Holy Island 2020

A pleasant three weeks stroll through England to the ominous sounding Standedge, followed by three gruelling weeks on the Pennine Way. After that, it’s along St Cuthbert’s Way to the sea and the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, one of the most important early Christian sites in the UK. St Cuthbert led the conversion to Roman Christianity in these parts and he was buried on the island in 687. The intricate manuscript of the Lindisfarne Gospels was made around 700 and is now preserved in the British Library. 

I hope many of you will join me for a little walk along the way.

• Day 0 – My boots are ready….
• Day 1 – The War of the Worlds
• Day 2 – Egg McFaceMask
• Day 3 – The Lockdown Lodge
• Day 4 – Ghost Town
• Day 5 – Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship – My senses have been stripped – My hands can’t feel to grip – My toes too numb to step – Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering
• Day 6 – It’s Woodstock and the Summer of Love
• Day 7 – ah, the Cotswolds.
• Day 8 – The Beating Heart of England
• Day 9 – Fun and Games on the Heart of England Way
• Day 10 – She said, “It’s not 1971 anymore”
• Day 11 – I didn’t see the branch
• Day 12 – Lichfield at last
• Day 13 and 14 – First Cut, Second Cut. First is Deeper
• Day 15 – This Staffordshire Way is keeping quiet
• Day 16 – Rain, Wind, Rugby and Miss Warrington-Evans
• Day 17 – A Moment for Reflection
• Day 18 – The Girl from Cheshire
• Day 19 – It’s Grim Up North
• Day 20 – All set for the Pennine Way
• Day 21 – Off But Not Running
• Day 22 – Definitely the 4th Funkiest Place
• Day 23 – The Wiley, Windy Moors
• Day 24 – Stone the Crows
• Day 25 – The Calm Before the Storm
• Day 26 – James Herriot Country
• Day 27 – Wensleydale Cheese
• Day 28 – The Great Shunner Fell and a Pile of Stones
• Day 29 – Beware the Moss, Beware the Moor, Beware of Long Lankin
• Day 30 – A Triumph
• Day 31 – A Low Force, A High Force and a Stomach Churning Force
• Day 32 – Effective Social Distancing
• Day 33 – Cleared to Cross Fell, over
• Day 34 – Last Train to Slaggyford
• Day 35 – Friends, Romans, Countrymen
• Day 36 – Identity Crisis on Hadrian’s Wall
• Day 37 – Into Wild and Remote Northumberland
• Day 38 – Five or so on the Moor
• Day 39 – Up On The Cheviots
• Day 40 – The End of the Pennine Way
• Day 41 – A Little Hangover
• Day 42 – Holy Island in Sight
• Day 43 – The Pilgrims Path to Holy Island