Wild Libraries

The concluding walk of the saltmarsh section of our River Dart Way guided pilgrimage was in early November, on our final Wild Church Sunday for this year. It was beautifully guided by our ‘wild librarians’, Fiona & Sim, who led us from the Totnes Leechwell to the ancient yew on the Dartington Trust Estate. Read … Read more

Wild Elements

It was a hot day in early June for the second stage of our Sacred Waters Way 2021 pilgrimage, which this time was guided by the ‘new’ Totnes Team Rector, Fr Jim Barlow. It’s actually almost a year since Jim joined the Totnes ministry team and it has been a real pleasure to discover that … Read more

Wild Maytide

Our Sacred Waters Way downstream pilgrimage began on a sunny Sunday afternoon in early May, with a gentle wander from the ‘new’ (Victorian) St Mary’s church in Dartington to the ‘old’ (medieval) St Mary’s Tower.  Myrtle Cooper of Wild and Curious Foraging took our wild church practice of ‘wandering and wondering’ to heart, as she … Read more

Sacred Waters Way Launch – at last!

About a year after it was originally planned, our new pilgrimage ‘Sacred Waters Way‘ was launched at last on April 17th 2021 at St. Mary’s Dartington. Although much of the UK was sadly still unable to gather inside due to the ongoing lockdown, by virtue of our launch being ‘an act of worship’ we were … Read more

Wild Saints and Remembrance

All Saints Day dawned very wet and windy, such that only the hardiest Wild Church pilgrims (and a very fluffy cat) gathered under Grandmother Yew in Dartington Gardens. To be beneath her ancient branches is to be in the presence of a living ancestor, a wild saint who is at least as old as the … Read more