People have gathered in Totnes for many hundreds of years and a significant part of what has drawn them and enabled community to flourish here is the abundance of water. Not only has Totnes been a vital place for trade and travel thanks to the River Dart, whose tidal channels are deep enough to provide … Read more
We were blessed with a perfectly sunny July day for our third canoe pilgrimage. Every year I think it can’t be any better and yet somehow it becomes more magical each time. Once again our big canoe of pilgrims set off from Tuckenhay for a contemplative day in communion with the river and her creatures. … Read more
Our second Wild Church pilgrimage was guided by Mothiur Rahman, who led us in a contemplative journey upstream alongside the Bidwell Brook which flows through the heart of Dartington village. With pauses for poetry and reflection along the way, Mothiur invited us to explore of themes of disconnection and reconnection in our relationship with water. … Read more
On Wild Water – by Myrtle Cooper I had the privilege of leading the first of this season’s Wild Church pilgrimages, the River Dart Wild Water Pilgrimage. We gathered high on the Dartington estate to begin our journey, meandering through path and field as we passed tree, flower, bird, punctuated by breath and silent whisper … Read more
Our wonder filled year of ‘meetings with remarkable trees’ drew to a close recently with our last two events – June’s oak pilgrimage and July’s canoe pilgrimage. As my (Sam’s) summer holy-days are now beginning, please forgive me if I gather stories from these two beautiful days together in this one journal post, before Wild … Read more