A film by Will Parsons, showing part of an Old Way recce.
Our pilgrimage began at St Nicolas Pevensey, a Church built by William the Conqueror in thanks for his victory over King Harold and his conquest of England.
Many landscapes are passed, from the military to the empty ghost lands of Manxey levels, which was so obviously recently underwater. The oak-rich woodlands of the High Weald are also traversed, en route to Ashburnham, once South England’s finest house, until the Ashburnham family line died out in the late 1950s.
Today, Ashburnham Centre is a wonderfully welcoming centre for Christian retreats, and a perfect venue for British Pilgrimage. Many holy wells arise within its grounds, and our destination was the Lady Well, where we offered a specially penned song of thanks.
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