picking up the Cistercian Way

[andy.d]

After hurting my knee badly four weeks ago, I am recovered enough to head back to Wales tomorrow and start walking again. I'm doing the final week or so - from Abergavenny round to Penrhys. To protect my knee I will be travelling very light this time, mainly spending the night with friends.
I have a few highlights to look forward to: spending Saturday as a guest of the Small Pilgrim Places Network (a Christian pilgrim welcome network in the UK); I will be giving a talk to the Friends of Our Lady of Tintern Abbey on Tuesday (all welcome!); and then on Saturday people from Llanfair Uniting Church will be joining me at Llanwynno - a Church and a pub in a remote clearing in the woods - to walk the final hills with me to Penrhys.
I've plenty of room in my rucksack for prayers, so let me know if you want me to pray for anything.
And thanks to everyone on the Forum who has been supporting me these past few weeks

Andy

 

[Waka]

I really hope the knee holds up for you.

 

[SYates]

Buen Camino - hope all goes well for you! SY

 

[Tincatinker]

Llanwynno: a prayer please for Ivan Thomas. A Pilgrim, an anarchist and a gentleman of the road. And a prayer please for all the lost that they may one day be found.

Thanks Andy, hope the knee holds out.

 

[andy.d]

Llanwynno: a prayer please for Ivan Thomas. A Pilgrim, an anarchist and a gentleman of the road. And a prayer please for all the lost that they may one day be found.

Thanks Andy, hope the knee holds out.

Of course! Thankyou

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Stay off your knees Andy - it is sure to help!

 

[andy.d]

Stay off your knees Andy - it is sure to help!

The main surviving Welsh poem about the Penrhys Pilgrimage has the poet climbing the hill on his knees carrying a candle as tall as himself. It's not clear whether this was from piety or because the hill is so steep.

 

[NualaOC]

Glad you're recovering Andy; wishing you a happy and pain-free walk.

 

[AcrossTheWater3008]

Here s wishing you a safe and pain free Way...

 

[andy.d]

Thank you everyone. So far so good. Excellent conference yesterday on Small Pilgrim Places. Just walked about 15 miles to Monmouth. Knee seems OK