I am incredibly proud to be able to say that today marks Sophie’s Great War Tours’ 10th Birthday!

When I started this business is 2013, my mission was to help connect people with the past. To tell amazing stories and keep alive the memories of those that gave so much.

I couldn’t have dared to dream that a decade later, this one-woman show (plus a big dose of help from my awesome Dad) -would have run so many tours for 700+ guests from across the world.

The team has grown to 12 incredible guides for whom I will be forever thankful. They are not only great historians, but just the loveliest of people that go above and beyond as standard for our guests.

Our commitment to our guests includes saying yes to any request we can possibly make work. We take note of the small things because of course, they are often the big things that really matter.

The fact that so many of our guests over the course of the last ten years are still friends is I think testament to the way the team work.

A big thank you to every single person that has supported Sophie’s Great War Tours in even the smallest of ways. I am and always will be very grateful indeed.

No birthday should go without a celebration. As an extra thank you, I would like to offer one free place on one of my Rugby World Cup Tours this autumn. To enter this draw, please send a birthday message via either an email, a tweet or Facebook comment by 11pm tonight.

Thanks all - here’s to another 10 years!

Sophie