Although my pilgrimage is a secular journey, bearing no particular allegiance to any sect, creed or religion, it also happens to be richly laced in early Christian symbolism. For instance, as I get more deeply involved in the planning of this journey, it keeps throwing up constant references to the connection between the two saints, […]
Dreaming of long sunny days in the saddle (not this dark, soggy cold stuff that has come as a bit of a shock to the system), I’ve just posted the Sabrina Way (legs 8,9 and 10 of my route) on The Route page here on this blog. If anyone can help out with accommodation along the way for […]
Whilst up in Northumberland last week, I met up with Sue Rogers over coffee at The Barn at Beal overlooking the causeway that leads to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. (see previous post) We sat at a table where we were able to spread out our maps and talk about my planned route through northern England […]
It’s Sunday morning and all is quiet. Time to reflect on my visit to Lindisfarne last week. I decide it’s also the perfect time to draw an Oracle card from my Sacred Geometry Deck in response to a request from a dear friend. After I have done that and sent her the result, I decide […]
I love maps! Always have. I did a marine navigation course many years ago (way before GPS) and love all those maps which show what is going on under the water through some graphic wizardry on a ‘chart’, (the wonderfully technical term for a marine map). With my equine pilgrimage looming, I need to apply […]
I met Janet Bradshaw last week. Jan is a vet from Somerset who has just completed her diagonal walk across England from Norfolk to Cornwall, roughly following the Mary /Michael Pilgrim Route with her coloured cob, Lottie. Her blog, Walking With Awen tells the story of her walk. I have been following her blog, so […]
Last week, after a visit to my daughter to celebrate a double Mother / Grandmother’s Day together, I made a detour on the way home to see a couple of friends. In the Cotswolds, I caught up with William Reddaway who made a 7 month journey visiting 30 of the 40 or so Cathedrals around […]
There is an enormous amount of logistical planning that goes into a journey of this kind. Firstly, like academics who send ‘call-outs’ for papers, I have sent my ‘call-out’ to the universe for a suitable mount to accompany me. Now I must consult the map. Maps are by definition, utilitarian. They are a means […]
Any new adventure needs some sort of navigation system. Even though I have always been blessed with a really good sense of direction, I also need a bit of divine intervention, intuition and some really good maps. This is where the real work begins. The next few months I will be pouring over all sorts […]
Completion Whilst nursing the house back to it’s former sparkle in preparation for putting it on the market, I am beginning to have nagging doubts about what we are about to do and the momentous nature of the situation. I decided to resort to ‘the cards’ for divination. So on the last day of March, […]
