A day of much journeying

Today I have journeyed to three of the holy places detailed in the book.  My companion on the road was Sarah and we have had a lovely afternoon.  To sustain yourself on a journey of spiritual norishment one must not forget the phsyical norishment required, so our journey began with Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding at Willington garden centre!

TURVEY

All Saint's Church

The church was east to find and the guide book at the church was really interesting and helpful in understanding the church.  The church family clearly embraced the young and the old and all those inbetween.  The key draw to this church, and the reason for it's entry into the book was the Medieval Wall Painting of the Crucifixion.  The fresco was indeed stunning.  It was such a pity that is seems to have deteriorated since it was first uncovered in the Victorian Era.







Turvey's Masterpiece

 We travelled from Turvey a few miles down the road to Stevington, to the church of St Mary the Virgin.



St. Mary The Virgin and Holy Well



The Holy Well

The church itself was locked, but we found the holy well on the perimeter of the church wall.


I had a desire to sit and dangle my feet in the water but I was ill prepared.  The ground around the well was wet and boggy and the praticalites of actually sitting on the edge were too many to negotiate.  I did try to dip a toe down into the water and thank goodness Sarah was with me, or else I could still be there now having dicovered that my arms and indeed my legs were not as long as I had thought!


The third visit of the day was to Eltisley to the church of St Pandionia and St John the Baptist.  The church was locked and we could not find the destroyed holy well.  However we did glimse the pond in the neighbouring property which is thought to locate the location of the former holy well.

St Pandionia & St John the Baptist

The pond which was perhaps once a well

Having started with food, we thought that perhaps we should end with food, so we went to Waresley Park for wonderful coffee/hot chocolate and cake.

A wonderful afternoon.   It has however let me to consider what makes a place holy... and on this I shall reflect further.