The Wessex Ridgeway – Avebury to Abbotsbury In September 2019 I am planning to walk from the stone circles at Avebury (“The Stones”) to St Catherine’s Chapel in Abbotsbury. St Catherine being the Third Century martyr tortured and broken on a Wheel (“The Wheel”). The route will take me from Wiltshire, across Salisbury Plain and Cranbourne Chase…
Category: Wessex
WALKING IN DORSET – JULIA BRADBURY
Wow! ITV repeated the Julia Bradbury programme on the Dorset walk featuring the iconic Colmer’s Hill and my website traffic went through the roof. The wonders of the internet! https://jackiemcall.co.uk/2016/03/05/walks-near-bridport/ Definitely a TV programme worth re-watching and fuelling my desire evermore to return to my spiritual home. https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep3week9/best-walks-view-julia-bradbury
BOOK LAUNCH: The Woman Who Walked Through Fear
Thank you so much to everyone who attended my book launch of “The Woman Who Walked Through Fear”. Copies are available now on general release for £5 – please contact me for further details. I am also available to local groups to give talks about my experience travelling along the Old Pilgrims’ Way from Winchester…
BOOK LAUNCH: THE WOMAN WHO WALKED THROUGH FEAR – Walking the Pilgrims’ Way
I had the most amazing experience walking the Pilgrims’ Way from Winchester Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral eighteen months ago. I was delighted to be able to launch my book “The Woman Who Walked Through Fear” about the experience of my pilgrimage and my recovery from alcoholism on 25th May. Set out below are some of…
BOOK LAUNCH: THE WOMAN WHO WALKED THROUGH FEAR
WOW. What an amazing evening last night at the launch of “The Woman Who Walked Through Fear”. I felt truly blessed to be surrounded by so much love and support. Much thanks to Flitwick Library for hosting the event. A full set of photos will follow on a further post. My books are now generally available for…
Wessex Heights: Inkpen Beacon
Inkpen Beacon – another of Hardy’s “Wessex Heights” tackled.
INDEX OF WALKS IN DORSET
It is no secret that my favourite place for walking is Thomas Hardy’s Wessex and here is an Index of just a few of the walks I have done. I hope to add many more to it! 1 Golden Cap – A Boxing Day Circular Walk up Golden Cap near Bridport. 2 Pilsdon Pen…
CLIMBING GOLDEN CAP – A TRADITION
I first struggled up to the summit of Golden Cap , after consuming a couple of pints of cider in the Anchor Inn at Seatown fifteen years ago. Nowadays my fitness and my drinking habits are very much improved and instead of a demanding challenge I can find the walk a pleasure. I have climbed…
PILSDON PEN – WESSEX HEIGHTS
PILSDON PEN “So I am found on Ingpen Beacon, or on Wylls-Neck to the west, Or else on homely Bulbarrow, or little Pilsdon Crest, Where men have never cared to haunt, nor women have walked with me, And ghosts then keep their distance; and I know some liberty”. Hardy (“Wessex Heights”) “Little Pilsdon…
There’s Something about Eype!
It is no secret that I regard Dorset (or perhaps more particularly Wessex) as my spiritual home. The call is constant. I have my special places here where I feel particularly connected to something much more powerful than myself: Ringstead Bay, St Gabriel’s on the way up Golden Cap, Colmer’s Hill, the particular…
