Join us for a free day of walking, companionship, history and reflection as the Saint Aelred’s Pilgrim Trail Society holds its annual Gathering Walk through the beautiful landscape of Upper Ryedale. This year our theme is Walking the Everyday Histories of Saint Aelred, exploring not only the churches and great monastic sites associated with Aelred, but the farms, fields, tracks and communities which formed the everyday landscape of his world. Our pilgrimage begins at All Sain

Beneath azure blue skies and amongst the purple heather of the North York Moors, ten pilgrims gathered at All Saints Church, Old Byland, for the Saint Aelred’s Pilgrim Trail Society’s Summer Heather Pilgrimage. Held on Wednesday 12 August, this was the second of four seasonal small-group guided pilgrimages being offered this year, inviting people to experience the landscapes, churches and spiritual heritage of the Trail in the company of fellow travellers. Following a welcome