Trail Gazers – The
Legacy
01.03.23
THE Trail Gazers Project
will launch its final toolkit on Wednesday, 8th March in
An Grianan Hotel, Burt.
The innovative walking and recreational trails project
is at eight European locations from Donegal to Portugal.
Trail Gazers aimed to determine the impact
of significant investment which was made over the years
into developing walking and recreational trails across
the Atlantic Area on sustaining rural communities and
explored innovative ways that this impact can be
enhanced.
As part of Enterprise Week 2023, Trail Gazers will host
a social enterprise event to launch the culmination of
the work and research carried out on the project over
the past three years. The toolkit, entitled Trail Gazers –
The Legacy, outlines the learning and tools developed as
part of the project all packaged into one easy to access
document.
From digital marketing to trail management, destination
packaging and creating action plans for the wider
catchment, this toolkit will be a valuable resource to
those interested in developing walking trails.
The event takes place in An Grianan Hotel, Burt on
Wednesday, 8th March, at 11am with guest speakers
including:
• Killian McLaughlin, Wild Ireland
• Aengus Kennedy, Nature North West
• Jason Black, Adventurer |
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Guest speakers at the
Trail Gazers event next Wednesday in An Grianan Hotel,
Burt include L-R, Aengus Kennedy, Nature North West and
Killian McLaughlin, Wild Ireland. |
After the seminar, participants
are invited to come and visit Inch
Wildfowl Reserve and see the Trail Gazers tools in
action, meeting point for this element of the event is
the Pumphouse Car Park, Burt at 12:45 pm.
To register
for this free Trail Gazers event, please visit:
www.eventbrite.ie
Mary McBride, Project Manager for Trail Gazers, said: "It is very rewarding to
see all the project work published in one document which
will be a vital resource for community groups and policy
makers going forward. The shared learning gives us great
insights on best practice."
Trail Gazers was situated at eight pilot sites in Chemin De Mémoires in Bretagne, France; Via Verde
del Plazola in Navarra, Spain; La Caldera de
Taburiente on the Canary Island of Las Palma; the
Seven Hanging Valleys in the Algarve, Portugal;
Sacred Mountain in Viana do Castelo, Northern
Portugal; the Taff Trail in West Wales and the
Valleys; the Knocknarea / Killaspugbrone Loop in Sligo
and Inch Wildfowl Reserve in Inishowen.
For more information on the Trail Gazers project, visit
www.trailgazers.eu
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