Ruth has extensive knowledge of the most northern parts of England and its border with Scotland.

Tours and guided walks include Durham Cathedral and the Durham UNESCO World Heritage Site, Durham City and County, Hadrian’s Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site from Bowness-on-Solway to Wallsend in Tyneside, the Lake District National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Northumberland National Park, the North Pennines National Landscape, the Holy Island of Lindisfarne and the Northumberland Coast National Landscape, and urban centres such as Carlisle, Newcastle, Sunderland and Teesside.

Itineraries can include filming locations used in the TV and films such as Vera, Harry Potter and the Last Kingdom, and references to writers whose work features aspects of the North East and Cumbria.Ruth lives in Whitley Bay on the North Tyneside Coast.

Speciality tours include arts, heritage, history and landscape.Ruth is a keen walker and enjoys leading longer walks along routes such as the Northern Saints Trails, the Hadrian's Wall Path, the Pennine Way, The King Charles III England Coastal Path (North East coast and the Cumbrian coast); and walks in the Lake District National Park, the Northumberland National Park and the North Pennines National Landscape.