A Pilgrimage of Hope
It’s around day 3 of the pilgrimage and we’ve stopped after a very rainy, bleak stretch of walking across The Fens. We settle into the rhythm of bags off and snacks out, the sharing of many different versions of Percy Pig sweets begins – I trade a Percy Piglet for a FizzyTtail which feels like…
Why Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage can to some extent be understood as the sacralisation of movement. It sits in complimentary tension with stillness. There are times to be still and silent, there are times to move.
Memories of Pedantry (well, mostly)
In response to my quandary over whether I would have time to do the leader role, he said how when he was leader, it was also the year they changed the national curriculum so he was extra busy at work and said “well you just make time for these things”.
Damien; a personal view.
In 1991 I led Northern, and Damien rang me to ask if he could join us. Both of his parents had died within a month of one another, and for good reasons he needed to have a different pilgrimage that year. It would only be for that one year, but he needed it this once.
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