Pilgrimages can help remind us that Life is a journey, not a destination.  We are all on a spiritual journey leading us towards God and a pilgrimage walk can help to open ourselves to God, to others, and to the mystery of life and faith. This is a series of pilgrimage walks which are taking place between Ascension and Pentecost when we will be walking across the Vale visiting all our churches.  At each church there will be a short time of reflection and prayer.  You can join in as many or as few walks as you like – we plan to do them again next year.  For more information contact Rhona Floate, Hazel Davies or Anne Mantle below.

Walk number, Date and start timeStart churchFinish churchApprox DistanceNotes
1) Fri 15th May 2pmUpavon churchNorth Newnton5 km or 3mlVisiting Rushall and Charlton St Peter churches en route
2) Sat 16th May 2pmManningford churchWoodborough church6.5km or 4mlOptional kite flying on Woodborough Hill afterwards
3) Sun 17th May 2pmBeechingstoke churchAlton Barnes church5km or 3 mlVisiting Stanton St Bernard and Alton Priors churches
Optional visit to Honeystreet café afterwards
4) Mon 18th May 6pmOare churchOare church3 km or 2mlVisiting Huish church and retracing steps back to Oare
5) Weds 20th May 6pmWilcot churchPewsey church4.5km or under 3mlMostly along the canal
6) Fri 22nd May 5pmMilton Lilbourne churchWootton Rivers church5km or 3mlVisiting Easton Royal church en route
7) Sat 23rd May 1pmHuish churchWootton Rivers churchc. 9km 5.7mlA longer walk along the downland ridge and visiting a couple of churches again
8) Pentecost Sun 24th May 4 pmMilton Lilbourne churchPewsey church2.5km 1.6mlPart of St. John’s regular Outdoor church

All these walks except 4) are linear so if you would like a lift, please park at the finish church 20 mins before the start time and we can drive you to the start church. Could you let Anne Mantle know regarding lifts for walks 1)-3), Rhona know for walks 4)-7) and Iain for walk 8) using form below:

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