A UK Cycle Pilgrimage idea

After hearing of stories of walking the Camino de Santiago (Way of St James), the idea of a pilgrimage walk, had been a plan for quite some time. However like a lot of these plans, they seem to just stay that way. Then after lock-down, around late Summer of 2022, with my bank overdraft very much in use and feeling something had to change… I decided to switch my mode of transport. I put a deposit for an e-bike and had two years to pay the rest off. I also found a large old chrome bell, that gave a lower tone sound, but quite grand warning at the same time. I was now a daily cyclist, commuting at all hours to the local hospital and then home, up the hill, contemplating the varieties of road surfaces, as I reflected on the day just gone. Then Spring of 2023 had arrived and I found myself living in the Yorkshire Dales, at a community of different people, also searching for a new thing to the daily norm. Not that I was moving for good, as I continued to visit folk at home and manage to undertake some hospital shifts. But how could a change from my routines, spending on the next thing, realising that the campervan idea was beyond my financial means. Perhaps a simpler lifestyle with lower outgoings and a bigger life picture would open up the door to a new direction? Would it be possible at the age of forty nine and a half? The adventure starts in early May of 2024: The routes will be following those of past saints, monks & pilgrims (before motorist transport) across the UK. Firstly in 2024 the Celtic routes mainly, then in 2025 a variety in England and north Wales. Included in the pannier bag will be a note pad & pen, and a twin lens camera, loaded with black and white film. Also a smart phone, in order to update the blog. There with be short paragraphs the history, my interpretation of each spot (or place) and photography.

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