Now home from my pilgrimage to Lichfield and Llandeilo, I have a renewed awareness of how privileged I am to be able to undertake such long-distance walks which are sometimes in quite challenging terrain. I have even walked under Spaghetti Junction, one of the busiest motorway interchanges in Europe! I also feel especially blessed to… [Continue Reading]
Reflections from a Welsh Valley
Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote….Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages ( Geoffrey Chaucer)
Over the last few years I have been blessed and privileged to be able to take time out from ordinary life for a few months in the spring and early summer. Each year since 2015, I have set off after Easter and walked to various places of pilgrimage in Wales, England, Ireland, Brittany and the… [Continue Reading]
The screen has nothing to hide….
On my pilgrimages, I’ve seen some of the most beautiful rood screens in Britain, such as the one not far from my home at Patricio near Abergavenny in south Wales. There, at each side of the screen, dragons display their magnificent wings as luxuriant stems, foliage, flowers and berries grow from their mouths. Other notable… [Continue Reading]