THE POSTER

We have now released our poster for this pilgrimage: here it is.

THE 150 WORD STATEMENT

We have also come up with the some words as a suggested entry for parish newsletters, walking group newsletters etc. The idea is to make it easy for newsletter editors; they don’t have to come up with their own words but can use the words in the following paragraph:

All are welcome to join the Roses Walking Pilgrimage from Middlesbrough to Blackburn, 15th to 30th August 2026.  The route links the cathedrals of Middlesbrough, Ripon and Blackburn, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary. We follow the lower Tees valley and Vale of York before crossing the Pennines and cutting through the Forest of Bowland, so expect some great scenery. There are rest days in Ripon and Skipton. The organisers are Diocese of Arundel and Brighton Ecumenical Walking Pilgrimages who have run an annual pilgrimage since 1975 in different parts of England and Wales. Come with us and experience walking as part of our travelling Christian community, whether for a fortnight or just an afternoon! The walk is guided and luggage is forwarded. The cost is £350 to walk with us all the way, or £33 per night to book a shorter spell. To find out more and book your place, visit www.thepilgrims.org.uk/book

A REQUEST

There are still places available on the pilgrimage and we would like to fill them so please send the poster and these words out to suitable newsletter editors or webmasters that you know! Feel free to adapt the words to suit the particular audience, whether in Surrey and Sussex or Yorkshire and Lancashire, or anywhere else in the world! Also print out copies of the poster and distribute it physically.