Journeying | Pilgrimage Holidays | Christian Walking Holidays | Christian Short Breaks

Cost

£825 for single occupancy, discounted to £725 for a shared room when booked with a friend or partner. Please note on the booking form the name of the person you will be sharing with.

Description

The ancient walled town of Tenby, situated on the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path with its picturesque harbour and quaint streets, provides the perfect base for our journey along the Pembrokeshire coast… And a mile out to sea from Tenby harbour, the lovely pastoral island of Caldey, home to a monastic community for more than 1500 years. We’ll spend a whole day on the island.

St Davids, the smallest city in the UK (barely more than a village in reality!), provides another high point on our pilgrim journey. Here in the 6th century, St David founded a monastery. In time this isolated foundation became a major centre of Celtic Christianity and today the lovely Cathedral of St David, begun during the 12th century, inhabits perhaps the most rural ecclesiastical setting in Britain.

Walks and Excursions

The Pembrokeshire coastal path offers fabulous walking; rugged cliffs, sandy beaches, wooded estuaries. We plan four such walks:

• Tenby to the coastal village of Manorbier, complete with castle and Norman Church. A walk of 8 miles. Steep gradients and rough underfoot with magnificent views all the way.
• Tenby to the small seaside resort of Saundersfoot, 5 miles. Again, a coastal walk, steep in places and rough underfoot with magnificent views.
• From the pretty harbour village of Solva to St Davids Cathedral. Along the Way we’ll visit the ruins of St Non's Chapel, close to cliff tops, overlooking the sea. It was on this spot in about the year 500, as a violent storm raged all around, that St Non - miraculously shielded from the wind and rain - gave birth to David, later to become St David, patron saint of Wales. What a place to stand and touch the spiritual! A fabulous walk of some six miles, including coast path and small country roads. Often rough underfoot with moderate gradients.
• The Lily Ponds close to Bosherston village are vast and beautiful, and lead in one direction to Broadhaven South, one of Wales finest beaches. We follow the route to the beach. Just off the coast, Church Rock cuts a striking picture, looking every inch like a church complete with steeple and nave. Cameras ready! This is a short circular walk on a rough track and across sand, of perhaps three miles.

We will use the leaders’ cars to reach those outlying walks and on the return trip from Saundersfoot and Manorbier, public transport.

From Tenby harbour we travel out to Caldey Island by motorboat, where we will be able to explore the village nestling around the village green, with the magnificent Italian style monastery as backdrop, early churches, join the monks at their mid-day service and walk to many of the other sites that make this such a special place. We’ll also visit the little chocolate factory! All of this in the footsteps of pilgrims stretching back to who knows when!

Prayer Walking is a lovely way to spend time with God, just you and God… A time to ask what God wants of you, and for you to offer yourself to God. On Tuesday evening we join a Prayer Walk from St Julian's, the Fisherman's Chapel in Tenby harbour.

There will be time too during the week to browse the many small shops in Tenby, wander the narrow streets and if you wish go for a swim or simply sit on the beach!

Accommodation

We have seven nights in our own house, situated in a quiet area, just two minutes' walk from Tenby's ancient town walls. We will be catering for ourselves with the leaders cooking the evening meal and everyone helping with breakfast and making packed lunches. Rooms are single, twin and double. One evening we’ll eat fish and chips alfresco in the harbour.

Getting there

Please arrive at our accommodation sometime after 4 p.m. on the 12th. Our evening meal will be at 6.30 p.m. The railway station is a short distance from our house. Long-stay car parking is available.

Contact

David Gleed davidgleed2@gmail.com 07896 285 839
Ashleigh Hair ashleighhair23@gmail.com

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