'As seen on television!'
I was lucky enough to be chosen as one of four 'Jersey Ambassadors' that Jersey Tourism are using to promote the island this year. So you'll see me popping up on your TV screens from time to time, and I
also feature in my own online clip.
Jersey - A Personal View
Alan Sloman's Big Walk comes to Jersey
Walking blogger Alan Sloman visited Jersey recently, here's what he thought.
The Channel Island Way - 1: The Invitation
The benefits of using a guide
Kate Simon, writing in The Independent on Sunday extols the benefits of using a guide when travelling.
Read the article: You can delve a bit deeper with a guide by your side
The Channel Island Way - more news
Here is a piece by travel journalist Kate Simon, writing in The Independent on Sunday.
Kate travelled to Jersey in April to find out more...
'Take the long way round these little isles'
The Channel Island Way
See what travel journalist Alf Alderson thought... 'The Way to Go'
The First Eco-Active Event Provider Steps (And Cycles) Forward
What must be one of the most eco-friendly businesses in the island has just become Jersey’s first Eco-Active Event provider. Arthur The Blue Badge Guide, a business owned by Blue Badge-accredited tourist guide Arthur Lamy, not only takes people walking and cycling around Jersey, but Arthur usually uses a bike to get there as well!
Arthur says: “Because nearly all our events use leg power rather than fossil fuel, and because they take place in the open air, they encourage a healthy lifestyle. And at the same time our clients discover what an interesting and valuable resource the countryside is.”
Eco-Active Events is a new initiative from the States of Jersey Department for the Environment which aims to help event organizers integrate sustainability into their events. The criteria put forward ensures that events have minimal environmental impact, that they promote responsible sourcing, and that they encourage both healthy living and sustainable behaviour.
Olivia Copsey – Education and Awareness Officer for the States of Jersey Department for the Environment said: “The Eco-Active Event scheme has been tailor-made for Jersey using UK Best Practice to provide practical guidance, details of local support and Eco-Active accreditation for organisations striving to reduce the impact of their event. By committing to the Eco-Active Events programme Arthur will be aiming to integrate sustainability values into all aspects of running his events and leave a positive legacy on the environment.”
As a freelance tourist guide Arthur’s clients include private individuals, schools, the media and corporate groups. Since 2001, he has led Jersey Tourism’s highly popular Around Island Walk, during which time he has taken over 3,000 ramblers around Jersey’s dramatic 50-mile coastline. He has also shown five-time Tour de France winner, Bernard Hinault, around the island by bicycle in preparation for last year’s visit of the Tour de Bretagne.
Among the initiatives that Arthur the Blue Badge Guide promotes is the use of public transport to get to its events, the ecological and cultural importance of areas that it uses, and the use of the internet as a means of communication and promotion.
“Our everyday work involves much of what Eco-Active Events promotes, so it was a very easy – you could say natural! - step to become an Eco-Active Event provider,” Arthur says: “The focus for us to carefully use resources, recycle products and buy locally, in addition to our already eco-friendly product, will both endorse our green credentials and reflect favourably on our bottom line.”
New early season walking and cycling tours start 6th February
I am starting my early season walking and cycling season on 6th February, a weekly mix of four walks and two cycle tours. Two of the walks are new: St.Brelade's Bay - Before the Deckchairs and The Trinity Arms Ale Tail, and two are old favourites that were popular last year: A Maritime Meander and Glorious Gorey.
The two cycle tours are The Midweek Cyclist and The Weekend Cyclist. As usual the route on both these rides will be decided at the start, so that I can choose a route that matches the abilities of the group, and which takes them to places they haven't been to before.
To make it easier for everyone, please note that all these early season walks and cycle tours have no minimum number of participants but do require pre-booking by phone or by email.
To see the calendar click Walking or Cycling.
Any queries feel free to email me: arthur@arthurthebluebadgeguide.com
or phone me on: +44 (0) 1534 853525
The Outdoors Show
With one ticket allowing show goers into The London Bike Show, The Tullet Prebon London Boat Show as well as the Outdoors Show, it made good sense to take up Jersey Businerss Enterprises' offer of stand space at ExCel in London's Docklands.
The response to the activities available to visitors was good. Though many people had not considered Jersey as a destination before, once they discovered the opportunities for walking and cycling that exist here, they seemed keen to find out more. In fact the stand had run out of Pure Jersey magazines by Sunday evening.
Over the four days that the show ran, almost 1400 entered a competition promoted by Jersey Business Enterprise. Prizes were put forward by the various Jersey outdoor businesses that attended. I offered two days walking and a days cycling for two people, together with complimentary helmet and bike hire generously supplied by Jersey Cycle Tours, and £100 clothing voucher generously supplied by the Rohan Store in St.Helier.