WALKLEY, Simon Keith

1981 -  (43 years)

• Name	WALKLEY, Simon Keith
  Birth	13 Nov 1981	Pembury, Kent, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I00320	Walkley Tree
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	WALKLEY, Richard Alan,   b. 23 May 1946, South Croydon, Surrey, England (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	BULLOCK, Ann Jennifer,   b. 1946, London, England (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1972	South Croydon, Surrey, England
  Family ID	F00073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Born Pembury (Kent) on Friday 13th November 1981. I lived in Hildenborough, a small village in West Kent from 1985 to 2001 with Ann, Richard (parents) and sister Fiona. Both "Fi" and I attended Stock's Green Primary School and Hilden Grange Prep School. I spent much of my younger years out and about, mainly riding my bike with dad or with friends, fishing, walking, swimming, climbing or just being a nuisance. I was a Beaver, Cub and Scout (for limited period) and participated in the Duke of Edinburgh's award scheme but only got as far as the Bronze award. I swam with my sister 4 - 5 times a week at a local club and competed between the age of 9 and 15 years. I really enjoyed cricket and rugby at school and because of my lean (skinny!) frame was also a pretty quick 100m sprinter. I attended the Judd School in Kent, one of the top non-fee paying grammar schools in the country and studied for my GCSE's and A-levels (maths, geography, business studies). While not exactly excelling academically I did have a brilliant time playing rugby for the school and the flute in the school orchestra. I went on to take a Gap year after school, working in India for 3 months helping destitute street children (for which I received a grant from the Lord Mayor of London) and then travelled to Nepal (trekked in the Himalayas), Thailand, Hong Kong, Oz and New Zealand. 6 months later I was ready for my BSc (Hons) degree in Geological Hazards at Portsmouth University. I narrowly missed out on a first at "uni", probably due to the amount of time I spent at my university rowing club (both rowing in the senior pair event and running the club as its secretary and then president). I moved to the midlands in 2004, upon graduating, working as a geotechnical engineer for a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, and have been there ever since. I've taken many more holidays since getting job and still enjoy an annual ski jaunt to the French Alps or a back-packing trip into Eastern Europe. I moved to London (Battersea) with my girlfriend last year and now work in Reading, Berkshire. I've finally got back into rowing and spend much of my life at Putney Town Rowing Club on the Thames Tideway... looking for that Henley Royal Regatta qualification. Here's hoping!

  
  

• Sources

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