On This Holy Island: A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain, Oliver Smith

On This Holy Island: A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain, Oliver SmithNew Hardback Acclaimed travel writer Oliver Smith sets out to radically reframe our idea of pilgrimage in Britain by retracing sacred travel made across time, from murmurs of ritual journeys in the depths of Ice Age to new pilgrimages of the 21st century. He embarks on an epic adventure across sacred British landscapes climbing into remote sea caves, sleeping inside Neolithic tombs, scaling forgotten holy mountains and once marooning himself at sea.

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Some of the pages are stained with Scottish rain and spilt coffees