guest post by David Pott; all photos courtesy of David Pott. Featured photo: St Cuthbert’s coffin with monks by St Cuthbert’s Cave from the album cover of Take Up My Bones by Arð – Artist: Gabriel Danilchik
Here in the UK I am on the hunt for coffin carriers! It’s not just to walk from a hearse to a graveyard, but to assist with a challenging 130-mile pilgrimage actually carrying a coffin through northeast England from the River Tees via Durham, Newcastle and up the coast to Lindisfarne from September 12-24th. So how has all this come about?
Early in the year I became aware that the amazing illuminated Lindisfarne Gospels are coming back to home territory and will be on display at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle from September 17th until December 3rd 2022. I noted that already a range of activities and events were being planned, but nowhere was there any talk of pilgrimage! Why would a pilgrimage be appropriate? St Cuthbert who lived c634 – 687 was perhaps the…
