Reviving the British Pilgrimage Tradition
British Isles
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"...the ever-increasing pace and price of work/life leaves little time to simply connect with the land, with ourselves and each other."
– William Parsons, @willwalking, in an excerpt from his forthcoming book on pilgrimage.
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Late to #SmallBeautiesHour, but here are some recent #SmallBeauties: a heaven of cow parsley, wandering with @willwalking's 'Songs of the Way' for spontaneous warbling purposes (also loving my basket & offerings to hawthorn trees). Plus, finding a tiny egg, & loving ground-ivy.
ALT Cow parsley growing up a fence
ALT Book 'Songs of the Way' and a pot of hawthorn tea leaves in a wicker basket with a yellow shawl
ALT Tiny pieces of egg shell
ALT Ground-ivy
William Parsons retweeted
One source is moorland and pasture the other is maize. Guess which is which....
#DevonCornwallSoilsAlliance
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Rediscover your ability to communicate with any aspect of Nature 💚
Maybe you’d forgotten that you can do this, or told it’s impossible. But it’s your birth right, and the more-than-human world is waiting for you to join the conversation! 🌍
Details & booking: link in bio 💫
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In August 2019, I decided to walk along a forgotten pilgrimage route over the downs of southern England, between the chalk and the sea. 250 miles, several national lockdowns and three years later, the postman pushed the book proofs through my letterbox. @AgentSophieL @headlinepg
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🌞 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT!!! 🌞
It is with great pleasure we bring news of a new book by Rima Staines @tilsamka soon to reach our shelves!
Rima has been working on a series of drawings as well as the text for this book for a long time and it is finally ready to unveil.
🧵
William Parsons retweeted
Let’s get #ScrapNHSBill to number 1 on the UK twitter trends. Let’s make sure everybody understands what MPs will be voting on tomorrow.
The Health and Care Bill will accelerate NHS privatisation. Patients will suffer if this Bill goes through.
We must #ScrapNHSBill 🚨
William Parsons retweeted
I get told frequently by Conservative MPs that the public aren’t bothered about private companies running NHS services and making a profit.
I don’t think this is correct. If you would like profit-making to be removed from the NHS, pls RT.
Let’s see!
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We’ve been told by some MPs that their constituents ‘don’t mind who provides their healthcare’ and don’t mind private companies skimming a profit from the NHS.
If you disagree with this, pls RT💙
@EveryDoctorUK
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This is a really important post, by Robin Harford of Eatweeds, about over foraging of wild food. Do please take a moment to read and share.
"It seems everyone has suddenly discovered wild food plants and wants to capitalise on them"
#foraging #wildfood
eatweeds.co.uk/its-not-just-…
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My column piece in last week’s @NewburyToday on the careful, measured, new #RightToRoam campaign, led by two local lads, @guyshrubsole @nickhayesillus1. Something needs to change, because everything has ...
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You might be interested in my podcast on this: oldfrontline.co.uk/2020/04/2… – at Hoyland, England
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@TheCCT are a brilliant org for saving from closure or pizzeria-hood, such gems of UK heritage as St Giles at Merston.
The medieval village alongside has long sunk to marsh, but the temple, where locals were greeted at birth, marriage and death, remains strong.
Thanks @TheCCT
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This is an old post but one I hope might encourage members and others to explore the many Holy wells across Cornwall.
Sancreed Holy Well, West Penwith, Cornwall. Take the holy waters, and dream...
#waterflows #holywell #spring #naturephotography #path #water #pilgrim #southwest #pilgrimage #journey
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Last word before I leave this channel:
HUGE thanks to Penny Furniss, Merlin Sheldrake, Peter Gangsted, Abigail, Alice, Guy, Will CH, Georgie N, Janet R, Bish Martin, Rupert Sheldrake, and everyone else who has helped launch BPT.
See you on the Good Old Way!
@willwalking
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Today, I - Will Parsons @willwalking - am leaving the British Pilgrimage Trust.
It has been 7 years since I first dreamed of creating a charity to renew pilgrimage in Britain. I wanted spiritual travel on foot to become normal again, despite the two Henrys (T Ford and VIII).
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12 February is the feast of St Julian the Hospitaller, in medieval tradition the patron of wayfarers and pilgrims and those who give them lodging. Ancrene Wisse, St Julian's house, and the 'homeliest home' aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/…
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Hey Twitter, this is a friendly request.
I’ve been floating at 9975 followers on @pilgrimtrust for flaming ages, and I’d like to tip the balance.
Might 25 people please join the gang? In return, expect pictures of wholesome places in Britain, and encouragement to walk to them.
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Pilgrims create/follow the paths they tread. A single pilgrim can regenerate a whole route, meaning that an ‘individual’ pilgrimage is also potentially ‘immortal’.
The way goes ever ever on...
@MerlinSheldrake is one of the BPT’s founding Trustees!
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Happy Imbolc - beginning of the beginning of Spring, and beginning of the end of Winter.
Speedwell, Pilgrims All!
#oldway #camino #imbolc #candlemass #way #walk #pilgrimage
