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Benedict of Peterborough wrote of how it was not easy to write of all the martyr's great deeds. "If the Lord increased the grace of my...

At the age of 50 with 2 grown children I left an unhappy marriage of 23 years, and met and remarried a wonderful partner who was a walker and adventurer. He treated me to a holiday journey that I had always wanted to do. For my 60th birthday we joined a group of friends and walked 100 km into Rome guided by a small sustainable travel company called Adventurous Ewe. The walking, experience and meeti g people on the journey was amazing. We have taken a week each year now to do

Canterbury to Rome, Via Francigena stage one. A Pilgrim’s First Steps: A Journey of Healing. This was the first pilgrim adventure for two remarkable women in our small group of three. Both carried the weight of profound loss. Becky, a mother of two young daughters, lost her husband just one year ago this month—he was only 54. Julia, too, had endured heartbreak, having lost both her parents during the isolating and painful days of the COVID pandemic. As someone who has walked

My interest in the Pilgrims Way came through my love of walking and through friends that had undertaken other pilgrimage walks such as those in northern Spain. I had walked parts of this route many times and in doing so had already learnt of some of its history and significance. I had previously walked a number of England’s national trails and it occurred to me that my first pilgrimage should be the Pilgrims Way which is on my doorstep. It is well documented, combining the St

Path to Pilgrimage. In a survey conducted at Canterbury Cathedral in 2023, under the question “How would you best describe your spiritual...

Pilgrim Festival art exhibition. In the late spring of 1171, a monk at Christ Church priory in Canterbury, Benedict of Peterborough,...