What's it all about:
This is the site of the Ecumenical Walking Pilgrimages organised on behalf of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton since 1975. It includes details of our current activities and plans, history of our pilgrimages since 1975, and news of our pilgrim family. Our Pilgrimages are open to all.
This Year - St David's - 14 to 29 August 2010
Our 2010 pilgrimage will take us back to St David's, last visited in 1992. Once again, the pilgrimage is wholly within Wales.
Our route starts at Cardigan, where we will visit the National Shrine of Wales; four days' walk via the Ceredigion Coast Path to Aberystwyth (Rest Day); four days' walk via Strata Florida abbey ruins, Llanddewi Brefi and Lampeter to Carmarthen (Rest Day); 4 days' walk via Haverfordwest and the Pembrokeshire Coast Path to St Davids. Planning of our accommodation is well advanced, and soon we will be exploring the individual days' walks.
Download our 2010 Poster and 2010 Application Form now and get your place reserved!
If you live on our route and would like us to stop at your church or chapel, why now make contact? We try to stop at many of the places of worship we pass, and we're not constrained by denomination or grandeur/simplicity of the building.
If you are interested in walking with us in 2010, make sure you are on our mailing list (use the "mail the pilgrims" or "contact" links above) as places may be limited. Any denomination, from anywhere in the world, you're welcome.
Latest...
February 2010 Newsletter, is now available.
Reunion 30th October - 1st November in Hove
The annual reunion took place in Hove, at St Peter's Church
hosted by Patrick Reeve. See our Reunion Diary.
Last Year...Lindisfarne
Our 2009 Pilgrimage went from Lastingham (where we finished the Ss Chad & Cedd Pilgrimage in 2002), via Durham to the Holy Island of LINDISFARNE. The 2009 Diary is available at www.thepilgrims.org.uk/2009 so go and follow our progress or, if you were with us, relive the experience. Many thanks to the 'e-pilgrims' who journey with us online.
More Blistering Years - Updated!
Back in 1997 Bill Haynes wrote a history of our pilgrimages up until that date, originally published on Danny Thomas' Pilgrims Progress website. We've brought this up-to-date and included it on our pilgrimages page. In the same place you can find the retrospective diaries from 1975 until 1999 as well as the "live" diaries since 2000. We've recently added pictures to 1983 (Evesham), 1987 (Walsingham 2), 1988 (Canterbury 3), 1989 (Richard 1), 1990 (Richard 2), 1991 (Glastonbury 2), 1992 (St David's), 1993 (Norwich), 1994 (Hereford), 1995 (Martyrs), 1996 (Buckfast 3) and 1997 (St Augustine) and are working to fill the gaps. If you can add photos, advise where pictures belong, or add commentary PLEASE let us know!
Watch the promotional video we made and showed at Redhill a couple of years ago (warning - it's 133MB so you need a fast connection, but you can watch it as it downloads).
Father Joe's Roof
Pilgrims contributed to a fund to reroof the church at Mivumoni, Kenya, where Fr Joe Kengah, who walked with us in 2000 and 2002, is parish priest. Aidan and Imelda spent 2 weeks with him over Easter 2009: click here to see pictures from the trip.
See also the Mivumoni Parish Website for details of more of Fr Joe's projects.
Bill and Kate
Bill Haynes has started a project to remember the years that he and Kate shared. See Travels with Kate and Bill.
Pilgrimage on Facebook
Find us at www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=13203916228.