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On foot to Canterbury : a son's pilgrimage / Ken Haigh.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Wayfarer (Edmonton, Alta.)Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : University of Alberta Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: xiv, 266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781772125450
  • 1772125458
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: On foot to Canterbury.DDC classification:
  • 914.2204/86 23
Other classification:
  • cci1icc
Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in electronic formats.
Contents:
Winchester -- Winchester to New Alresford -- New Alresford to Alton -- Alton to Farnham -- Farnham to Newlands Corner -- Newlands Corner to Dorking -- Dorking to Reigate -- Reigate to Godstone -- Godstone to Otford -- Otford to Addington -- Addington to Rochester -- Rochester to Thurnham -- Thurnham to Lenham -- Lenham to Wye -- Wye to Canterbury -- Canterbury.
Summary: "Setting off on foot from Winchester, Ken Haigh hikes across southern England, retracing one of the traditional routes that medieval pilgrims followed to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. Walking in honour of his father, a staunch Anglican who passed away before they could begin their trip together, Haigh wonders: Is there a place in the modern secular world for pilgrimage? On his journey, he sorts through his own spiritual aimlessness while crossing paths with writers like Anthony Trollope, John Keats, Jane Austen, Jonathan Swift, Charles Dickens, and, of course, Geoffrey Chaucer. On Foot to Canterbury is part travelogue, part memoir, part literary history, and all heart."-- Provided by publisher.
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BOOK Meaford Public Library Non-Fiction Non-fiction 914 .2204 Haigh (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Georgian Bay Reads 2022 22392
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Winchester -- Winchester to New Alresford -- New Alresford to Alton -- Alton to Farnham -- Farnham to Newlands Corner -- Newlands Corner to Dorking -- Dorking to Reigate -- Reigate to Godstone -- Godstone to Otford -- Otford to Addington -- Addington to Rochester -- Rochester to Thurnham -- Thurnham to Lenham -- Lenham to Wye -- Wye to Canterbury -- Canterbury.

"Setting off on foot from Winchester, Ken Haigh hikes across southern England, retracing one of the traditional routes that medieval pilgrims followed to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. Walking in honour of his father, a staunch Anglican who passed away before they could begin their trip together, Haigh wonders: Is there a place in the modern secular world for pilgrimage? On his journey, he sorts through his own spiritual aimlessness while crossing paths with writers like Anthony Trollope, John Keats, Jane Austen, Jonathan Swift, Charles Dickens, and, of course, Geoffrey Chaucer. On Foot to Canterbury is part travelogue, part memoir, part literary history, and all heart."-- Provided by publisher.

Issued also in electronic formats.

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