National Walking Pilgrimage for the Jubilee Year

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Aug 15 2025 | 00:14:12

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Show Notes

As the UK endures its fourth heatwave of the year, more people than ever are using their spare time to get out and about to enjoy the sunshine and the many walking routes our country has to offer. Yes, you have to be sensible – you have to be prepared – but why not use this seasonal time of rest and relaxation to combine faith, prayer, and pilgrimage to walk a path of witness that medieval English and Welsh people followed religiously pre-Reformation. One man who wants to see that ancient tradition of walking pilgrimage resurrected and embedded into the […]

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