Walks: Chi walking to foraging, butterflies to pirates

Come and enjoy Port Eliot’s beautiful grounds on one of our themed walks. Leaving from the info point on the HaHa, each one should take around 30-40 minutes.

David Chapman is a highly respected wildlife writer and photographer based in Cornwall, and the author of ten books about the South West.

Chris Lewis discovered Chi Running in 2007. She was so inspired that she decided to share the technique with others, and became one of the first certified instructors in the UK.

Duncan Minshull is the editor of The Vintage Book of Walking and a senior producer at the BBC. His most recent book is The Burning Leg:
Walking Scenes from Classic Fiction.

Charlotte Hobson is an author and journalist who lives in Cornwall. She counts several pirates among her forebears, including Captain Blood and Robert Newton.

William Fiennes is the author of two remarkable books: The Snow Geese and, most recently, The Music Room. He was Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year and the recipient of a Somerset Maugham Award.

Robin Harford is a forager based in North Devon who runs www.eatweeds.co.uk and foraging courses. Every day he walks the land, and discovers the treats nature can provide for free.

Fat Hen is West Cornwall’s Wild Food Foraging and Cooking School, run by professional forager, ecologist and cook Caroline Davey.

Patrick Barkham is the author of The Butterfly Isles: A Summer in Search of Our Emperors and Admirals – the result of his quest to see all 59 species of butterfly that
are native to Britain in one summer. He’s also a feature writer for the Guardian.