Where would you go?
The tomb of the holy blissful martyr Saint Thomas Becket because I write about medieval kings and queens making their pilgrimage there. It’s a pivotal shrine in Christendom. Becket’s murder in 1170 caused a sensation. He was killed brutally – his brains spilled out – as he was taking Evensong.
Would you make special stops?
Yes. I’d go along the Pilgrims’ Way but I may deviate a bit to visit the Great Episcopal palaces. Three remain today – one in Sevenoaks and one in Rochester, where King Henry VIII made a great abbey after he dissolved the monasteries. The third is in Charing. These were normal stopping places on the route to Canterbury, particularly for visiting royals.
