A pilgrimage to Walsingham is the perfect summer holiday
Every tribe has its rituals; mine - Oxford undergraduates in the last gasp of the vacation - is no exception. As Michaelmas term looms, my Instagram feed becomes the site of a curious annual competition, over the whiteness of beaches, the depth of tans and the performativity of poses. This year I chose a different path. I spent a week trudging alone across Norfolk on the Walsingham Way. The Walsingham Way was once among England’s great medieval pilgrimage routes I am not especially religious, but I had wanted to go on a pilgrimage for some time. My Gold DofE, despite my school’s best efforts, had not put me off the prospect of oversized waterproofs and blister-inducing boots.
