Pilgrim Pathways - 1-2 day walks on Britain's Ancient Sacred Ways

Informationen zum Autor By Andy Bull Klappentext Many people are inspired by the idea of going on a pilgrimage. TV series such as The Road to Rome and The Road to Santiago have shown that even the averagely unfit celeb can hobble through one. However, few of us have time for such long routes and, as we venture out again in post lockdown days, we may not want to spend many nights away from home. So what to do? Pilgrim Pathways has the answer: The pilgrimages in this guidebook are achievable over one or two days. There are many ancient pilgrim paths in Britain, some long-forgotten and we offer routes inspired by the very best of them, distilled into short walks so you can be a weekend pilgrim. These routes take in Britain's most inspiring landscapes and most powerfully spiritual places ­– including Avebury, Glastonbury, Lindisfarne, Canterbury and St David's with pilgrimages in London, Sussex, Kent, Wiltshire, Cornwall, on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, Essex, East Anglia, Shropshire, Northumberland, Pembrokeshire, Snowdonia and in the Scottish Borders and Fife.Full colour, Inspirational guide, covering 40 days' walking, route descriptions and historical background plus author's tips box Practical information accessed via dedicated webpages linked with a code in the book – step-by-step route instructions, public transport information, places to eat and places to stay Downloadable gpx file for use on smartphone based mapping and GPS units. Zusammenfassung This new Pilgrim Pathways edition contains all the information you need to enjoy your hiking adventure along Britain's Ancient Sacred Ways Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 6 How to use this guide 9 Choosing your walk 11 Walk 1 – The Way of St Augustine Ramsgate to Canterbury (19.2 miles/31km) 20 Walk 2 – The Old Way to the Fifth Continent Battle, Rye, and four Romney Marsh churches (27.6 miles/44.5km) 32 Walk 3 – Blake, Jerusalem and St Richard Haslemere to Chichester (25.4 miles/40.9km) 42 Walk 4 – A prehistoric pilgrimage Avebury to Stonehenge (26.9 miles/43.3km) 54 Walk 5 – A Jurassic Coast pilgrimage Abbotsbury, Chideock, Whitchurch Canonicorum and Lyme Regis (22.9 miles/36.9km) 66 Walk 6 – The path to Avalon The pilgrim route to Wells and Glastonbury (22 miles/35.5km) 78 Walk 7 – The Cornish Saints' Way Coast to coast, Padstow to Fowey (27.6 miles/44.4km) 88 Walk 8 – The Path of St David A coastal pilgrimage through a sacred landscape (19.8 miles/31.8km) 100 Walk 9 – A Thames pilgrimage Dorchester to Abingdon, Oxford and Binsey (20.6 miles/33.2km) 110 Walk 10 – London's saints and martyrs From Westminster Abbey to Tyburn (9.9 miles/16km) 120 Walk 11 – St Peter's Way Purleigh to the Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall, Essex (16.6 miles/26.7km) 132 Walk 12 – St Edmund's Way Thetford to Bury St Edmunds (18.9 miles/30.4km) 142 Walk 13 – England's Nazareth Castle Acre to Walsingham, Norfolk (21.4 miles/34.4km) 152 Walk 14 – St Milburga's Shropshire Ironbridge, Much Wenlock, Wenlock Edge (14.8 miles/23.8km) 164 Walk 15 – St Paulinus and the Ebor Way Wetherby to York (21.1 miles/33.9km)174 Walk 16 – The English Camino Escomb to Finchale via Durham (20.7 miles/33.3km) 186 Walk 17 – The Welsh Lourdes & Burial Place of Saints From Basingwerk Abbey via Holywell to Gwytherin (33 miles/53.1km) 196 Walk 18 – St Hilda and the Blessed Nicholas Postgate Danby to Whitby (19.3 miles/31.1km) 208 Walk 19 – St Cuthbert, St Oswald and St Aidan Seahouses to Holy Island (Lindisfarne), Northumberland (22.2 miles/35.7km) 218 Walk 20 – St Andrew's Way On the Fife Costal Path from Earlsferry to St Andrews (25.1 miles/40.5km) 228 Index...

Product details

• Authors: Andy Bull
• Publisher: Trailblazer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2020
• EAN: 9781912716197
• ISBN: 978-1-912716-19-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 210 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Trailblazer Guides; Trailblazer Wanderführer
• Subject: Travel > Travel guides