Saturday 15th – Sunday 30th August 2020
Swansea – Cardiff – Abergavenny – Hereford
2 weeks £210
Are you interested in walking? Do you want to join a travelling Christian community? The Diocese of Arundel & Brighton Ecumenical Walking Pilgrimage is walking the St Thomas Way from Swansea to Hereford. We are making our pilgrimage “in a spirit of thankfulness”. Come and explore our faith and Christian heritage in the countryside and churches of South Wales and Herefordshire.
We sleep in church, school or community halls, dine together, walk, laugh, sing, pray and worship together. We follow footpaths rather than roads where possible. The journey is as important as the destination. Come and walk with us! Book early!
All are welcome. You need to be over 16 (or accompanied by an adult), able to walk 15 miles a day at a moderate pace and make your own way to Swansea & home from Hereford. Luggage is transported by van; a daypack only is needed to carry supplies. Breakfast, packed lunch and dinner are included in the price. Overnights must be booked and paid for in advance, all organised by past pilgrims on a voluntary basis. Day pilgrims are welcome.
Download our 2020 Poster (and display it, please) and 2020 Booking Form
Having looked at the poster and participated in a couple of them I think the information that potential new pilgrims need to be able to walk about 15 miles every day will be off putting. In actual fact, the actual average from last year was 16 miles a day and the distances varied between 12-20 miles a day. What is more, going on a pilgrimage is not about walking to do the prescribed mileage by someone else or because God’s grace or power will be carrying me on or because it is your tradition that you have been sticking to for years.
If the Walking Pilgrimage is to survive you should strive towards inclusivity and not exclusivity.