They had already worked on the idea of connecting those sites on a 27km trail they named The Pilgrim Walk, Downpatrick. But during the restrictions on groups meeting during the first lockdown in March 2020, the tours were postponed. Both seeking thinking space, they headed to the Irish Sea a short drive away to visit the site where Patrick was said to have landed at Strangford Lough in 432 – and their new walk was born.