Hope Walking

20/08/2025

Enjoying the Peak Pilgrimage with my dear sister in law until Friday. Eleven joyous miles and four churches today through the most stunning White Peak scenery...

Do join me for our Tideswell Mills and Martyrs pilgrimage on September 13th to experience places and peace like this.

Just five places left...

16/08/2025

Arvon writing retreat. Exceeded Every. Single. Expectation. Validating and affirming. My Camino book's coming!

05/08/2025

Tune in to Ian Skye's show on BBC Derby 11.15 tomorrow Wednesday to hear us talk about Hope Walking's Autumn Pilgrimages and the surprising range of benefits a holistic modern-day pilgrimage in nature brings.

Hope Walking's Pilgrimages are inclusive and open to people of any and no faith. All beliefs respected.

We would love you to join us for a 8.5 mile pilgrimage from St John, Tideswell on Saturday 13 September in Open Heritage Week
and on All Hallows Day, Saturday 1 November, a special loss pilgrimage at start of Stress Awareness Week, followed by open In Memory Service on Sunday 2 November 3pm at St John the Baptist, Tideswell led by the wonderfully inclusive Revd Fiona.

Email [email protected] to reserve one of the 12 pilgrim places.

04/08/2025

Excited to see our next pilgrimages featured in Matlock Mercury and Derbyshire Times
Just email [email protected] to reserve a place...

A Bakewell woman who turned family trauma into a therapeutic journey is inviting people to join her on a special pilgrimage walk to one of architectural wonders of the Peak District later this year.

28/07/2025

First service inside Tideswell Benefice Daughter Church St Margaret's of Antioch at Wormhill last night on St Margaret's Patron Saint's Day.
This beautiful little church has a national accolade... the LIGHTEST peal of bells in the country.

Hear the peal from the talented Tideswell bell ringers on video now AND more about Hope Walking's next one day Mills and Martyrs Pilgrimage around the stunning scenery of the whole benefice on 13 September and 2 November below...

And book your Pilgrimage place here:
https://hopewalking.co.uk/mills-martyrs

Buen Caminho, friends!

25/07/2025

Thrilled to be launching Hope Walking's FIRST Derbyshire Pilgrimage, two years in the planning.
The 8.5 mile Mills and Martyrs Pilgrimage showcases some of our most stunning White Peak scenery.

It's all thanks to Revd Fiona Kouble and her amazing Tideswell Benefice team for introducing me to this fascinating historical route around the Cathedral of the Peak. In the churchyard lie the bodies of the poor orphan apprentices worked to death in the mills which were the cradle of the Industrial Revolution, one of whose lives were said to have inspired Dicken's Oliver Twist, and the head of Elizabethan Padley Martyr, Nicholas Garlick.

I can't wait to introduce you to more of these stories, natural wonders and pilgrim practises on Saturday 13 September at the start of UK Open Heritage Week, and again on Sunday 2 November at the start of UK Stress Awareness Week, for a special loss pilgrimage, ending in a remembrance Service at Tideswell Church.

Bookings are open now and pilgrimages will run with a minimum 6 people, so do message me for confirmation details soon.

Let's journey well together into more peace and more joy in nature... Buen Caminho!
https://hopewalking.co.uk/mills-martyrs

21/06/2025

Happy weekend everyone. Welcome to my first video attempt to show Hope Cottage at its best 🏠🐿🐦🌳

It's a sunny, dreamy Saturday here at Hope Cottage. My Antipodean guests are exploring the delights of Chatsworth, then tomorrow award- winning Old Hall Museum tucked behind our stunning medieval church a five minute walk from Hope Cottage's door in beautiful Georgian Bakewell (or 'Lambton' as Jane Austen renamed the market town in Pride and Prejudice).

SUNDAY TO TUESDAY NIGHTS STILL AVAILABLE with the cottage to yourselves if you're in need of a brilliant Bakewell break!airbnb.com/h/hopecottagebakewell

20/06/2025

20/06/2025

Escape to the country... live from Hope Cottage Bakewell this weekend! My Texan GP guest has just left, jetlagged Newzealanders Natasha and hubby arrive from the Cotswolds any minute, but there is a GAP! And I have just secured my third brilliant changeover helpers to share the load.

Hope Cottage can be yours THIS SUNDAY 22,23,24 June Monday, Tuesday night while I am away reconnecting with my delightful Deal friends.

And a rare FIVE nights together in August 11 to 15th in this idyllic peaceful spot with only birdsong in your ears, yet just five minutes from Bakewell's bustling centre.

Eat at Lovage like Tom Cruise, go French at Pie Daniel, did someone say al fresco beer and pizza at Thornbridge? Or eat in my secluded sunny patio or shady garden as the sun sets.

You can book here
airbnb.com/h/hopecottagebakewell
or DM me, especially if you are facing financial hardship and need a break. I get it.

Happy longest day, everyone. Xx

29/04/2025

And relax! Peace, birdsong, tranquility, stunning walks (and the Peak Pilgrimage) from your door...
Rare weekends- and entire cosy cottage to yourself- before July available this and next weekend for whole week May 4 to 11th.

Bookings or DM me:
airbnb.com/h/cosy-character-peak-district-quarrymans-cottage-bakewell

02/04/2025

BARGAIN BREAK🤗

Escape to the country in the town recently named best British destination for a weekend break... BEAUTIFUL BAKEWELL🥧

Thursday 3rd to Tuesday 8 April, two night pre- Easter breaks (including this weekend!) available in my cottage🏡 ALL TO YOURSELF as I'm still abroad.

I have just put a special offer ✅️on Airbnb or DM me.

And if you are in hardship right now but in need of a break, message me.🥰

Charming cosy quarryman's cottage in Bakewell