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As we journey through 2026 we have had an enjoyable and rewarding range of walks of all kinds.  Pilgrim Pathways is now much better supported and it has been a joy to grow a group of regular aficionados who might develop into a loose pilgrimage community. Here is what has happened so far this year...

Lent walks:  Following last year's Lent series visiting West Country Cathedrals, this year we followed a similar approach and visited a number of historic abbeys, both those which are still in use as places of worship and those whose ruins tell of the ongoing legacy of the Dissolution of the monasteries.  We received generous hospitality in many places and also had the opportunity to meet a Franciscan friar at Hilfield Friary in Dorset.  It was a wet spring, but the weather stayed pretty good for all of the walks.

St Cuthbert's Way:  This was the first longer-distance pilgrimage walk which Pilgrim Pathways has organised, and it proved to be a great success.  You can find out more about the journey here.

North East walks:  We undertook three walks in the North East, one of which was a pilgrimage organised for a church community, Stocksfield Baptist Church, who came out in good numbers to walk from Chester le Street to Durham Cathedral.  There are photos from these walks on the Pilgrim Pathways Facebook page.

Summer walks: So far this summer I have led a couple of walks, one from Wilton to Salisbury Cathedral - shortened from the original plan owing to the hot weather - and another from Great Malvern to Worcester complete with a 'surprise refreshment stop' at a former convent which is now a luxury hotel.  There are still a few walks left in the programme, so do sign up if you're interested to take part.  See the web page here.

Looking ahead: I am starting to plan for next year and I anticipate that in 2027 there will be an opportunity for up to three longer-distance walks.  One will be a return to St Cuthbert's Way; another will be on St David's Way in Pembrokeshire; and a third will be a Cotswolds pilgrimage.  I will also organise another series of Lent walks, this time venturing to some of the Cathedrals in the Midlands.  More information will be coming in the autumn.

Paul Revill
August 2026