Another Great Week

Had another exciting, fun and productive week in the world of Treasure Trails H & W.

Twitter continues to amuse and delight me and I am loving the new relationships I am forming with people that I wouldn't otherwise have met. Twitter forms a backdrop to my week and dipping in and out of it throughout the week means I am constantly being stimulated by what I read of other people's thoughts, blogs, ideas and tips!

Four exciting meetings this week to report on..... first one was with a hotel in Ross-on-Wye called The Kings Head. I met up with James Vidler the owner, who'd contacted me originally through Twitter and we talked about how we could do business together which would benefit both of us. He has decided to not only stock some of our regular Trails but to commission us to adapt the Ross Trail to start and finish from The Kings Head, in the High Street. If these go well, then he will think about commissioning more specials for his customers.

My second meeting was with the Tourist Information Centre in Ross-on-Wye. Clare O'Reilly, the manager is wonderfully supportive of the product and gave me some great feedback about what people are looking for in terms of activities when they arrive in the town.

I also met with Christine Prosser, from Visit Herefordshire, who is responsible for the events that they arrange to attract tourists into the county. We are working with her to provide a "Bee Trail" for the University of the Great Outdoors event happening in Herefordshire in May and she is pleased with how it is shaping up. Lots of work to do on the project, not least of which is to find a sponsor to cover the production costs of the bees themselves and the trail leaflet.

Meeting number four was with Lisa Purslow, the Healthy Lifestyle Coordinator in the Herefordshire PCT, with a view to exploring how Treasure Trails can help with her goals and objectives around the Change4Life national and local campaigns. We talked through some ideas and I am sure that we will be able to work together in some way or another. Obesity is a growing problem!

Lots of Trails sold this week through the internet, although not as many as I'd have hoped as it was half term but it wasn't half term with weather conducive to being out and about exploring! Roll on the summer.