Hello I'm Paul Hunt
As well as running Skylark Holidays I can act as a local guide through Derbyshire, the Peak District and the National Forest.
Derby is my home town and I started to venture out walking in Derbyshire and the Peak District when I took school friends off walking and Youth Hostelling for the weekends..
My love of geography and the environment took me first into a career as a Chartered Surveyor and property manager. Those same interests have now spurred me to become a local guide. I can lead walks for you and present you with a variety of Derbyshire's great assets. An interest in nature inspires me to try and combine it as a theme into our walks and to do a bit of voluntary work for Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.
I have brushed up my walking skills with training as a Walking Group Leader and gained a Rescue Emergency Care First Aid certificate. Also I have achieved a Welcome To Excellence Award from the local tourism body.
I think there are two important aspects to walking .... having somewhere interesting to walk and being able to do it in your own style. Derbyshire provides the interest as it is one of the best walking areas in the UK with fantastic scenery and some unique places. The other aspect depends on your ability and preferences which if you tell me about them I can shape a walk to suit you. To help me with this I have recently trained as a Walk Leader for the Walking the way to Health scheme and can cater for you if you are just getting into walking to enjoy its benefits.
Derbyshire has a great contrast of walks... open moorlands, ridges and edges in the Peak District, deep river valleys in the Derbyshire Dales and ancient woods and new forests in the National Forest. Its also has a great choice of places to explore with pretty villages, parkland, rivers and watersides and if you are a little adventurous like me I can show you one or two of its “secret places”.
I want to offer you a range of walking experiences so that you obtain the walk you want. Whether it is an adventurous walk or a more relaxed schedule with pub lunches or teashop stops. If you are not sure what kind of walk you want I can make some suggestions. Phone me before you arrive to start developing your ideal walk.