Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote…
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages.
(When in April the sweet showers fall
And pierce the drought of March to the root...
Then people long to go on pilgrimages.)
Such schoolboy memories of the opening to Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales and the discovery in April 2023 of London to Walsingham Camino: The Pilgrimage Guide by Andy Bull were the inspirations that led me to follow in the footsteps of our Catholic forebears.
