Secular Pilgrimage

Sunday 6th October – 11am to 4pm – Hembury to Holne This is the fourth and final stage of the ‘Ancient Yews & Abbeys‘ part of our River Dart Way and the concluding silent walk in our interfaith peace pilgrimage series. It is guided by Tyler Freeman Smith and offered on a donation basis – … Read more

Wild Torah

For our first pilgrimage of 2024, on the first Sunday of April, we were blessed to be guided by Hebrew Kohenet-Priestess Sara Moon, as part of our current series of interfaith peace pilgrimages. We walked the next stage of our River Dart Way, as we wandered and wondered between the ancient yews of Dartington and … Read more

Wild Libraries

The concluding walk of the saltmarsh section of our River Dart Way guided pilgrimage was in early November, on our final Wild Church Sunday for this year. It was beautifully guided by our ‘wild librarians’, Fiona & Sim, who led us from the Totnes Leechwell to the ancient yew on the Dartington Trust Estate. Read … Read more

Saving Saltmarsh

As the first ‘Salmon and Saltmarsh’ part of our River Dart Way guided pilgrimage draws towards a conclusion (for its first year) this coming Sunday, and as a companion for starting to make the pilgrimage available as a self guided route in collaboration with the British Pilgrimage Trust, I am creating this page as a … Read more

Forest Bathing Pilgrimage

For the penultimate walk in this year’s saltmarsh pilgrimage, as part of our River Dart Way, we were in collaboration with ‘forest bathing’ guide, Clare Coyne, as we journeyed from Ashprington to Totnes. Once again, we were blessed with lovely weather and enjoyed a peaceful ‘wander and wonder’ through woods and meadows along the river, … Read more