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

Saving Saltmarsh

As the first ‘Salmon and Saltmarsh’ part of our River Dart Way guided pilgrimage draws towards a conclusion this coming Sunday, and as a companion for starting to make the pilgrimage available as a self guided route in collaboration with the British Pilgrimage Trust, I am creating this page as a ‘one stop’ gathering place … Read more

Forest Bathing Pilgrimage

For the penultimate walk in this year’s saltmarsh pilgrimage, as part of our River Dart Way, we were in collaboration with ‘forest bathing’ guide, Clare Coyne, as we journeyed from Ashprington to Totnes. Once again, we were blessed with lovely weather and enjoyed a peaceful ‘wander and wonder’ through woods and meadows along the river, … Read more

Stars in the Mud

We were blessed with glorious late summer sunshine for our third ‘Salmon and Saltmarsh’ pilgrimage on the first Sunday of September. This stage of our River Dart Way, between Cornworthy and Ashprington, is always particularly picturesque and yet today it seemed especially enchanting. This part of the route includes some battered but beautiful pockets of … Read more

Sea Spurrey Sunday

The first Sunday of August saw our wild church back on pilgrimage again, for the second stage of the return to our signature ‘sea to source’ River Dart Way. This time we travelled by foot alongside the water rather than by canoe, as we journeyed from the Ham at Dittisham to the churchyard of St … Read more