A dramatically subdued tourist season last year meant that pilgrims comprised mainly locals, but many from further afield flocked to support our crowdfunding campaign to create a virtual experience and improve some of our physical infrastructure. Coronavirus has been difficult for everyone and meant we could not host our usual summer events, including the planned launch of our cycle route. With a successful vaccine rollout well underway we are optimistic about the latter half of 2021 and it would be great to run an event in late summer if possible.
Many folk were able to rediscover the treasures on their doorstep during the lockdown and period of restrictions. A testament to increased engagement with the way was our enlarged social media following and contributions to the Calor Rural Community Fund.
In 2020 substantial improvements were made to the path including the moving of fences and furthering safety generally. We established a Resource Subgroup to develop the cohesion of recordings, poems and historical information pilgrims can interact with on the app. All the while we kept you up to date with news articles on the website and posts on the Facebook page. Although we weren’t able to launch the cycle route, it remains ready to go as soon as is feasible under government guidelines.
