2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage England/Scotland 2024 Pilgrimage – Day 14: St. Albans and Cotswolds September 16, 2024December 18, 2024Saturday, September 14, 2024 To be honest, all the churches are getting scrambled in my head. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE seeing them. It’s just when I go to write about them, I hope I’m telling you about the correct churches of the day. If in doubt, double-check Gregg’s… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage England/Scotland 2024 Pilgrimage – Day 13: St. Julian, Ely, & Cambridge September 14, 2024December 18, 2024Friday, September 13, 2024 Today, we left York and visited several places honoring women who had an impact on early Christianity in the UK. On our way out of town, we saw two hot air balloons. Come to find out, they give balloon aerial tours. Breakfast Bap We left York… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage England/Scotland 2024 Pilgrimage – Day 12: York, England September 12, 2024December 18, 2024Thursday, September 12, 2024 Out of Clean Clothes This morning we slept in until 8:00ish. At 9:00, we took 2 reusable grocery bags full of dirty laundry around the corner to a laundry service. Everything is a trade off. We decided to trade $50 so we could have the whole… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage England/Scotland 2024 Pilgrimage – Day 11: Durham Cathedral, Whitby Abbey, York September 11, 2024December 19, 2024Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Ahhhh! Last night I was in bed with eyes closed at 10pm and slept until almost 7am. How good it felt! After another delicious hot Full English Breakfast downstairs, we checked out and headed an hour and a half to Durham Cathedral. This is a place… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage England/Scotland 2024 Pilgrimage – Day 10: Bamburgh Church Bell Ringers September 11, 2024December 18, 2024Tuesday night, September 10, 2024 Addendum: As I was finishing up the blog, I realized the faint “music” I had been hearing wasn’t from another room. It was the church bells! We had forgotten that the Change Ringers were practicing ringing the bells at St. Aiden’s tonight! Darn! I really… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage England/Scotland 2024 Pilgrimage – Day 10: Bamburgh September 10, 2024December 18, 2024Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Sunningdale B&B, Bamburgh, England Today was a restful and relaxing day since we don’t have to pack up. Sunningdale B&B is a family-run B&B is the perfect spot to slow down and enjoy the moment. Breakfast is served between 8:00-9:30 so no running out the door… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage England/Scotland 2024 Pilgrimage – Day 9: Lindisfarne September 9, 2024December 18, 2024September 9, 2024 Correction: First things first. My husband gently encouraged me to actually do the math from yesterday’s post. St. Andrews school was begun 611 years ago. Not over 1,000 years ago, as I had said. So sorry! Goodbye, Scotland This morning we began heading south. After taking the… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage Saint Columba’s Way September 9, 2024September 9, 2024Monday, September 9, 2024 Iona to St. Andrews is St. Columba’s Way Gregg realized some people take a month to walk the route we did by a 3-day drive going from Iona to St. Andrews. Here is a picture from his British National Trust Pilgrimages book. We see the bridge!… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage England/Scotland 2024 Pilgrimage – Day 8: Dundee, St. Andrews, Pittenweem September 8, 2024December 18, 2024Sunday, September 8, 2024 Foggy Sunday The fog was as thick as split pea soup this morning. It had lifted enough to not inhibit driving, but we went over a very long bridge and saw nothing but the road and the cable-stays going up into the clouds. A perfectly lovely… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage England/Scotland 2024 Pilgrimage – Day 7 September 7, 2024December 18, 2024Saturday, September 7, 2024 Edinburgh, Scotland Today was cool, foggy, and drizzly most of the day. We took the tram into downtown Edinburgh to explore. Though it looks to Americans the name of this city is Ed-in-burg, they pronounce it Ed-in-boro. Another clarification to a curious question I had: what,… Continue Reading