I have been invited to give a talk about my pilgrimage during the ‘On St Michael’s Way’ exhibition at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Nr. Penzance, where I shall be exhibiting my ribbon banner and a video piece, Causeway 04.33mins. This show has already been shown at 12 Star Gallery, Europe House, London in April and moves […]
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Friday, 21st August, the following day. OK, so here’s the thing. What I am about to share with you will make more sense if you have already read my two previous posts, Coming Home and Mission Accomplished. For the past few days I’ve enjoyed reliving the last moments of our journey in writing these blog […]

Thursday, 20th August, destination the church, St Michael Mount. 2.5 miles. This day is already well documented on my Facebook page with lots of lovely photos that other people took. However, on my drive to the stable to get Tommy ready in the morning, it doesn’t look very promising. I can’t even make out the […]

Starts for leg 3: miles covered, 70.39; accumulated mileage, 249.56; average miles per day, 14 miles. Tuesday, 25th to Sunday, 31st May, going nowhere, on a Mechanical Horse. Kate Bailey is one of a rare breed of people who dedicate their lives to helping others. She has always wanted to work with horses and carved […]

“For with the flow and ebb, its style Varies from continent to isle; Dry shod o’er sands, twice every day, The pilgrims to the shrine find way; Twice every day the waves efface Of staves and sandalled feet the trace.” Sir Walter Scott. Bank Holiday Monday I am anticipating lots of visitors to the Holy […]

As so often happens with creative ideas, they start to take on a life of their own. And this can certainly be said for the Rainbow Ribbons. What initially started out as an idea to encourage sponsors, has evolved into one of the main raison d’êtres for this pilgrimage. I ask myself, how did this happen? […]