The black, white and grey of City Winter

Feb 15, 2017 | Blog, discussion

The black, white and grey of City Winter: Sometimes our retreats end up with experiments in paint. This time one trial with black and white ‘splodge’ artwork ended up looking very like birch trees in winter! The colours echoed what I’d seen myself...

Pilgrimage Round Leeds… Fifth Wedge

Jan 31, 2017 | Blog, discussion

Bright Lights and Waders: What keeps us walking the Leeds Pilgrimage? “The shared experience of friendship, intention focused on pilgrimage” “You never know what’s going to happen next!” “You feel more of our history in the countryside. In the city it is often covered...
Pilgrimage Round Leeds December

Pilgrimage Round Leeds December

Jan 10, 2017 | Blog

The fourth wedge of LCI’s Pilgrimage round the Leeds Country Way walked from Barwick to Swillington, around the west side of the city boundary. We have walked almost half way round the city in four months! I am beginning to get a greater feel of pilgrimage, as it...
Pilgrimage Round Leeds in November

Pilgrimage Round Leeds in November

Dec 1, 2016 | Blog

“Third Wedge”, or “Northern Quadrant”? After a week of the first named storm of winter, Storm Angus, I wondered how much we’d have to weather walking the third wedge of Leeds Pilgrimage. But against all forecasts, we walked under clear blue skies, straight into...
Pilgrimage Round Leeds… Second Wedge

Pilgrimage Round Leeds… Second Wedge

Nov 1, 2016 | Blog, discussion

Muck and Migration in the city: second stage of Leeds Country Way Pilgrimage Autumn was late this year.  Only in the last week or so of September did the prevailing winds shift from southerly to northerly, enabling the start of autumn migration, as birds from...