Who
Paul and Ceri Simmons live just north of the beautiful Helford River on a smallholding
with our three children and growing menagerie of animals.
Paul has the South West Mountain and Moorland Camping Leader award
on the moors.
He is fully insured to take walks on the Moors and all paths in the South West.
representing the Lizard from Porthleven to Falmouth and over to the Roseland peninsula
and up to Mevagissey. 80 miles (128 km) of fabulous coast path.
He has been a qualified Green Guide since 2001.
For 4 years he has taken guided walks for Natural England in July and August.
involves cultural, historic, social, political and economic studies. His dissertation is about
the public and professional attitudes to the conservation of the biodiversity on the Lizard.
He has a National Certificate in Practical Habitat Management from Merrist Wood
College Surrey.
on their 105 acre as an explainer in the education department setting up
and co ordinating various educational programmes.
Pond dipping and inaugurating an Earth time line are favourites.
Paul has been a professional piano entertainer and session player for 24 years.
"From Cole Porter to Coldplay, Gershwin to Green Day".
He still plays and sings in Cornwall providing the entertainment at many venues
in the evening often for weddings.
He says "Life is a learning curve and with all that experience
hopefully I know how to entertain and inform".
Ceri is a lady of distinction.
She has worked in the gardening business for seven years.
Before that she ran an International fashion business in London and Hong Kong.
Presently she is looking after our smallholding of 5 acres (2 ha) and a growing
menagerie of animals.
Oh yes, I nearly forgot we also have 3 children,
Emily (photo of her on the coast path), Maya and Ben.
Names of animals are available on request.
WHY (The philosophy )
walkitcornwall is a new venture arising out of the sheer pleasure we get from walking.
This started "up country" on the North Downs, Yorkshire Moors, South Downs,
Pembrokeshire Coast, Chilterns, along the length of the Thames and of course
the South West Coast Path.
The philosophy behind setting up walkitcornwall came from the understanding
that by taking time to recognise the geology, flora and both social
and natural history along the journey,
it heightens the overall pleasure one gets from a walk.
By the end of the walk we hope you would have learned the art of how to recognise
when, how and why habitats change and therefore what to expect to see.
It's the interaction between the local environment and homo sapiens.
Who was it who said "It is not the destination but the journey"?
We believe that fully and want to share our (and your) knowledge of the journey
on arguably the best patch of coastal Britain. See Map.
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