I'm looking forward to taking part in the Pilgrims to Rome Virtual Conference on Sunday 17th April at 8pm.

Dawn Champion, head of community engagement at the British Pilgrimage Trust, will speak on preparing for pilgrimage and walking alone.

David Andrews, ecologist and adviser for Natural England will be presenting on 'Why walk the Via Francigena'.

I will be speaking about ‘Life after the Via Francigena’. In 2008 I walked the Via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome alone and in 2015 I walked on from Rome to Istanbul. These experiences awakened an interest in pilgrimage and led to me starting the Hearts in Search of God project. I have written books about both pilgrimages.

The presentations will be followed by Q&A discussion with the three speakers and the conference hosts Eamonn Mullally and Alex Knox.

You can register for the event below.