{"id":949,"date":"2022-05-23T17:26:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T17:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=949"},"modified":"2025-10-27T16:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:40:19","slug":"mark-gunning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=949","title":{"rendered":"Mark Gunning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"441\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Headshot-Gunning.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-819 size-full\" 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class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mark&#8217;s walks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=1674\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=1674\">London&#8217;s Glorious Theatres<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMark &#8211; that was such a special afternoon.&nbsp;&nbsp;We were unanimous in saying what a great afternoon it was and how you somehow found the perfect balance between walking, talking and answering questions. &nbsp;Pitched perfectly and there was so much of interest and so many things we all learned. &nbsp;A masterpiece! &nbsp;(Ho ho)\u201d&nbsp;<em>Martin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" 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