All Jersey Walk Adventures staff are local residents with a passion to share their in depth knowledge of the local waters, history and environment of Jersey.

Derek Hairon

A local resident whose family has lived on the East coast for 4 generations. He spent much of his childhood exploring the area around Icho Tower on foot and by sea kayak.

An accredited Jersey Heritage Trust Seymour tower and Wild Life Safe (WiSe) trained guide.

British Canoe Union Sea kayaking coach holding the prestigious level 5 Coach award. First Aid and coastal navigation certificates.Over 30 years sea kayaking experience, including major expeditions to circumnavigate Ireland by kayak, North Scotland, Faeroe Islands and Alaska. He has also taken par

t in white water-kayaking expeditions in Nepal to paddle the Tamur and Marsyandi Rivers.

Derek is a trained teacher who taught outdoor pursuits in the UK.

When not kayaking, he has completed long distance mountain walks such as the famous GR20 in Corsica the Pyrenees, Nepal, Azores and Gomera in the Canary Islands. He also undertook an 18 month cycle tour in Europe covering over 12,000 miles.

Trudie

At the age of 10 years Trudie saw the North Sea for the first time. Soon sea shells formed part of her luggage back home to Bavaria in Germany.

As a professional tour guide in Britain, Normandy and Brittany this led her into a career as a travel guide book writer for Polyglott and Langenscheidt publishers in Germany. She now works as a free lance travel writer and editor. This led her to the Channel Islands in 2002 when she wrote the Channel islands guide book for Merian books.

Trudie fell in love with Jersey and the South East coast low tide zone. She happily links her passion for marine biology and local history with her training as a geographer on her guided walks to Seymour and Icho Towers, as well as developing a range of guided walks which explore the marine history and culture of Jersey.

She has since moved to Jersey to be closer to the sea.

Trudie is often your first point of contact when making a booking with Jersey Kayak and Jersey Walk Adventures.

Jersey Tourism Bronze Badge guide, Jersey Heritage Trust Seymour tower and Wild Life Safe trained guide. German and English speaking.

Krista

An Outdoor Education Graduate who was brought up with the south east coast as her playground.

First Aid trained with Pool Lifeguard award. A Wild Life Safe (WiSe) guide.

Krista often assists with school groups and developed some of the learning objectives for the students.

She spent 6 weeks on expedition in the White mountains of Peru. This was followed by a Polar region expedition to Svalbard for 3 months (March-May) with the British Schools Exploring Society (BSES) where she learned to haul sledges, ski and rifle shooting -in case of Polar bear attacks.

Bob

If Bob had his way every young person on Jersey would have to spend time exploring the south east coast Ramsar site and stay in Seymour tower.

Bob is a keen low water fisherman and is likely to be found setting trot lines on the bleakest winter days. He has an enormous knowledge of the area and marine life.

An accredited Seymour tower guide.

Safety training

All staff hold valid and up to date First Aid awards, satisfactory Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) checks and undergo Child Protection training as part of our staff training programme.