glastonbury tor to stonehenge uk pilgrimage

How do you think the challenge has been managed in line with COVID-19 guidelines? Every legend is told best from the heroes’ mouths and so we’ve taken the opportunity to ask what they thought of the challenge. We’re hoping that by the time our 2021 event rolls around, we’ll be able to explore this sacred site, where legend has it, the Holy Grail still hides.ĭespite these alterations, the weekend was a glowing success, with our challengers rating it an average of 8.8/10 with a 9.5/10 likelihood of recommending Dream Challenges to the people they know.īut that’s enough from us. The restrictions in place due to the pandemic meant that we, unfortunately, had to omit our visit to the legendary Chalice Well.

Safety always comes first and we took extensive measures to implement the Rule of Six and protect our knights from COVID-19. They wound through fire-coloured autumnal forests and countryside and across the famous Imber Range military training zone in the Salisbury Plains, to a spectacular finish at the World Heritage Site of Stonehenge. Starting in the park by Glastonbury Abbey, said to be the resting place of King Arthur and Guinevere, our trekkers hiked through the rain and the wind, with the strength of knights.

Our route reflected a pilgrimage that dates back thousands of years, to when a group of Neolithic peoples carried sacred blue stones from the Preseli Mountains in Wales to the Salisbury Plains. Eleven fearless trekkers and four Level-Three Outdoor first-aid trained Dream Team members woke bright and early on a stormy Saturday and lit up their lock-down following part of the Celtic Way from Glastonbury to Stonehenge.Ĭonquering 52km in two days, they climbed the legendary Glastonbury Tor, before following part of the ancient Celtic Way.

Glastonbury tor to stonehenge uk pilgrimage