I mention both Whithorn Way and Saint Cuthbert's Way as (North) British Pilgrimages worthy of consideration.
Starting at either S Mungo's Cathedral, Glasgow or Paisley Abbey to Ayr and then down the peninsula to Whithorn near the southern coast. Here it is said S Ninian built a church (the first in what is now Scotland) around 400 CE. I have walked, with my second child, from Glasgow Airport to Ayr. I wanted to be in solitude on 11 November that year so took a train to Stranraer (mirroring much of the pilgrimage route) and then bus to Whithorn. I spent most of the 11th at Isle of Whithorn following the arrival of pilgrims by boat some 600 or so years ago and the route they may have taken to the medieval priory church at Whithorn. The section from Ayr is quite isolated and I would love, one day, to follow in the footsteps of the many Scots kings that have gone that way. (200 km from Glasgow) More can be seen
here and
here and
here.
The next day I started my near fortnight journey back to London by bus to Newton Stewart and the Armistice (Remembrance) Day ceremony in front of the McMillan Hall shortly after my arrival there.
Further east I mention Saint Cuthbert's Way from Melrose Abbey to the site of Lindisfarne Priory on Holy Island. (100 km from Melrose) More
here and
here. I would follow that with a local pilgrimage to the Shrine of Saint Cuthbert immediately behind the high altar in Durham Cathedral. More
here.
Kia ora, Kia kaha tatou (you all be healthy and take care)