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

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

Sea Spurrey Sunday

The first Sunday of August saw our wild church back on pilgrimage again, for the second stage of the return to our signature ‘sea to source’ River Dart Way. This time we travelled by foot alongside the water rather than by canoe, as we journeyed from the Ham at Dittisham to the churchyard of St … Read more

Saltmarsh Canoe Pilgrimage

After spending much of 2022 on our one year residency at St Barnabas Church (near Brooking, by the Bidwell Brook – a tributary of the Dart) what a blessing it was to return to our signature River Dart Way ‘sea to source’ pilgrimage. Over the nine years + of our wild church, since we began … Read more