 Enterprise Week Trail Gazers, which is a project led by Donegal County Council, will host a social enterprise event tomorrow to launch their toolkit, sort of the fruit of their labours if you like. And it's in a greener hotel in Burt from 11 to half past 12. The speakers will include Jason Black, Angus Kennedy, who was on the show with us yesterday and actually mentioned this. And from Wild Ireland, Killian McLaughlin, and Killian joins us now to tell us a little bit more about this. Killian, good afternoon to you. Good afternoon. Now Trail Gazers, it's all about trails here in Donegal and there's not near enough of them. So this is sort of a project set to put that wrong to write. Yes, and get people out in the outdoors and shine a spotlight on the local area and the natural beauty and the natural wonder that we have in this area. Fantastic. And the whole idea of it, if I'm not mistaken, is to enable people to sort of develop their own trails or maybe, you know, start start them off at least. Absolutely. Yeah, there's so much to see in the local area and particularly centred around the event tomorrow. You can go on a walk or go on a bike and of course, Wild Ireland is not too far away. So yeah, people can make their trail up to ourselves at Wild Ireland and then onwards from there to all the other beautiful attractions and tourist attractions that we have in the area. And it's making those connections between all of those different attractions and showing people what we have to offer. So what is it exactly that Trail Gazers did to enable people to sort of look into it and to explore and to develop possible trails? So there's a map that sort of shows the various attractions in the area and that's everything from, you know, like the Inch Wildfile Reserve and the various things to see on that trail and then link those trails up with other trails all over the area and develop those trails even further to link other areas as well in the local vicinity. Because I even see that here around Dada County and not far from the station where there's ideas and there's maybe a bit of a forest walk and then like a quiet country road and you're thinking, you know, why couldn't that be, you know, the loop and go down there and then go around and that would mean something that would make sense from start to finish and I'm sure there's plenty of situations that got elsewhere in the county. Absolutely. I mean, you look at the success of the Wild Atlantic Way and how they connected the whole west coast of Ireland and made it one big long route that the majority of people drive and I don't think very many people walk it or cycle it, but you know, it's maybe shrinking that down on this smaller scale. So if you're along the Wild Atlantic Way, what is there to do and then you can get out and as I say, Wild Ireland is one of the main features along or one of the most well-known new attractions that we have, but there's also lots of other attractions that have been around for much longer and it's about bringing all those attractions together and showing people that there is a great package to have locally. So the locals get out, enjoy nature, get away from the cars, go for a walk, go for a cycle. It's a great thing for families to do. There's lots of educational things along the way to learn about the natural environment and of course, you're leaving your car behind, which is a huge asset to the local environment and the global environment by not contributing to global warming and pollution from your cars. So I suppose, Kylian, in a way, it's about breaking it down into bite-sized, accessible sizes and things to do instead of people thinking the Wild Atlantic Way, that's just too much for us to tackle. We'll leave that to another day. Absolutely. Absolutely. And it shows that this is a signature destination along the Wild Atlantic Way for people that are maybe thinking about exploring it and attracting them up to this part of the world, which generally sometimes is forgotten about. And then of course, you've got your locals. Jerry Austin, I mean, I'm guilty of this myself, but I don't get out and explore the local area. So yeah, it's fantastic. It encourages people to get out there and enjoy what we have and the beauty that's around us. Well, more people than ever have been sort of made aware of Wild Ireland because you're now on Netflix, that documentary that was made a couple of years ago. It's now up on Netflix. So what's the response been like? I mean, this opened you up as opposed to a new market entirely? Absolutely. I mean, it was amazing to get that opportunity to get on a stage like Netflix. We had the documentary on RTE, but it was only once a week, you know, and some people missed certain episodes of it. It's the great thing with Netflix is you can sit down and binge them. And we've all got so used to binge in series over the course of the COVID pandemic, of course. So, you know, it's four episodes of people can sit down, watch them back to back, and it shows the story of Wild Ireland from start to finish. And yeah, it's on an international stage now as well. So we have had lots of feedback from the UK, Scotland and England and Wales. People tell us that they've watched the documentary, they loved it, and they got a way to make the trip across to see Wild Ireland. And then it's about keeping those people here. And that brings great interest to the area. And that has a knock-on effect to everybody. And I mean, a positive knock-on effect to everybody from hotels to restaurants to cafes to even film stations and local shops that are maybe, you know, after COVID, everybody's struggling a little bit. And yeah, let's bring them in. Let's show them what we have to offer. I mean, we live in a beautiful part of the world. And it takes signature destinations to draw people in, but then it takes everybody else as a community to work together. And I think that's what, you know, the trail Blazers is about as well as everybody working together to keep people in the area and show them what sort of a community that we have here and highlight the beauty of the area. Just going back to the documentary, Kilian, yourself and your good wife. And if I remember right, your rival, all featured, but also all the animals. I mean, it was made some time back now. So what's changed since? Yeah, it's made, it was filmed over the course of two years. We were not the camera, then more or less moved in with us. It's a real reality TV show. And they became part of the furniture. And they filmed, you know, all the highs and the lows of getting the place off the ground. And the COVID pandemic, of course, and how we survived that and out the other side of it, thankfully. Lots have changed since we never stopped developing. We never sit still up there. We're always trying to rescue different animals. Most people are probably aware that we're working on another rescue in Russia at the moment that's been hampered by the war in Ukraine. Two bears, Boo and Teopa, that are kept in horrendous conditions in Russia. And how they're still alive, I don't know. We've been working so hard, but just bureaucracy and politics have gotten on the way of actually rescuing them. But they're hanging in there, but they're both still alive in those awful conditions. So we've actually started following a series two as well. And that will follow the journey of, you know, the new developments at Wyandern and, you know, we've got a new cafe and new entrance, new car park, we've got lots of new animals for people to see, but it was maybe with us at the start and hasn't come back since, come back because there's lots more to see. And yeah, hopefully series two will be out, if not this year, early next year, fingers crossed. Brilliant. Well, we look forward to it. And it's important to discuss, I suppose, that you're adding new animals into the mix all the time, that I see that you've got some raccoons there now. We do. They're fondly called Trash Pandas in America because they look like pandas, like miniature pandas. And in America, who has lived in North America, will know that they're very fond of raiding trashcams or the bin. So that's their nickname up there. Yeah, they're an invasive species in Europe. They've actually been put on the band list. So they can't be bred or kept as pets or anything like that, which is a really good thing because raccoons do not make good pets. So we have three of them here at Wind Ireland. They've been with us for a little while. It's just taken us some time to get a nice big habitat prepared for them. And they were released into that new habitat last week. And they're amazing. They're really, really amazing little animals. You know, to watch the big miniature bears, you know, we've got the big bears, they've got the little miniature raccoons, which are lovely. And they climb up and sit right up to the top of the trees. You wouldn't believe how agile they are. And we've got lots of other animals as well that have come in, you've got various parrots and foxes and hares, wallabies even. A lot of people don't realise that there's wallabies living in the wild in Ireland on Lambie Island just off the coast of Dublin. And of course, we've got all the usuals. We've got our bears, our wolves, our lynx, our wild boar, red deer, fallow deer, sea cat deer. You name it pretty much. This harsh weather won't bother them too much. Do you know, they actually prefer the cold to the warmth. They're a lot more active. You see, because we concentrate on animals that are our native or once were native, they're very accustomed to the climate. This is their habitat. It always looks a bit funny when you go to a zoo, I think, and see a lion in a big green field, you know, it just looks so out of place. But when you see our animals living in the forest, this is their climate, this is their habitat. And they just love it, you know, they love the snow. The bears will be out rolling about and playing in the snow. It's actually on a very hot day that our animals get kind of inactive. The bears, in particular, if it gets warm in the spring before they've lost a winter coat, they get very uncomfortable and you'll see them lying down in their swimming pool and get into the pond and just immerse themselves in cool water to stay cool. Right, right. Okay, then, well, listen, the best look for the rest of the year ahead, I suppose. And good luck as well with the trail gazers tomorrow. It's yourself and Ingus Kennedy and Jason Black, who are the speakers, and that is from 11 to half past 12 at Anguina Hotel and Port. And then there's the sort of, there's a second part to it as well, Killian, isn't there? There is, yeah, there's a bicycle run afterwards where we're going to go on a loop around and on some bicycles and see what the local area has to offer. So it should be very interesting, great idea. Thanks, Killian. Thank you.