My mum and dad were founding members of the “Rangiora Tramping Club” in New Zealand, so I grew up spending most of my weekends in the hills and valleys of Arthur’s Pass and other wild parts of New Zealand. At high school my mates and I taught ourselves to kayak by putting our boats in the school pool at lunch time and figuring it out.
Since then I’ve been working as a guide and instructor in New Zealand, Scotland, Turkey and other beautiful places.
Paddling in Torridon and Applecross; it’s an ancient yet dynamic place, wild yet familiar, windswept yet comforting.
My mum was a brownie leader, and I think I was Aberdeen’s first boy brownie. Also… when Robert the Bruce defeated the English at Bannockburn in 1314 the population of New Zealand was probably zero.
“I have also picked bananas, cleaned windows on high rises, pulled pints, assembled and disassembled the stadiums at the London Olympics, been a bicycle courier in a few cities, and sold baked potatoes, amongst other things…”
Jeremy was just EXCELLENT! We felt he was a friend from the moment when we met and when we said good-bye.....
Rebecca Steinmetz
Wilderness Walking - Outer Hebrides: Uists, Barra and Mingulay
Reviewed on 23/12/2019
Jeremy was well organised, professional, amiable, helpful, pleasant and encouraging when needed - you get the drift. We all benefited from his expertise, skills and good humour.
Joy Copland
Wilderness Walking - Outer Hebrides: Uists, Barra and Mingulay
Reviewed on 13/09/2019
Jeremy and David were a great couple of guys who worked very well together. They made our trip so much better that I expected.
Richard Wilks
Road Cycling - Coast to Coast
Reviewed on 11/09/2019
Trip / Departure | Availability | Status | Price | Book |
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Road Cycling – Scotland’s National Parks 26th Jun - 2nd Jul 2021 |
8 place(s) left | UNCONFIRMED | £1,935 | Book Now |
Wilderness Walking – The Isle of Skye 24th Jul - 30th Jul 2021 |
3 place(s) left | CONFIRMED | £1,755 | Book Now |
Sometimes it's nice to get family and friends together and travel privately for some quality time. This means you benefit from all the features of the group departure, including hand-picked accommodation and expert local guides and we'll take care of it all. Then you can make your choice of departures dates and we'll get back to you to finalise the details.
We work together with our team of guides to decide which departures they lead each year. As part of that, guides provide available dates that they are free to be booked. This means that any of the dates you see in the first field of the form below, could be perfect for your private departure or customised tour.
© Jeremy Martin / Wilderness Scotland
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