Well, fellow travelers, our group is traveling today by train, taxi, and foot from southern England to Scotland. Tomorrow we will add to our list of "Modes of Travel for Pilgrims"--by taking 2 ferries, 1 bus and as many footsteps as it takes to walk from the shoreline of Iona to our lodging in the Abbey. (Some of our amazing group may decide also to walk across the water from Mull to Iona...!).

Our time yesterday was spent in Glastonbury, thus completing the "bury tour"--Salisbury, Avebury, Glastonbury. This photo is of the Tor, with a 500' elevation and an ancient Cretan-style labyrinth that circumnavigates the hill. This has probably been used by pilgrims for centuries, is now overgrown, but did offer us glimpses of its former inspiration. The photo was taken from a beautiful garden known as Chalice Well, which offers free and delicious iron-rich water to all who are thirsty. It offered us pilgrims opportunity for gratitude, drinking in God's creativity, and many hours of contemplation...refreshing!

Our last day near Stonehenge ended with a final look at the Stones, a lovely dinner at our favorite local pub (just down the road from Sting's home ~ no, he didn't invite us in), and a boisterous party hosted by the ever-generous Sally and Paul, complete with mountains of clotted cream, drinks aplenty, and laughter all around :-)

I like pilgrimage... :-)