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Fossil Walks with Chris
🦕 Expert Guidance: Benefit from years of experience and successful fossil hunting.
🔍 Unique Discoveries: Explore the Jurassic Coast's fossil-rich areas to find unique and ancient treasures.
📚 Educational Talks: Gain insights into the geological history and fascinating stories behind the fossils and fossil collectors, including Mary Anning and William Buckland.
🤝 Fossil Code of Conduct: Learn how to collect fossils safely and responsibly.
🌟 Guaranteed you will see fossils: Fossils will be collected during the walk. Chris has never left the beach empty handed!
🗓️ Flexible Booking: Easy online booking to plan your adventure.
About your Guide, Chris Andrew
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BSc (Hons), MSc, PGCE
Chris has been collecting fossils for over 45 years, and has been a professional fossil guide for 25 years. Chris's tour style is chatty, easygoing and full of fun. Chris has taken tens of thousands of people out on the beaches of Lyme, including TV crews, school groups, and even some famous faces. He believes that all education should be fun and entertaining, call it ‘edutainment’ if you will.
Chris was previously the Education Officer at Lyme Regis Museum and has a PGCE (teacher training qualification), as well as a degree in Zoology and a Masters in Museum Studies. He has also worked at Bedford Museum and Hazlemere Museum in Natural History Curation and public outreach. Whilst Chris was at Bedford Museum he discovered a new species of pliosaur, which is now named after him (look up Marmonectes candrewi!). He collects all sorts of fossils, and his favourites are the ones that have really interesting stories.
Chris is also interested in military history, metal detecting, marine biology, wildlife, local history, and any entertaining and amusing anecdotes!
TESTIMONIALS
Sally L, Kent
"Chris was brilliant! He was so knowledgeable, enthusiastic and a great sense of humour. With his guidance and advice we found some fossils on the beach. Even the kids found loads of fossils, and they were kept entertained the whole time!"
Tony B, Australia
"We had the best day out with Chris Andrew, and this trip was the highlight of our holiday. The whole family were captivated by Chris' easy manner and great sense of humour. Very interesting and informative, we even found quite a few fossils"
Samantha, London
Chris went above and beyond and extended the time on the beach to make sure my son came home with ammonites he will treasure forever. A walk with Chris is a big MUST when visiting this area"