Pelhrimov
Our lunchtime view across Masarykovo námestí, Pelhrimov © Ricky Yates As I mentioned in my previous post about the Church of St Bartholomew, here is the promised further illustrated post about the...
View ArticleWalking with my pilgrim wife
Sybille taking a photograph alongside the Thunersee © Ricky Yates My sincere apologies that it is exactly one month since I last posted anything here on my blog. Long-standing followers will know that...
View ArticleEinigen – Schwarzenburg
My pilgrim wife observing the local livestock © Ricky Yates After a night punctuated by further thunder, lightning and rain, we awoke to grey skies the next morning and heard the pitter-patter of rain...
View ArticleSchwarzenburg – Fribourg – Froidville bei Posieux
Signposting the Jakobsweg © Ricky Yates Once more there was thunder, lightning and rain as we stayed overnight in Schwarzenburg. And unfortunately, unlike the two previous nights, it didn’t stop as...
View ArticleFroidville bei Posieux – Curtilles
The French is slightly longer than the German ‘Wanderweg’ © Ricky Yates When we left the ‘House of Angels’ at Froidville bei Posieux on the morning of Wednesday 13th August, the sky was cloudy and...
View ArticleCurtilles – Lausanne – Ecublens
Moudon Church © Ricky Yates After a splendid breakfast provided by Frau Luder at her home near Curtilles, we set out on a grey, but at that point dry, morning, to walk five kilometres along the...
View ArticleEcublens – Gland
The tower of St-Sulpice Church with Lac Léman beyond © Ricky Yates After a good night’s sleep and an excellent breakfast, we bid farewell to the Jordan family and walked the 1.5km back from...
View ArticleGland – Geneva
Prangins Church © Ricky Yates My final two days of walking through Switzerland, accompanying Sybille on her pilgrimage from Prague to Santiago de Compostela, took us through a series of towns and...
View Article‘Cleanliness is next to godliness’
My clean study bookshelves © Ricky Yates According to the ‘Oxford Dictionary of Quotations’, this proverb dates from the late eighteenth century. Apparently, an early example of its usage is found in...
View ArticleA tale of two Advents
The Advent Ring hanging from the ceiling of St. Clement’s Church © Ricky Yates Last Sunday, 30th November, was Advent Sunday which marks both the beginning of the Church Liturgical Year and of the...
View ArticleWalking Der Ökumenische Pilgerweg – Görlitz to Gröditz
Peregrinus Herberge, Görlitz © Ricky Yates As explained in the opening two paragraphs of my previous post, back on Tuesday 18th August 2015, Sybille and I drove from Prague to Görlitz, in order...
View ArticleWalking Der Ökumenische Pilgerweg – Gröditz to Kamenz
On the morning of Friday 21st August 2015, Sybille and I set out from the Pilgerherberge at Gröditz, to walk 20km to the large town of Bautzen. As you can see from the photographs, we were blessed with...
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