Guided Walking Holidays Cornwall - Adventureline

Martin Hunt, principal guide in Cornwall and on all other holidays, UK and abroad.

Click here for a complete biography of Martin.

Rachael Hunt, Martin's daughter has joined the Cornwall team this year and will bring her infectious humour and happy spirit to all who walk with her.

This year, Rachael will accompany Martin's groups and learn more as she goes, but adding what she knows already into the melting pot!

Having a BA in the communications fields (broadcasting and media) she is ideally placed to help our clients find meaning and beauty in Cornwall's myriad landscapes and diverse history.

She recently completed a course in Cornish Geology and Mining history.

Paul Simmons, associate guide in Cornwall. Paul lives on a smallholding just north of the beautiful Helford River with his wife Ceri, their three children and a growing menagerie of animals. He has been a qualified Green Guide since 2001 and in 2007 he completed  an MA in Cornish Studies. Paul has been a professional piano entertainer and session player for 26 years. He still plays and sings in Cornwall providing the entertainment at many venues in the evening - often for weddings.

Just  like Martin and Rachael, Paul is very passionate to share the unique qualities and mysteries of Cornwall. He's an experienced "all rounder" - and if you happen to stop somewhere for a Cornsh cream tea that has a piano, you may even enjoy an inpromtu live performance!!

Goffredo Filibeck, Tuscany and Dolomites (Italy) local guide.
Graduated in Natural Sciences at Rome University and Ph.D. in Plant Ecology from Florence University, Goffredo worked at Rome University as a lecturer in Conservation Biology. Since 2006, he has lived and worked in Viterbo – a small medieval city half-way between Rome and Tuscany, as an Assistant Professor of Plant Ecology at the local university. Writes for some Italian travel magazines, has authored a guidebook to the Sila National Park and has worked for a popular TV programme on science and ecology. Has been a tour leader for many Italian hiking organizations, designing and guiding long-distance treks in Tuscany and Lazio. Goffredo met Martin in Morocco in 2001 and since then they have led many tours together in Tuscany, Lazio, The Dolomites, Sardinia and Sicily. He loves to share his enthusiasm for the manifold variety of Italian landscapes and cuisine in the places he is particularly fond of, such as the romantic shores of Maremma (Tuscany) or the remote valleys of South Tyrol (Dolomites, eastern Alps). 

John Sidgwick, Cotswolds local guide.

John has lived in The Cotswolds for some 20 years and has a keen interest in all things local, from which he has gained an immense store of knowledge - which he imparts with an infectious enthusiasm.

John is one of Martin's oldest friends, having both met in the wonderful and heady days of surfing in Cornwall, back in 1970!

His wife Carole is a Blue Badge guide and sometimes accompanies the walks too, imparting her local historical knowledge with humour and grace.

Mike Stuart, Picos de Europa (Spain) local guide.

Living in the Picos for many years, these mountains are now Mike's home. But Mike was brought up in England. He was given his first grounding in mountaincraft by his mountaineer father Ian Stuart who has been on various expeditions around the world, including the Himalaya with Chris Bonnington. For 8 years Mike lived in the Swiss Alps, working as a ski guide. He moved to live permanently in Spain in 1991 where he married Lisa who grew up in Devon England. A fully-qualified Mountain Leader, Mike has great experience of all that the The Picos have to offer. When not out guiding he gets taken out by Lisa and their children Olivia & Isaac and Mina the dog, whether walking, skiing, surfing or mountain biking.

Slimane Baadoud, Morocco local guide.

Slimane is an experienced mountain guide and was the first president of the Mountain Guide's Association in Morocco. He has worked closely with Adventureline International providing all ground services for our many treks there (some 19 or so) since 1996.

No one knows the remote regions of Morocco better than Slimane! He also has close ties with wonderful Berber villagers, making the organisation of our treks there all the more friendly.