Mickledore Travel Traveller Reviews

We thoroughly enjoyed our Cumbria Way walking holiday arranged by Mickledore. We chose to do the whole 72 miles, with 8 days walking/9 nights, and we added 2 rest days - Coniston and Keswick. We did the full package - accommodations, map and guidebook, packed lunches, and luggage transport. We did purchase the e-book version of our guidebook so we could read it from our phones.

Mickledore made it very easy for us (2 couples) to just walk and enjoy the beautiful Lakes District. Our accommodations were nice and comfortable with friendly helpful hosts who also made our lunches. The holiday pack gave us lots of information for dinners. This was our second walking holiday with Mickledore (the first was the Westmorland Way 3 years ago) and we are already talking about which one to do next.

Walked 49 miles, the third day was the toughest - 22 1/2 miles. It took me 12 hours but I did it without spraining or breaking any limb! Am 81 so am pkeased to have done this. Only had time for the lowlands first half. .

Excellent

This is the sixth walking holiday we have booked through Mickledore. This time we walked the West Highland Way, which was as beautiful as we had been told! The accommodation was excellent and very varied, always on the route and our hosts were very good. One of us has a gluten intolerance and that was catered for very well. The route is very clearly way marked but the information provided by Mickledore means that you can enjoy learning about the area you are walking in and about the facilities available at each location. We met lots of people who were walking, some on their own, couples and bigger groups. Public transport to the start and finish is good so avoiding the need for the car.

Mickledore is a first class company. They have really mastered the art of organising a walking holiday and never fail to amaze us how they manage to find such great accommodation and hosts. Their website is a perfect place to start and allows you to decide which walk is best and over how many days. Their customer service and speed of replying to any queries is excellent - nothing is too much trouble. Their information pack gives you all the information required about where you are staying, how to get there and gives you lots of valuable information about the places you will be visiting. They can organise a baggage transfer service which moves your overnight luggage to the next destination which is really helpful. When staying in remote locations too, hosts can provide pack lunches which is great. We are already planning our next walk through Mickledore!

We booked the whole Hadrian's Wall walk, walking from West to East over 8 days, although we decided to skip the last day of walking through Newcastle and got the train home from Wylam. The organisation, information, maps and documentation were excellent throughout, and the holiday went without a hitch. This included getting safe gluten-free meals throughout the whole trip. Although I have lived within a short distance from the wall for my whole life, I have never seriously explored it. It's an experience I would recommend. We are already planning another trip next year.

Mickledore did an excellent job from start to finish, They are helpful, knowledgeable and thorough.

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We walked the Northumberland coastal path from Cesswell to Berwick

Good website, great advice and quick to respond.

Perfect organisation by Mickledore. We liked the various styles of all the B&Bs. They all have made a good job! The South Downs are a real wonderful walking area and we could visit amazing old-times villages and pubs. We have been very lucky with the weather conditions.

Serious and professional

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7 days of sunshine, 1 overcast. A great time to walk the trail - the chalkland flowers were stunning; plenty of varied butterflies kept us company and one bonus was to watch a corn bunting singing from the top of a hawthorn bush. Something we do not see at home. Excellent comfortable accommodation with good, tasty breakfasts. Efficient baggage transfers.

Personalised booklet highlighting each day, South downs Way book & Harveys map all provided. Clearly thoroughly researched by Mickledore. Questions answered when I rang before the holiday.

Every last detail was covered and the accommodation used was extremely high. We never worried about a thing over the whole of our eight days instead we could concentrate on what we came to do..walk Hadrian's wall

They were always at the end of the phone with cheerful professional help

We fundraise regularly to support Marie Curie and thought we would do another hike this year. We wanted to hike coast to coast following the Hadrian's Wall route, but we needed places to stay and local information, and so we booked our holiday through Mickledore Walking Holidays; they booked our overnight stays, provided local information in advance for evening meals and planned packed lunches and luggage transfers.

Mickledore were superb throughout our holiday, the information we received in advance was invaluable and allowed us to book where we would have our evening meals in advance of our holiday, everything was planned to perfection. Thank you so much Mickledore, we'll be back!!

Everything was well planned and organized. We enjoyed the luxurious accomodation and friendly hosts.

I appreciate the friendly and forthcoming attitude when on the phone to Mickledore and the quick response to emails. Shortly after having submitted my views, I received a thank you email, which makes it worth the effort to have filled in the evaluation form.