In April 2023 I walked the Northern route of The Two Saints Way. A pilgrimage between the Cathedrals in Lichfield and Chester, the final resting place of St. Werburgh.
With restless legs and missing the pilgrim life, I was eager to start another through hike. As soon as the weather improved, I scheduled my next adventure, The Two Saints Way. April 2023 I walked the 88 miles of ‘The Way of St. Werburgh’, starting in Lichfield and finishing in Chester, where her remains are housed. Here are the blogs for my first adventure in 2023.
A video of the pilgrimage
In the Footsteps of Saints
Two Saints Way
It is becoming a theme with me; three-four months after a through hike/Camino, my legs get restless and pine for another long distance walk. This happened leading up to the Cotswold Way and it is now happening again. I’ve been toying with different ideas for through hikes, and I had settled on walking the entire…
The Way of St. Werburgh
Another week closer to my first through hike of the year, and here is one of two posts giving some background on the Saints this pilgrimage is named after. You probably have never heard of St. Werburgh and why her shrine is the destination for pilgrims. So here is a TLDR synopsis. St. Werburgh had…
The Way of St. Chad
Here is part two on the figures for the Two Saints Way. The Way of St. Chad goes in the opposite direction to St. Werburgh, starting in Chester. Like St. Werburgh, he too was active in the 7th century however unlike our goose loving saint, he came from a Celtic Christian background. St. Chad was…
Preparing to Walk with the Saints
With only a week to go, I’m getting prepared and very much looking forward to my first through hike of the year. I’ve even ordered some new walking trousers! I’ve given my boots a good clean and waterproofing, and my rucksack is all packed and ready. I’ve plotted my routes on the Ordnance Survey App…
Lichfield
I arrived into Lichfield early afternoon on this glorious sunny spring day. I took a stroll to St. Chads to have a look around while it was nice. I leafed through the visitor book and it seems I’m the first to make an entry this year stating I’m beginning the Two Saints Way. I found…
TSW Day 1 – Lichfield to Stafford
It was a wet start to the day and to make matters worse, my phone hadn’t charged over night, with only 34% juice left. Figuring it was the cable, I had to wait around for the shops to open to get a new one. Tesco opened at 8am. 30mins later I had a new cable,…
TSW Day 2 – Stafford to Trentham
Absolute glorious start of the day, not a cloud in sight with the temperature cool enough to make it perfect walking conditions. Picking the trail up from where I left off, at St. Chads, it follows the high street up and around HMP Stafford. I didn’t envy the prison officers who were arriving to start…
TSW Day 3 – Trentham to Nantwich
Robert Burns once penned, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry” in his poem ‘To a Mouse’. No truer words could describe todays journey. The sun was out although a little on the chilly side, when I rejoined the trail at Trentham. The path follows Longton Brook before cutting through a…
TSW Day 4 – Nantwich to Chester
It was the polar opposite to yesterday. The weather played ball, I even caught the sun! The way markers were 99% of the time on par. There was one marker coming out of Bunbury that was on the wrong direction, however it was a dead give away, as it wasn’t pointing to the big hill…
TSW Compilation Video
It’s has been just 18 days since I completed ‘The Way of St. Werburgh’ and after a very busy couple of weeks at work, I have managed to find some time to put together a quick video of the journey. It can be found here: Over this pilgrimage I filmed longer videos and narrated them…
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