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Mark Wright

Product Development Manager and Marketing

Mark joined Mickledore full-time in 2019, having first contributed to the company’s social media in 2014. He is responsible for developing new walking routes, refining existing itineraries, and sharing them with a wider audience.

Based in the Lake District since 2010, Mark has extensive experience of walking across the UK, and his research trips include the Thames Path, South West Coast Path, and South Downs Way, giving him first-hand insight into a wide range of landscapes and walking experiences.

He has completed all 214 Wainwright fells, though his preference is for easier, countryside walking. His writing draws on first-hand research trips and experience developing walking routes, covering everything from new itineraries to route guides and walking holiday insights.

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An Introduction to our Walking Holidays in Ireland

Ireland is home to a host of fantastic long distance waymarked trails, and lately a great many of our repeat clients have been asking us if we can operate holidays in Ireland for them. Therefore, we’ve done just that. This week we have launched both the Dingle Way and the Kerry Way. Located on neighbouring peninsulas on the wild Atlantic coast, these are two of the most popular walking holidays in Ireland. Both the western Dingle Peninsula and parts of the Iveragh Peninsula, the setting for the Kerry Way, are designated as Gaeltacht, a place where Irish language is spoken and Irish culture is honoured, notably in dance, song and crafts. This extends to mapping too. Whilst the guidebook we provide has a detailed route description with supporting maps in English, your 1:50k Ordnance Survey Ireland maps will be in Irish. We recommended ahead of your holiday, you make yourself a pot of tea, lay the maps out on your kitchen table, and with guidebook in hand, familiarise yourself with the route. Don’t leave it until the night before! County Kerry in the south west corner of the country is the destination for our first two holidays in Ireland. Both…