back to Africa twice and will be taking a trip to Costa Rica at the end of this year. Wherever I have worked, local tourism has been of great importance to the whole community. Tourism, when properly managed, can have a hugely beneficial effect on a particular area. In Lancashire local tourism is increasingly important as traditional farming becomes more difficult and less cost efficient. Farmers often have a deep-seated mistrust of tourists based on bad experience, but when approached with the proper respect it can be a very beneficial partnership: quiet accommodation in beautiful rural areas is exactly the sort of idyll visitors are looking for, whilst they simultaneously provide a substantial supplementary income to farmers. This is just one of those essential tourist tips that local guides can easily provide, allowing you to plan the very best travel itinerary for a break in the UK.

Some unique local experiences I can help you plan are:
- A trip to the Sabden Treacle Mines
- A Hike to the top of Pendle Hill
- A trip to Blackpool Pleasure Beach and the Illuminations
- A trip back in time round the sites of the Lancashire Witch story
- A steam train ride through the idyllic countryside

Ask me about these experiences or anything else about my area. I'd love to help you plan your trip!

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