Wye Pilgrimage

 I realised that I hadn't put my photos on the blog yet, of the procession of Our Lady of the Wye on Friday.

After a short Mass at St Mary's Church, the statue was carried through the town to the canoe landing stage, where it was lashed to two canoes (which were already lashed together) for the trip down to Whitney as the first stage of the pilgrimage.

Here's Father Richard, who had the original idea for the pilgrimage.

 

And there they are, about to set off down river.  The banner says "Save The Wye".

The river is very low, after a summer with very little rain.