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Halloween collab ahoy! Dark Chester tour and Chester on a Plate tour join forces

November 8, 2024

The Brewery Tap, Chester. Image: David Atkinson. We did a special tourist-guide collab for Halloween this year. My Dark Chester tour joined forced with Chester on a Plate tour to offer a unique Halloween experience — spooky stories and fiendish food. We visited three of Chester’s great, independent places to… Read more

Ghost stories and Victorian Gothic: my public speaking engagements this winter

November 8, 2024

The function room at the Cat & Fiddle Distillery. Image: David Atkinson. As the darker winter months roll in, I’m pivoting work wise. After working flat out with Halloween walking tours of Chester for both children (daytime) and adults (evenings), public speaking engagements will keep me busy over winter. I… Read more

I visited the loneliest railway station in Britain. Here’s what I found.

October 22, 2024

All alone at Denton Station; image: Paul Cooper Photography WWW.PCOOPERPHOTO.COM. To Denton, Greater Manchester, to ride the ghost train. The station, located on the Stalybridge-Stockport line in Greater Manchester was last week named as the loneliest railway station in Britain — there’s just one return service per week. I joined… Read more