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

Stars in the Mud

We were blessed with glorious late summer sunshine for our third ‘Salmon and Saltmarsh’ pilgrimage on the first Sunday of September. This stage of our River Dart Way, between Cornworthy and Ashprington, is always particularly picturesque and yet today it seemed especially enchanting. This part of the route includes some battered but beautiful pockets of … 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