Day 4: St Brides Major to St Athan
A long day of mostly coastal walking with deviations inland for lunch and to take in St Illtud's church at Llantwit Major. The coastline is beautiful with dramatic high cliffs and limestone pavements below by the sea. We also have prayer stops at Marcross and St Donats, where Christians have worshipped for 1000 years, and a Catholic Mass at Our Lady & St. Illtyd in Llantwit Major.
Pilgrimage Newsfeed - Day 4
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St Brides Major Village Hall
Half of us slept in the St Brides Major scout hut John Chenery Original Tweet
Backmarker Gary leaving St Brides Major Village Hall John Chenery Original Tweet
Southerdown beach fred.adilz
After 30 minutes across fields, we have reached the coast path John Chenery Original Tweet
Through series of walled gardens at Dunraven John Chenery Original Tweet
Spectaculalar coast path. John Chenery Original Tweet
There are some ups and downs John Chenery Original Tweet
Still Keeping the pilgrimage website up and running Aidan Simons
A line of pilgrims along the top. John Chenery Original Tweet
Approaching Nash Point Susan Adilz
Walking down to Nash Point Susan Adilz
Here come the backmarkers John Chenery Original Tweet
Nash Point Susan Adilz
Holy Trinity, Marcross
Holy Trinity, Marcross John Chenery Original Tweet
Inside Holy Trinity, Marcross John Chenery Original Tweet
Horsehoe Inn, Marcross
Lunch at Marcross fred.adilz
The Horseshoe Inn, Marcross John Chenery Original Tweet
St Donat, St Donat's
Frontmarkers David and Fr Tony leaving St Donats Church John Chenery Original Tweet
St Donat's Susan Adilz
In St Donat's, Steven leads our prayers John Chenery Original Tweet
Millennium window with St Donat's & the Atlantic class RIB developed at the college & sold to the RNLI for £1 Susan Adilz
Towering over the church is St Donat's Castle, part of the Atlantic College school that Fred and Bruce attended. John Chenery Original Tweet
Layered landscape Susan Adilz
Fred, Louise and Jim negotiate a tricky surface John Chenery Original Tweet
Jim found a starfish in a rock. Is it a fossil or a fake? Louise
Tresillian beach, on the way to Llantwit Major fred.adilz
Fred admires his photo. John Chenery Original Tweet
That beach again. John Chenery Original Tweet
Smart Welsh way marks on one side of a stile James Brodie
and the other side James Brodie
St Illtud, Llantwit Major
St Illtud, Llantwit Major John Chenery Original Tweet
Canon Edwin Counsel gives a talk about st Illtud and Celtic crosses. An exceptional welcome by all we met in his parish fred.adilz
Looking down from the mezzanine level to the Celtic crosses John Chenery Original Tweet
The local clergy are with us again in St Illtud John Chenery Original Tweet
Another view of St Illtud's John Chenery Original Tweet
St Illtuds in Llantwit Major. More Celtic standing stones taken from the new mezzanine at the back of the church. claregamble
Our Lady & St Illtyd, Llantwit Major
After St Illtud's, we had mass in Our Lady And St Illtyd, then retured to a less picturesque section of the coast path only for heavy rain to fall. We arrived at our hall in St Athan, after a DIY prayer stop in St Tathan's church, drenched. John Chenery Original Tweet
The Gathering Place, St Athan
