Pilgrimages are becoming more popular and there are alternatives for those who don't have the time or money for the famous route
Pilgrimages are becoming more popular and there are alternatives for those who don't have the time or money for the famous routeI am standing in a supermarket car park hugging a huge oak tree, linking hands around its trunk with two people I met today. We’ve clambered up and down muddy Wearyall Hill in the Mendips to see the latest incarnation of the Holy Thorn – a hawthorn said to have originally grown from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea .
A pilgrimage is usually associated with walking a long-distance route for religious reasons. One of the best known is the 500-mileThis is no doubt partly due to its high-profile pilgrims. Actor Martin Sheen starred in and directed the 2010 filmas a father going to collect the body of his estranged son who died while hiking the Camino. The sequel wrapped filming late last year.
Longer guided pilgrimages of two, four or seven days are themed around English Heritage, Anglican or Catholic cathedrals, St Thomas Way or Camino Ingles and Sanctuary and usually include church accommodation.
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