TO BE A PILGRIM
Henry David Thoreau described “sauntering through woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements”. So evokes the experience of walking the 62-mile (100km) trail known as St Cuthbert’s Way.
The route winds a meandering path from the picturesque Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders – where St Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne (c.634/5–687), started his religious life – to Lindisfarne or ‘Holy Island’ off the Northumbrian coast, the saint’s initial resting place following his death on Inner Farne. St Cuthbert’s Way opened for hikers, intrepid cyclists and horse-riders in 1996, and while the pace may be leisurely, the challenges are humbling and often shared by the curious, spiritual, nostalgic
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