Alan Garner
Alan is Chair of the Church Stretton Walking Festival and Principal of Secret Hills Walking Holidays, a guided walking holiday company based in Church Stretton, which arranges holidays in Shropshire, Derbyshire, the Black Mountains, Madeira and Slovenia. A Lancastrian by birth, he has lived in Shropshire since 1995 after 28 years in the Derbyshire Dales. Walking for pleasure was his relaxation, now it's his job.
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Barbara Vickery
"I have walked myself into my best thoughts and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it." So said Soren Kierkegaard and Barbara couldn't agree more! Of course she has also walked into some pretty unsavoury things as well.....dead sheep, snow blizzards and sprained ankles, but she keeps coming back for more! Barbara is the Secretary of the Church Stretton Walking Festival.
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Trevor & Barbara Halsey
Trevor & Barbara moved to Church Stretton in 2005 and enjoy exploring the beautiful Long Mynd and Stretton Hills in the company of the very friendly local walking community. They lead walks for three groups and endeavour to finish a walk at a teashop, the perfect end to a day on the hills. Trevor is the Treasurer of the Church Stretton Walking Festival.
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Eric & Lesley Brown
Following their early retirement in 2006 Eric & Lesley dreamt of living somewhere where they could walk out of the front door and climb a hill. Moving to Church Stretton with its hills and valleys of rapidly changing mood made that dream a reality which they would like to share with you.
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Paul & Lesley Godwin
Paul & Lesley first walked in the Stretton Hills in 1973 and were lucky enough to retire here in 2004. Their love for the countryside around Church Stretton is still as keen now as it was after their first visit. If you come and walk with them they are sure you will understand why, as you take in the views of the everchanging landscape.
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Frank & Frances Hay
Frank & Frances moved from South East London to Church Stretton so that they could have the luxury of walking straight out of their house onto one of the most fantastic walking areas in England. They have enjoyed many walking holidays and some classic walks, the Wainwright Coast to Coast, the tour de Mt. Blanc and the route de St. Jacques and are now very happy to be walking in beautiful South Shropshire.
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Mick & Joy Burman
Mick & Joy have enjoyed walking and leading walks for many years, mainly in Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Derbyshire and North Wales but never more than since moving to beautiful Shropshire. Two slight regrets, not having moved sooner and only being able to manage shorter walks of under ten miles these days. They both believe Church Stretton is one of the friendliest towns in the country for walkers.
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David Jandrell
Since retiring to Church Stretton in 1997 David has thoroughly explored the Stretton Hills. On the Welsh Marches he has walked the Shropshire Way, Glyndwr's Way, Offa's Dyke Path and the Severn Valley and Wye Valley walks as well as trekking the watershead of the River Severn in Montgomeryshire. David has led a walk in most of the previous Walking Festivals.
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Guy Sjögren
Guy has been hill-walking for over 50 years and never tires of finding new routes and this is precisely what he has been doing since moving to Shropshire in 2006. He now lives in Church Stretton, a wonderful base from which to explore the glorious yet little-known Shropshire Hills.
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Nick Robinson
Nick is the youngest of our leaders. He has been a National Trust Warden on the Shropshire Hills since 1997. He is very passionate about the property that he works on and helps to manage, and he has a love of the fauna and flora which inhabits the Long Mynd. He is looking forward to sharing his knowledge with the walkers on the walks he is leading.
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Malcolm Loft
Since childhood, which was a long time ago, Malcolm has had a love of natural history with a passion for birds. On moving to Shropshire the geology of this area has given him a new found interest. Since 1993 he has explored the Shropshire Hills and during that time has joined the National Trust as Visitor Services Warden.
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