As we approach #DDay80 we are proud to launch today in London a programme of events which will reach people across the UK, Italy and in France. 

The Torch of Commemoration will build connections between veterans and young people, and bring people together to pass the

Excellent talk this evening by Paul Couchman - Regency Cook for CoL Guides 🇺🇦. Felt like I was watching the 1815 version of The Galloping Gourmet (in a good way) & that beef stew made my mouth water 👏😋 #lifeofaguide

'That's right Granny, they're just nice plain Froglets again. No one better than the other. And much happier for it, by the look of things...:' 🥣🏅🐸✨

#MondayMotivation

CWGC statement on Staff evacuation from Gaza cwgc.org/our-work/news/…

Did You Know that Tower Bridge was constructed using materials that came from all over the United Kingdom?

Steel came from Glasgow, Granite was shipped from Cornwall, Portland stone from Dorset, bricks brought from Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, and slate from Wales.

The Natural History Museum's transformed gardens reopen on 18 July. A bronze Diplodocus cast has been installed (it's not Dippy!) The garden is a free-to-visit green space in the heart of London, as part of the Museum's Urban Nature Project.

#OnThisDay 1945 the King ordered Royal Navy to ‘Splice the mainbrace’ to mark VE Day and the end of #ww2 in #europe over 50,000 members of the Naval Service & over 35,000 merchant seamen lost their lives during the war. Let us never waste the peace that they won for us. #VEDay

Aw! Lovely lambs on yesterday's RamblersGB walk from Leatherhead to Box Hill. #lifeofaguide #spring

Read the book, seen the film but the musical Operation Mincemeat is something else. Brilliant & funny retelling of this true WWII story. Go see. #OperationMincemeat

Great start to our CoL Guides 🇺🇦 Class of 09 summer season with a walk around the #RoyalLondonHospital estate in Whitechapel. Followed by the traditional drink in a local hostelry. #lifeofaguide

🌟 Introducing 'D-Day in 80 Objects' 🌟

This project sheds light on objects that played a role in D-Day.

🛩️Report on Air Operations Before D-Day 📜

This map highlights the airfields across northern France & the Low Countries targeted by Allied forces in the lead up to D-Day.

Blast from the past! Haven't seen white eggs since the early 1980s🥚🥚 #scrambledeggs

Nostalgic visit with CoL Guides 🇺🇦 to Peek, Frean & Co museum in their old biscuit factory. Founded 1857 & creator of the Garibaldi (1861), Marie (1875), Custard Cream (1908) & Bourbon biscuits (1910). #lifeofaguide #biscuits 😋

If Yorkshire Tea made Easter eggs…

Great to see Chiswick Lifeboat out on the Thames at yesterday's The Boat Race. London's 4th emergency service #lifeofaguide #savinglives RNLI

Happy Easter! Hot cross buns for breakfast 😋 #lifeofaguide

Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace today is Number 12 Company Irish Guards with musical support from the Band of the Coldstream Guards and the Band of the Welsh Guards.

There have been some changes to the April schedule, which are on our website: changing-guard.com/dates-buckingh…

I feel a bacon sandwich coming on 🥓😋 #lifeofaguide sue bayliss

Today we welcomed The Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, the Bishop of Salisbury, Royal Navy Personnel and Sea Cadets to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the loss of HMS Stonehenge.