HI folks, how you doing? We will see how the weather pans out before deciding if we are meeting in gardens or on zoom, but if you are up for meeting in gardens please comment below. We are on the cusp of some big changes as a society as the easing of lockdown is ramped up again. I wonder how …
An Autumn Pilgrimage
Last Sunday afternoon the folks from BeachcomberFX went for one of our regular walks, this time we started at Plessey Woods to Stangington and then back to the car park, it was about 6 miles in total and we were out for about four hours including time to stop for a beer in a local hostelry. Seventeen adults, six kids …
BeachcomberFX Pilgrimage…
We continue to walk and wander on a fairly regular basis. On our weekend away in February, Pete challenged us to think and look for alters in the world… these are places that can help us discover God in the everyday environs we find ourselves. There are many that we can discover in nature, a broken tree, a tree stump, …
Summer Solstice Wayfarer Pilgrimage
This last week on the longest day of the year we wandered around the Cobalt Business Park for our Wayfarer walk of about 3 miles. The reason we choose this venue is that on the top of the hill there is a large sun dial and you can view much of our locality and it gives a great view to …
Lent Pilgrimages 2016
Light in the darkness – Lent walks 2016 Over the last few weeks as part of Sunday@thepub we have been doing our lent walks, this has been our third year. The last couple of years we have walked the coastal route from North Shields to Seaton Sluice. As part of this we have had oppertunities to pause and reflect along …
Lent Pilgrimages 2015
This year our Lent Pilgrimage will take the same format as before as we walk the coast from North Shields to Seaton Sluice each week during lent. The dates, times and details are set out below. It’s not just about walking, every so often on our wander we will pause for a short reflection or a bit of local history. Please feel …
Change
After returning from our latest lent pilgrimage, we walked from Seaton Sluice to North Shields in the damp and fog… it sounds worse than it was! It was actually quite a beautiful experience, as we have wandered over the last few weeks we have picked up various things, today we looked at various large stones that were resting in the …
Lent Pilgrimage 1
This time of year is always special to me, the reason is that the darkness of winter starts to give way to the promise of spring and summer and I love that! I am not a winter person and I always look forward to the opportunities that spring brings, the chance to enjoy longer days and to get out and …
Lent Pilgrimage 2014
A Lenten Pilgrimage – We will be walking along the coast from North Shields to Seaton Sluice each week during lent, culminating with a BBQ on the beach sometime after Easter. The dates and times are below. It’s not just about walking, every so often on our wander we will pause for a short reflection or a bit of local history, …