About a year after it was originally planned, our new pilgrimage ‘Sacred Waters Way‘ was launched at last on April 17th 2021 at St. Mary’s Dartington. Although much of the UK was sadly still unable to gather inside due to the ongoing lockdown, by virtue of our launch being ‘an act of worship’ we were … Read more
All Saints Day dawned very wet and windy, such that only the hardiest Wild Church pilgrims (and a very fluffy cat) gathered under Grandmother Yew in Dartington Gardens. To be beneath her ancient branches is to be in the presence of a living ancestor, a wild saint who is at least as old as the … Read more
We had great plans for a storytelling pilgrimage on the first Sunday in October, which this year (2020) was also the Feast of Saint Francis and the final day of Creationtide, and yet the wind and rain had plans of their own! Not that Wild Church minds a bit of weather, but dragging dear Glynis … Read more
After 19 months of an unexpected fallow time, our Wild Church finally re-gathered for a Dartington based pilgrimage on the first Sunday in September 2020. An open welcome has always been central to River Dart Wild Church and usually we simply spread the word widely about where we are starting and anyone is welcome to … Read more
This was the first Roots into Reverence pilgrimage in Devon and the first in the depths of winter. We started out in the pale afternoon light of an early December day and the light faded as we walked a circular route from St Mary’s Church, Dartington. We walked in silence and in song and each … Read more