Well, to paraphrase Robert Burns, ‘the best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ pilgrims, gang aft agley’… and plans for our group pilgrimage from Dittisham to Kingswear sadly did not work out as we hoped, due to health challenges experienced by both myself and our guide, local storyteller Helen Raphael Sands. The two of us had an … Read more
The first Sunday of October 2021 saw us back in Cornworthy churchyard, gathered in a circle with environmental social scientist, Dr Fiona Tilley. This was our first collaboration with Tilley and it was fascinating to receive insights she has distilled on contemporary indigenous ways from her work at Schumacher College and which she shared with … Read more
For Lammas on August 1st, Wild Church took to the water for our much loved canoe pilgrimage. Pilgrims converged from around Devon, at the Malsters Arms on Bow Creek at Tuckenhay, which is just down the way from our previous pilgrimage end point at Ashprington. Here our wonderful guide, Hugh from Canoe Adventures, soon had … Read more
The third stage of our Sacred Waters Way pilgrimage took us from Totnes to St David’s, Ashprington, and was beautifully led by forest bathing and nature connection guide, Emma Capper. We began in the lovely Leechwell Garden, within sight of last month’s destination at St Mary’s Church, as Emma gently guided us into a multi … Read more
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