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Pilgrimage Season 8 Episode 3
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00:01The spectacular landscapes of North East England.
00:05Oh, my God, look at this view!
00:08A cradle of English Christianity,
00:11from where a new faith spread throughout England and beyond.
00:16As soon as you see that cross, you know you're in good hands.
00:19It's here that seven celebrities are forging their very own pilgrimage.
00:24Wow, look at this!
00:27Among them, a pilgrim with a strong Christian faith.
00:31We do have a path that I believe God intends for us,
00:36and I think part of the journey of life is seeing if you can find it.
00:42An observant Muslim.
00:44There's a line in Frasier where he says,
00:46ethics is what we do when no one's looking.
00:48That chimes in with Islam.
00:49Everything you do should be to please Allah,
00:52and that makes you a better person.
00:54And a self-proclaimed a la carte Catholic.
00:57I take the best bits of Catholicism.
01:01I love the service and the pomp and the circumstance of it all.
01:05I believe the power of prayer.
01:08They'll trace the footprint of legendary Celtic Christian saints
01:11from the 7th century.
01:13That's the most beautiful view I've ever seen in my life.
01:16Before arriving at that final destination,
01:18the holy island of Lindisfarne.
01:20Some people think this is the holiest place in England.
01:25Over 12 days.
01:27Oh, God!
01:28There will be challenges.
01:29Oh, it is really slippery.
01:31You're like my carer.
01:33Realisations.
01:34We have very different views, don't we?
01:36And tears.
01:37For the first time, I feel like I belong somewhere.
01:41Common pilgrimage, they said.
01:43Come on, Patsy!
01:44I'm coming!
01:46But where will this journey of self-discovery take them?
01:49Great pilgrimage, everybody!
01:58Today, the pilgrims are heading to the Cheviots,
02:01a range of rolling hills that straddle the Anglo-Scottish border.
02:06Get ready for the walk.
02:08Are you ready?
02:08Yes, brother.
02:09They're about to start the hardest challenge of their pilgrimage.
02:13It is going to be long.
02:14I'm looking forward to it.
02:16Yesterday, my feet were hurting yesterday.
02:18Yes, me too.
02:19My feet and my hips.
02:21For Ashley Banjo, leader of dance troupe Diversity,
02:25sore feet have been a first.
02:27I still wouldn't have gone for the foot wash, though.
02:29You wouldn't? No.
02:30You don't like people touching your feet?
02:32No.
02:33Yeah.
02:33He gets a lot of fan requests, don't you?
02:35That's a lot.
02:35Yeah.
02:37Has anybody ever been to the Cheviots before?
02:40What?
02:40The Cheviots, the hills, that's where we're going.
02:43I know.
02:43No?
02:44No, never.
02:47The pilgrims are beginning their walk at the bottom of Wide Open Hill,
02:51heading for the highest point on St Cuthbert's Way.
02:57Beautiful Scotland.
02:59This is it.
03:00Isn't it good?
03:01Wow.
03:03God, I hope it's not too uphill.
03:05We're going to the right.
03:07To the right?
03:08Yeah, the sign's there, right?
03:09Oh, yeah, look.
03:10The cross to guide us.
03:12St Cuthbert's Way.
03:13As soon as you see that cross, you know you're in good hands.
03:17The group started their 390km pilgrimage near Whitby nine days ago,
03:23on the way of St Hild,
03:25and have travelled on foot and by bus until they reached Durham,
03:29before following St Oswald's Way east, from Heavenfield,
03:33to explore the glorious coastline.
03:36From there they've traversed north-west into the Scottish borders,
03:40to St Cuthbert's Way in the Cheviots.
03:43With 53km still to go,
03:45they'll make their way to the legendary Cuthbert's Cave,
03:48before heading to Holy Island, also known as Lindisfarne,
03:52their final destination.
03:54For more than a thousand years,
03:56the faithful have trekked across the changing tidal sands
03:59to reach this historic place of pilgrimage.
04:06St Cuthbert's Way takes the scenic route as it heads up wide open hill,
04:10to spectacular 360-degree views at the top.
04:15But first, the pilgrims have a tough climb.
04:20Steep, innit?
04:21Yeah.
04:21There's got to be a burner, innit?
04:22I prefer downhill.
04:25Hm.
04:27Do you hike?
04:29No.
04:30A walk?
04:31Yeah.
04:32What's the difference between a hike and a walk?
04:34This.
04:36I'm guessing it's that way, Tash, from the cross.
04:38Come on, then. Let's follow Cuthbert.
04:40You got this, Tatsy?
04:41Yeah.
04:42Let's go, team.
04:43Running all the way.
04:45Enjoy, bro.
04:49Oh, that's steep.
04:49Look at that.
04:50That is steep.
04:52Oh, my God.
04:55Come on, Tash.
04:57Jeez, it's hard.
04:59Actor Patsy Kensett is already feeling the burn.
05:03I'm struggling.
05:05I'm not going to lie, I'm struggling with the uphill stuff.
05:08OK, Patsy.
05:09Yeah, go ahead, guys.
05:11I guess we're going right to the top of this, aren't we?
05:13I believe so.
05:13Yeah.
05:14You can go in front.
05:15You sure?
05:16Yeah, positive. Thank you.
05:17No problem.
05:19You got this, girl.
05:24This is tough.
05:25You can do this.
05:26Yeah.
05:27You can do this.
05:28I'm not a quitter.
05:29My fitness is just shot to shit.
05:33These border hills would have been familiar to Cuthbert,
05:36the North's most beloved 7th century saint.
05:40It's thought he came from this area,
05:41and as a monk, wandered out to isolated pagan communities and preached.
05:46We've done 1.4 kilometres already.
05:49All uphill.
05:50All uphill as well.
05:52TV personality Tasha Ghuri is keeping the pilgrims on track.
05:56All right, team, ready?
05:57Ready.
05:58Let's do it.
05:58Let's do it, Tash.
05:59Push on through.
06:01You've got this.
06:02Yes.
06:02You've got this.
06:04Thank you, Hassan.
06:07Straight up.
06:08Straight to the top.
06:11Patsy.
06:12Yes.
06:13We're never going to complain about the tube after this.
06:15Never.
06:16Ever.
06:17Got some water.
06:18We reckon that's the peak, but we've been saying that for the last 20 minutes.
06:23It's not just Patsy who's finding the climb relentless.
06:27Jeez, it's still going up.
06:29And there's still another hour before they reach the summit.
06:33It literally is one step at a time.
06:35It really is.
06:36I can't look up.
06:37Yeah.
06:37If I'd done this by myself, I would have just quit by now.
06:42But spectacular views are opening up.
06:45Look how high we are.
06:46Look at this.
06:46Woo!
06:47Wow.
06:47Wow.
06:49Yes.
06:50Look at this.
06:52Wow.
06:53The gradient of St Cuthbert's Way starts to level off.
06:57Hopefully it'll calm down a bit now.
06:59It would be nice, but this is bearable.
07:02It's nice to give our legs a bit of rest.
07:05But it soon starts climbing steeply again.
07:08Oh, no.
07:10I thought that was the end.
07:12This is such a mental thing.
07:14Yeah, to get over your mind.
07:17Yeah.
07:17You have to not let your mind take over.
07:19No, that's exactly right.
07:22Oh, my God.
07:24This is a steep bit, man.
07:27The path plateaus one more time.
07:30Hasan, what do you think about Cuthbert?
07:34Um...
07:35It's racial, I guess.
07:36It's cool that he has that local connection,
07:39that people here still remember him.
07:41Yeah.
07:41So, when you have a legacy like that, you must have achieved a lot in your life
07:45and you must have, like, been a very, very good person.
07:47He was supposed to have quite healing powers, wasn't he?
07:50Yeah.
07:50Yeah.
07:51Sheminist.
07:52Sheministic.
07:53He had a big affinity with the earth and with animals and the elements.
07:57And was quite Celtic.
07:59Very Celtic.
08:00Celtic Christianity.
08:01Yeah.
08:02Yeah.
08:03The last push.
08:05And finally, the summit is within sight.
08:08And first to reach the top is radio presenter Jane Middlemiss.
08:12We are at the highest point.
08:15Woo!
08:15Of the journey.
08:16Highest point of the way.
08:17Yes!
08:18Wow.
08:19Get on, Betsy.
08:20I'm coming, I'm coming.
08:21It's the highest point.
08:23Yes!
08:23Wide open hill.
08:25Wide open hill.
08:261,207 feet.
08:28Of 368 meters.
08:30Yes, we did it, girl!
08:32You did it!
08:33You did it!
08:36I couldn't have done it without you guys.
08:38You see everything.
08:40360.
08:43I think we need a picture, guys.
08:46Yeah.
08:46Come on.
08:46Gather in.
08:48Yes!
08:50Woo!
08:53Wahey!
08:54With the summit behind them, the pilgrims follow St Cuthbert's Way on an undulating path down the hill.
09:01I just love this.
09:03Yeah, this is my favourite day.
09:04Yeah.
09:05I really feel like I'm on the road now to Lindisfond.
09:08Yes.
09:09Like I'm on a pilgrimage.
09:14So, so beautiful.
09:18Actor Hermione Norris can feel the change as the hill shields them from the wind.
09:23The stillness.
09:25You can really hear stillness.
09:27Yes.
09:28It's quite warm now.
09:29I'm just going to put my band in.
09:30It seems like a cute little spot.
09:32Doesn't it?
09:33Ooh!
09:36I'm very grateful to you all.
09:38You really helped me get up the, um, up that climb because it was hard.
09:43You should be so proud of yourself.
09:44The way you pushed yourself.
09:47You did that today.
09:48It's your survival instinct.
09:49Yeah.
09:49You just got to keep going.
09:51This morning, because I'm not the social butterfly, I was really excited to see you all.
09:56Aww.
09:57What was it that happened that made you feel like that this morning particularly, do you think?
10:03It's Stockholm Syndrome.
10:09No, for real.
10:11The stop has given stand-up comedian Hassan Al Habib the chance to pray.
10:16This is real Bilal grills.
10:20Praying in the elements.
10:24You're surrounded by such beautiful landscapes.
10:27It definitely helps feel that connection to Allah.
10:31The symbolism isn't lost on you, I think, when you're doing so.
10:35Sadiq Allah.
10:37You've got to surrender to the process.
10:40That's what you have to do.
10:42There's no point, right?
10:43Where have you been?
10:44Just been praying.
10:45Praying.
10:46Oh, God.
10:46So nice.
10:48How do you feel?
10:49It's really nice to pray outdoors.
10:52It feels like you're strengthening that connection when you pray.
10:55So it's really, really nice.
10:56Really, really nice.
10:56It's a vulnerable thing to agree to do, I think, this.
11:00Yeah, I agree.
11:00To talk about your faith, your religion and who you are and where you are.
11:03And I'm really grateful that I've been here with all of you.
11:07And that you've all been so generous with yourselves.
11:09Yeah.
11:10We're talking like it's the end.
11:12I know, I know.
11:12Like we haven't got another 25 kilometres to go.
11:15Oh, shut up!
11:16Should we get on with it?
11:17Yeah.
11:18Oh, OK.
11:25We're not going uphill.
11:27That was crazy.
11:29I can't believe, like, you just did that.
11:32I know.
11:33How were you finding it, Ashley?
11:35Hard work.
11:35Yeah?
11:36Yeah.
11:37Very steep, that bit.
11:38It was very steep.
11:45The pilgrims are spending the night in College Valley, a remote 12,000 acre estate in the Cheviot Hills within
11:52Northumberland National Park.
11:55They're staying at Mount Hooley Bunkhouse.
11:59We're going to sleep tonight.
12:01Careful with your poles.
12:03Oh, God, look.
12:05This is it, guys.
12:07Home for the night.
12:09It looks great.
12:10If the roof is new, then it's probably dry.
12:13Yeah.
12:13Yay!
12:13You have quite low expectations.
12:15Exactly.
12:16All I want is warm.
12:17Warm.
12:18Warm and dry.
12:19Dry.
12:20The toilet's external.
12:21External toilet.
12:22No!
12:24External toilet, just right up your street, Hermione.
12:27Oh, stop it.
12:27The old 3 a.m. outside.
12:31Why was this student accommodation back in the day?
12:33It is very student accommodation.
12:35If I'd actually gone to College.
12:37I hope there's a loo upstairs.
12:39Oh, my God.
12:41There's only one bedroom?
12:43Oh, my God.
12:44This is not a bit of me.
12:45Oh, sweet.
12:47Banjo, you've had a nightmare here, Banjo.
12:49Oh, no.
12:50I'm not going to fit, am I?
12:54Oh, no, it's all right.
12:56Just...
12:56No, no, I can't walk.
12:58All right, here we go.
12:58Can you go in?
13:01No, no, no.
13:01Ashley's shaking his head.
13:02Can you get through?
13:05Comedian Ashley Blaker
13:06isn't keen on sharing a crowded bunk room.
13:09Aye.
13:10There's a sofa downstairs.
13:12I'm going to have it.
13:15Just like...
13:16We can't all be in the same room, can we?
13:20No, I think that would be a little bit much.
13:24OK.
13:24OK, so this is...
13:26This is lovely.
13:27Ashley should be in here.
13:28Ashley, you should be in this one.
13:30This is better.
13:31Because then you can stand up.
13:32That makes sense.
13:32Yeah, yeah.
13:34Right, let's go outside.
13:35I think there's something else.
13:37I'm going to put the kettle on.
13:38There's another one outside if we want to have a look at it.
13:41Is there?
13:41Before we settle here.
13:42I'm going to just go back upstairs.
13:44Are you?
13:45Yeah.
13:45Are you going to be...
13:46You're going to go up there?
13:47Yeah, are you not?
13:48And apparently the other one...
13:50Yeah.
13:50Yeah.
13:51Because I was looking online.
13:52There's ones that's got en suite.
13:55Really?
13:55Yeah.
13:56Don't tease us.
13:57I just want to see the one outside.
13:59I quite fancy doing the outside.
14:01So, we need to go out and have a look.
14:02Let's go out.
14:03Let's have a look.
14:04Oh, here.
14:06Yeah.
14:07Now, we have to find it.
14:08I think that's the owner's house.
14:09Listen.
14:10It said, how many was in the top floor?
14:12Nine.
14:12Nine.
14:13And then the other one was three.
14:15Nine.
14:15This was nine.
14:16That's nine.
14:16That's 18.
14:17Yeah.
14:17Have I just gone that?
14:18Is it next to the loot?
14:19Is this it?
14:22Yeah.
14:22No, no.
14:23That's three.
14:24More than 18, that's...
14:25No, no.
14:25Nine and nine.
14:2618.
14:27Plus there was a room that said three.
14:2921.
14:30Oh, this is quite cute.
14:37This is cute.
14:38And I think there's another room for three.
14:40Because this place can take 24.
14:43Oh, OK.
14:44There's one more room.
14:44There's one more room, I reckon.
14:46So, it's got an en suite.
14:50There's a loo right there.
14:51It's a loo.
14:52And a shower.
14:53Should we do this?
14:54Yeah.
14:55I'm going to go there.
14:56Is that OK?
15:00You guys don't want this one, do you?
15:01No, this one.
15:02I mean, this is the one with the en suite, isn't it?
15:04Yeah.
15:05Would you rather have this one?
15:09Yeah.
15:10I think so do you.
15:11Go on, you take this then.
15:12Go for it.
15:13Yeah.
15:13All right.
15:14You have this.
15:15OK.
15:15All right.
15:16Yeah.
15:17This is my bed.
15:20Ooh, a pick to the post.
15:21Too slow.
15:21Too slow.
15:24Defeat.
15:25Yeah.
15:25Yeah.
15:26I just want a cuppa.
15:30Oh, my God.
15:32I don't want to get into bed.
15:33Look at that nice.
15:34Sit down and have a nice chat, Patsy.
15:38Oh, come on, you know.
15:40Snug.
15:47Okay, so the pasta's nearly ready.
15:54After their strenuous walk on the hills, the pilgrims are ready for dinner.
15:58Yes.
16:00Oh, nearly done.
16:01That's pasta.
16:02And we have chicken.
16:04Thank you, Jane.
16:05Come and sit down.
16:06With two days to go, thoughts are turning to the process of pilgrimage and changes to
16:11their own faiths and beliefs.
16:14Does anyone feel like they're in a different place?
16:16I think for me, like, it's a sense of feeling inspired more to take more of an active approach
16:24to faith, whether it's Cuthbert and what brought him peace in order to kind of help other
16:30people and finding God in that way or connecting with nature, thinking, oh, I need to re-evaluate
16:35actually how I approach my faith.
16:37Yeah.
16:38For me, I think it's highlighted, again, the difference between religion and spirituality.
16:45I was thinking last night about, you know, us following this path of Cuthbert, Oswald,
16:52Aidan, this very masculine path, and it seems to me that when spirituality moved away and
17:01became organized religion, with that came sort of the patriarchy, really.
17:09Women were marginalized and silenced.
17:13And as a woman now, I sort of feel really uncomfortable with that because I don't feel
17:19that I have a place in that.
17:22I'm with Hermione, I think certain religions, I think, have been taken over and really had
17:30the divine feminine stripped out.
17:33So there is no place for female power in a way.
17:37So, Ashley, as the sort of only really practicing Christian on this pilgrimage, how do you feel thus far?
17:46It's been a very interesting journey, actually.
17:50When I hear, like you say, the patriarchy or the way sometimes the kings and even churches
17:57have used it for power, maybe, or control, it feels corrupted to me.
18:04And it's a shame that ideas introduced by a, what I would consider to be a corrupt system,
18:14have taken you further from my idea of God.
18:18Yes.
18:19It's so good to talk like this, isn't it?
18:20It's great.
18:21Yeah.
18:21I don't realize, I would never have thought you were having this, you were thinking these
18:26things without you saying Hermione.
18:27But you know what, it was only last night I suddenly thought, what am I doing?
18:31Sort of, on the path of, because my spirituality is, my faith is really important to me.
18:38Does anybody want dessert?
18:40I'd love dessert.
18:41Yeah.
18:41Yes, please.
18:43Please.
18:43With another long day tomorrow, Patsy's retired early to the ensuite.
18:53Charming, right?
18:55After the big walk today, I feel like I've been run over by a car.
19:05Oh, there's my little brown trees fruit pastel treat for myself.
19:13I need the chair.
19:23Nicey, nicey.
19:27See, I just go for straight sleeping bag.
19:29In the boys dorm, Hasan is struggling.
19:33Give me a hand, bro, you alright?
19:35Give me a second.
19:37Wait, hold a second.
19:39I've got a PhD.
19:41Don't forget if I'm a PhD.
19:46Okay.
19:46How have you made this so difficult?
19:49Hey, where's the end of it gone?
19:54Well, I'm telling you, we'll go back to sleeping bag.
19:57Yeah.
19:59Let's have a watch.
20:00What's the roll?
20:01Oh, no!
20:04You can't laugh.
20:05You can't laugh at that.
20:11How are your bed-making skills, Ash?
20:13Alright, let me show you how it's done.
20:15Oh, right, okay, fine.
20:17That is a better way to do it.
20:19Oh, wow.
20:19There you go.
20:22He's got some sort of finesse when he does his.
20:24Right.
20:25But look, the way that he places it, he's seasoned.
20:29Done.
20:30That's good stuff.
20:31That's good stuff.
20:33The victory dance.
20:36That was spectacular.
20:46A new day.
20:47And a new sound echoes round the valley.
20:51Look, it's my shoe.
20:52Listen.
20:56I dread to think what that is, don't you?
20:59Is that your knee?
21:00No, it's my shoe.
21:01It's getting stuck to the floor.
21:03Listen.
21:04I was wondering what it was.
21:06I thought it was a fireplace.
21:08That's so funny.
21:08Oh, do you know what it is?
21:10It's one of Patsy's bloody fruit pastures.
21:14On the bottom of my shoe.
21:17I don't know about it.
21:17It's so funny.
21:18Life with Patsy Ken's it.
21:23Oh, my God.
21:24Oh, that's rank.
21:28Tasha's going to make eggs.
21:29Do you want some eggs?
21:30Yeah.
21:31Scrambled eggs.
21:32Morning, guys.
21:33Woo!
21:34Tired today.
21:35How are you?
21:35Good.
21:37Morning, team.
21:38Morning.
21:39Hi.
21:39Hello.
21:41It's the penultimate day of their pilgrimage, and the group are making their way to the final
21:46leg of St Cuthbert's Way.
21:49Drizzly.
21:50It's not cold.
21:51It's not bad.
21:52Bye, bunkhouse.
21:53Bye, bunkhouse.
21:55My legs have no energy left.
21:59Really?
22:00Did you not get the in-house masseuse?
22:03You all right, Jane?
22:04Yeah.
22:05Just tired.
22:06Yeah.
22:06I feel like we've become a coven.
22:09Coven.
22:09Yeah, we are.
22:10I thought that last night, you know, the coven of witches.
22:13I mean, like, witches as in powerful, spiritual women.
22:17Yeah.
22:17Oh, we would have been burned, baby.
22:19Oh, we would have well been burned.
22:20We would have well been burned.
22:23The pilgrims are following the way to the Kelso Hills and Cuthbert's Cave, a place long associated
22:29with a spiritual past.
22:32This is one of the places I've wanted to visit for such a long time, because in these places
22:38are the points where you can quite often feel the energy is still there.
22:42Oh, I hope the energy's still there.
22:44Because energy never dies.
22:46It might not.
22:47It might just be a cave.
22:50But the law will be revealed.
22:53Cuthbert was buried at the monastery on Lindisfarne in 687 AD.
22:59But in the late 9th century, the monks fled in the wake of Viking raids and went to the mainland.
23:05They took Cuthbert's precious body as well as the head of Oswald, the Celtic Christian king,
23:11who established the 7th century monastery on Lindisfarne.
23:16Was he in a coffin?
23:17He might have been, he would have been in a coffin, wouldn't he?
23:20They wouldn't have carried him in cloth.
23:23All of that weight and everything.
23:25Cuthbert's Cave is said to be one of the places where the escaping monks rested and hid with Cuthbert's body.
23:32Kind of crazy to imagine.
23:33Yeah.
23:33The monks, Cuthbert, Oswald's head walking this path.
23:38Cuthbert's growing reputation in death as a miracle-working saint was partly due to the belief that God hadn't let
23:45his body decompose.
23:47Hassan.
23:48Yeah.
23:48As a scientist, a hundred years to delay decomposition.
23:54What are your thoughts?
23:55Bro, I'm chalking that one to the big man, bro.
23:57Yeah.
23:58That's a miracle right there, bro.
24:02You all right there, Pilgrim?
24:04Yeah, yeah.
24:05I'm looking forward to seeing Cuthbert.
24:06I'm very excited.
24:08Well, we're not seeing Cuthbert, we're seeing his cave.
24:10His cave.
24:11His little cave.
24:11We've already seen Cuthbert.
24:13We've seen Cuthbert.
24:14Where are we now?
24:15Yeah.
24:15In Durham.
24:16So, we're now just, yeah, we're going backwards in time.
24:20Oh, thank you.
24:21Are you the gate man?
24:22Yes.
24:22Do we need to pay to come in?
24:24No, no, no.
24:25No money here.
24:25No, I give you a very good price.
24:28Has anything ever happened to you and you've thought, well, that's a miracle?
24:34No.
24:35But I do feel like I have experienced the grace of God.
24:39Yeah.
24:39Oh, no, for sure.
24:40And so have I.
24:41Many times.
24:43But that's quite different to a miracle.
24:46As the pilgrims turn a corner, they catch their first sight of the cave further up the hill.
24:52That does look like something from another world.
24:55It's huge.
24:57Sort of exactly what I expected.
24:59Yeah.
25:00Wider.
25:01Yes.
25:02And also lower.
25:02I think it's extraordinary, isn't it?
25:04I mean, immediately you sort of think this is just a harbour and a sanctuary away from the wind and
25:11the elements.
25:11Because it must have been pretty intense out here.
25:15It isn't what I was expecting.
25:16It's much bigger.
25:18You could imagine a sort of a community of people in there, couldn't you?
25:23The graffiti on the walls.
25:24All the...
25:26All the names.
25:27That's a shame.
25:30But how do they do this?
25:31Yeah, I don't know.
25:33I think it's a shame, no?
25:35I kind of agree with you, to be honest.
25:37People just write in sort of like, Hassan Wazir.
25:40Yeah.
25:41It's like, to me, it symbolises making something about myself.
25:44As opposed to...
25:45As opposed to like Cuthbert.
25:46Yeah.
25:47Yeah.
25:48Eric.
25:501861, that one.
25:51Oh, yeah.
25:52I actually don't mind that it just shows you, like, all the people who have come here.
25:56All the people who have been here.
25:56Yeah, it doesn't...
25:57Doesn't upset you.
25:58No, not at all.
25:59It's just something that's been important to people and they've come here.
26:02Yeah.
26:02They've wanted to leave a mark in some way.
26:05I think you're adding something to it, right?
26:07You think?
26:07Well, that's how I feel.
26:09Yeah.
26:11Legend says Cuthbert slept here as a young shepherd
26:14and took shelter here later in life when he travelled the hills preaching as a monk.
26:21It's quite open to the elements, no?
26:23Yeah.
26:23This is not an easy existence.
26:25I imagine the courage you must have had to come to this spot
26:28before you head out to some of the more, well, perceived as savage pagans, bro.
26:34Hmm.
26:35And thinking, no, that's exactly where I'm going to go.
26:38How do you live in here?
26:40I'm just trying to work out, like,
26:42because it feels so much more open than I thought it might.
26:45I'm so grateful for those bunk beds right now, bro.
26:47Exactly.
26:48Imagine.
26:49Imagine coming here.
26:50You'd give anything for a bunk bed, wouldn't you?
26:51Yeah.
26:56I felt a need to just separate and be very quiet and just...
27:07It felt really, really, really peaceful.
27:12This pilgrimage, for me, was always about coming home
27:17and always about my ancestors, I suppose,
27:22and meeting them through this process
27:25rather than sort of trying to take on anyone else's religion
27:31or, you know, beliefs.
27:33It was the Cuthbert stuff that really moved me
27:36and that was very surprising for me.
27:39It's always about visiting the hotspots
27:42and feeling, not thinking, feeling,
27:46and asking, who am I?
27:50It's amazing to be in his footsteps
27:53and see where you came.
27:56To walk this path.
27:56I've learnt so much on this journey.
28:04The sun is coming through. It's lovely.
28:06I know, it's lovely, isn't it?
28:10Do you know, I really wish I would get some spiritual vibes from here,
28:14but I don't, actually.
28:15I really would love to.
28:18I do believe that he obviously had immense charisma
28:23and that maybe he had the gift of healing.
28:27Yeah.
28:28Really, the gift of healing?
28:29Yeah, he did, apparently.
28:30He was a healer.
28:31No, but do you believe that?
28:32Yeah, I kind of...
28:32Because that would be miraculous.
28:33Obviously, he was an extraordinary individual
28:37because nothing comes from nothing.
28:39No, absolutely.
28:40You know, no question, obviously, that he existed
28:43and was a big, important figure in early Christianity
28:46in what is now England.
28:58The path from the cave leads to the top of Green Sheen Hill,
29:03a sandstone crag.
29:06Apparently, you can see Lyndon's barn from the top.
29:09Yeah.
29:09And the sea.
29:10My God!
29:11My God!
29:12OK.
29:13Yeah.
29:15Surprise, extra surprise hike I wasn't expecting.
29:17Oh, this is really steep, man.
29:19Yeah.
29:22Faster's better.
29:23Yeah.
29:28Very pretty, isn't it, Northumberland?
29:30Yes.
29:31I can't wait for this view.
29:34The pilgrims are heading for the cairn,
29:36which marks the top of the hill.
29:39That's Lindisfarne.
29:41So, they call it Hawley Island, if you live around here.
29:44It's called Hawley Island.
29:47Hawley Island is steeped in history,
29:49with evidence of human habitation going back 7,000 years.
29:54It was known as Lindisfarne when Aidan,
29:57a Celtic Christian monk from Iona,
30:00set up a 7th century monastery
30:01for the newly crowned King Oswald.
30:04And it's where Cuthbert was later based as prior, bishop and hermit.
30:10Today, there's nothing left to see of their monastery.
30:13But this holiest of islands,
30:15where some still celebrate Celtic spirituality,
30:18is a beacon for pilgrims.
30:24Whoo!
30:26That's the destination.
30:28Quite extraordinary.
30:29Mm, it is.
30:30It's like weather.
30:33The earth meets the snow end, is there, between earth and sky?
30:36Mm.
30:41It's going to get a better view of it.
30:42Yeah.
30:44It looks so close, but it's going to be so far.
30:47So far.
30:48Exactly.
30:49Well, that's where we're crossing tomorrow, guys.
30:52Yes.
30:52At the moment, the tide is in, between the mainland and the island,
30:57covering the causeway as well as the ancient pilgrims' way,
31:00which stretches across the sands.
31:03That's going to be our final destination,
31:05where we're going to, our final day.
31:08That is where we're finishing our journey.
31:10Exactly.
31:11Yeah.
31:11The end is in sight, guys.
31:13And can I just say, it's a beautiful end.
31:16Isn't it?
31:16It is.
31:17Look at that.
31:18Holy Island, here we come.
31:19Let's do it.
31:20Holy Island.
31:22It's nice to see the end, isn't it?
31:25Yeah.
31:26Do you know what they should do on Holy Island?
31:28Mm-hmm.
31:29Open a golf course.
31:32That is so sacrilegious.
31:34Sorry, Jane.
31:35Sorry, Jane.
31:35That is so sacrilegious.
31:37I wonder if they want to get a holy in one.
31:40Hey, come on, man.
31:41That's very good.
31:42I know, right.
31:42Actually.
31:43It's a long day.
31:44That's a good one.
31:46I think that's good.
31:47Thanks.
31:47That didn't get a laugh in the search.
31:49I heard that.
31:49Do you know what, Blake?
31:50Thank you very much.
31:52It's this way, guys, I think.
31:56That was a long day.
31:59Tonight, the pilgrims are staying on the mainland.
32:02Tomorrow, an early start and a five-kilometre walk across the sands,
32:07in the footsteps of saints and thousands of pilgrims,
32:10will bring them to their final destination.
32:206am.
32:21The tide's out, and the sands of the ancient Pilgrim's Way
32:25leading to Holy Island are exposed.
32:28I really, really don't want to go in cold water.
32:33I'm not built for it.
32:33I'm half African, man.
32:35I'm not built for this stuff.
32:386am.
32:39I'm looking forward to seeing Patsy.
32:41That's going to go down well.
32:47I'm not looking forward to fish feet on the sand.
32:50Please, St Cuthbert, if the sun's out, that would be just a blessing.
32:58To reach the start of Pilgrim's Way, the group walk along the causeway,
33:03the road to the island which is submerged by the North Sea twice a day
33:07for five to six hours each tide.
33:10Absolutely stunning.
33:12That is...
33:12Deceptively near.
33:15It looks holy with the sunshine coming through.
33:18It does.
33:18It does look holy with the sunshine coming through.
33:20It looks heavenly, doesn't it?
33:21Yeah.
33:23It's the final leg, right, so I don't want to complain.
33:25Yeah.
33:26But this is, without a doubt, the coldest challenge.
33:30Yeah.
33:31It's going to be...
33:31Actually, I think it's going to be much tougher than I thought.
33:34Yeah.
33:35I'm wearing socks of hand warmers.
33:37Socks of hand warmers.
33:38Yeah.
33:39Shall I book an Uber?
33:40It's not too late.
33:42Oh, my God, my arse is freezing.
33:46I love the fact that it gets completely cut off.
33:50Yeah.
33:51They call it, on the island apparently, they call it the tide is shut.
33:55The tide is shut.
33:57The Pilgrim tradition is to walk the five kilometres across the sands
34:01with bare feet.
34:03All right, Ashley, you're not taking your shoes.
34:05Are you taking your feet off?
34:06Shut up.
34:06Oh, you're doing it.
34:07Shut up.
34:09Hard man.
34:10Are you really doing that?
34:12Well, because otherwise we're going to have wet socks.
34:15You know what?
34:15Oh, my God, he's doing it.
34:16Ashley, I have got so much respect for that.
34:19All right.
34:20I'm clear.
34:21I'm down.
34:22I'm in.
34:24Thanks, Hermione.
34:27All right.
34:28Oh, my God.
34:29It's not as bad as I thought it'd be.
34:33Pilgrims can find themselves in deep mud and quicksand
34:35if they don't follow the poles marking the path to the island.
34:39And that's the Pilgrim's Way?
34:41Oh, wow.
34:41Yes, that is the Pilgrim's Way.
34:43It is actually quite...
34:44Yeah, it's deep.
34:44It is quite deep.
34:45Hermione, have you got cold feet?
34:47No!
34:50Boom, boom!
34:53The entire island and its natural surroundings is a bird sanctuary.
34:58And we have to walk in a straight line so that we keep out of the way of any bird
35:03life.
35:04I don't see why this is going to be hard. It's just walking across some sand.
35:07How are your feet, Blaker?
35:10Cold.
35:10Cold?
35:11Yeah, I'm not surprised, my friend.
35:13Do it or don't bother doing it?
35:14Yeah, it's true.
35:15That's my attitude, you know.
35:17All or nothing.
35:18I said all or nothing.
35:19Well, I'm very happy with nothing right now.
35:28I would like to see more birds.
35:30Oh look, that's a bird hide.
35:32No, that is where they get...
35:34Oh, that is where people get stuck.
35:36And they have to climb up and win.
35:38Can you imagine?
35:39That would be terrifying.
35:43Nothing's more powerful than the sea.
35:45Are you still cold, Tash?
35:47Yeah, that's just my face.
35:48I bet you.
35:48Cold hands, cold feet.
35:50So I'm just trying to keep the pace up, trying to keep moving.
35:54Feet are cold. They are cold, I'm not going to lie.
35:57I'm not hating it. It's very slippery.
36:01Oh, you all right, Ash? Yeah, yeah, it's really slippery.
36:04Yeah? Yeah, yeah.
36:06Are you finding it slippery or do the boots give you a bit more purchase?
36:08You get a bit more purchase.
36:14This is nice, isn't it, when the sun breaks through on the...
36:17Yeah, it's amazing. And it sort of reflects off everything.
36:20Whether it is holy or not, you really get a sense of why people thought it was.
36:26Yeah.
36:27See, this is heaven.
36:29Stunning, isn't it?
36:31Magic. Wow.
36:33I know I keep saying it and it's probably getting boring, but look at that.
36:37I know, it's insane.
36:38That is genuinely blowing my mind. Yeah.
36:40Yeah, it's very beautiful.
36:42Is that the pathway to heaven, isn't it?
36:48I think here I've been much more open with my faith.
36:54It's given me the ability to really look inwards.
36:58There's something about returning back to the simplicity of nature, walking,
37:06that has really connected me to my faith.
37:12I feel...
37:14I feel more at home, internally.
37:16And I'm really looking forward to being able to take that back.
37:21And if that's not what a pilgrimage is for, then I don't know what it is.
37:28Look at these grasses, they're completely...
37:30Because that is completely covered by the tori.
37:33Yes, not at all.
37:33That must be their birds feeding ground.
37:37Salt-loving, marsh-like grasses can grow through the sticky tidal mud.
37:42And avoiding them can be an extra hazard for pilgrims.
37:47Careful, guys.
37:48Right, really careful, everyone.
37:50It's slippery.
37:51What?
37:52Let's take a moment.
37:53We'll sink.
37:54Keep your balance over yourself.
37:56Just kind of, like, lower your gravity down a bit.
37:59This is hard.
38:01It's Blaker.
38:01He's, like...
38:02He's got no grip.
38:03I'm gonna fall.
38:05I don't want to walk across here.
38:07I don't know what...
38:10Right, get Ash.
38:12Ash is struggling.
38:14You cool, Blaker?
38:15Yeah.
38:16Need a handle?
38:17You all right?
38:17Got you.
38:24Guys, be careful there.
38:26Here?
38:26It sinks.
38:27Yeah, yeah, yeah.
38:29Tash, I prefer if you go first.
38:31Thanks.
38:34Oh, it's bright now.
38:36The pilgrims have been walking for an hour.
38:41Is it just me?
38:42Like, I've never seen anything that beautiful.
38:44No, no, it's stunning, isn't it?
38:46I'm not even being dramatic.
38:47That's, like, the most beautiful view I've ever seen in my life.
38:52Sounds like anywhere else, doesn't it?
38:56It's blinding light.
38:58I know, I cannot look up.
39:00I think I've learned on this trip that maybe my connection with faith has kind of taken a slightly a
39:08backseat.
39:08Maybe my career has taken up some of the time where I'd normally be a bit more connected with my
39:14God.
39:14So, yeah, I definitely think pilgrimage has strengthened my faith.
39:18You're just surrounded by beauty, natural beauty, that it's whatever you believe, it's not been created by man.
39:26Seeing hills that have existed for centuries and centuries and will do for long after I'm gone, and I think
39:32it's really humbling.
39:36But walking for walking's sake, no, I'll cycle.
39:43Another hour, and the shores of Holy Island are in sight.
39:47Oh, it looks really close now.
39:49It does, doesn't it?
39:50I can't believe it.
39:51I know, right?
39:53It's cold.
39:54It's quite bracing.
39:56I loved that.
39:57I absolutely loved that.
39:59It's when you approach it and you can literally have life coming out of the ground.
40:03It's just an incredibly alive place.
40:07Victory.
40:08Blake did such a good job.
40:10I think he most embodied the spirit and the legend of Cuthbert.
40:15I can just about wiggle my toes a little bit, a bit sandy, a bit dirty, but I did it.
40:24Good morning, welcome.
40:27Sarah Hills is the vicar of St Mary's, the island's parish church, and she often greets weary groups of pilgrims
40:34as they arrive.
40:34Bring it in.
40:36Welcome.
40:37It's great to have you here on Holy Island.
40:40You walked all that way in the footsteps of the ancient saints, Aidan and Cuthbert and all the thousands of
40:48pilgrims who've walked these poles.
40:50So can I just give you a quick blessing?
40:53Yes, please.
40:55Life is short, and we do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who journey with us.
41:01And so make haste to love, and be swift to be kind.
41:07And may the God who travels with us, the God of pilgrimage, the God of hope, keep you safe this
41:14day and forevermore.
41:17Amen.
41:19It's pretty cold, isn't it?
41:21Yes, it is.
41:22It's chilly.
41:22Yes.
41:23Come on then, let's go.
41:26Finally, the pilgrims are on Lindisfarne.
41:29Wow.
41:30An island that attracts about 800,000 visitors and pilgrims every year.
41:36Tell you what, Banj, Lindisfarne is Lindisfarne.
41:39Beautiful place.
41:41They come to visit a former fortress, as well as historic churches and the ruins of a 12th century priory.
41:50The priory is said to have been built on top of the foundations of Aden's 7th century monastery that became
41:57a powerhouse for the spread of Christianity in England.
42:02It was at the monastery in around 700 AD that the Lindisfarne Gospels were created.
42:09Said to be made in honour of St Cuthbert, they're the most elaborate books made anywhere in the world in
42:15that era.
42:17I don't know why, I've just imagined it as an island. I've forgotten that there's going to be a beautiful
42:21village here.
42:22But in a field next to the priory, part of the island's history is about to be rewritten.
42:28A ten-year archaeological dig has been taking place every summer.
42:33The pilgrims have a unique opportunity to sit down with the dig's directors, David Petz and Maya Pina Dacia,
42:41to hear what their discoveries may mean for the history of Lindisfarne in the times of early Christianity.
42:48This literally came out on the ground a day or two ago.
42:52Top of the list is the 7th century monastery Cuthbert and Aden may have known.
42:58And have you found it?
42:59Yes. I think we're quite happy that we've got the monastery.
43:03It's very, very big. It underlies the whole village.
43:06So beneath us is where the monastery was.
43:09Yeah, under here.
43:10And all this has been built on top of it.
43:13Yeah, yeah, yeah.
43:14And not just the monastery itself, but a large part of the cemetery that was associated with it.
43:20So the people who were living around the monastery at the time, before, during and after the Viking raids as
43:26well.
43:26Wow, that's incredible.
43:27So could this dig sort of rewrite the history books of what we know?
43:31The traditional idea is that the monks all leave because of the Vikings.
43:35And what we're actually showing is that a lot of people stay.
43:38Yeah, changing it from a story of destruction and abandonment to one of survival and continuity.
43:44But one of the really amazing things about this dig is that we have found some people's names.
43:49OK. These are...
43:50These are small grave markers.
43:52We've found 13 of these in the cemetery behind us.
43:55We're finding new names.
43:57We've got a frith which has never been recorded.
44:00Ever.
44:00There's not just men.
44:02There's also women and children.
44:03It's quite a special feeling to be the first person that reads that name out in, you know, one and
44:08a half thousand years.
44:10Wow.
44:10When we find people and we find these stories and we uncover them, it's extremely moving.
44:15It's extremely humbling.
44:17There are the standard narratives that we hear over and over again about the Vikings and so on.
44:21And these are bits of the story that weren't written down.
44:24And I think that's one of the things that has brought us back again and again, isn't it?
44:27Yeah, absolutely.
44:29Yes.
44:29How many more anticipated seasons?
44:32Is it the last one?
44:33Is it your last one?
44:35Why is it your last one?
44:37Because we have to write it all up.
44:39We can't just carry out.
44:40We have to write those history books.
44:41We have to write those history books basically, yeah.
44:43True.
44:44While the tide's still out, Hermione, Tash and Ashley head straight for a small island, a stone's throwaway, where it's
44:53said Cuthbert would often seek solitude.
44:55Should we do it? Should we try and get over?
44:57Yes, definitely.
44:58No.
44:59The other pilgrims decide to explore the 12th century priory.
45:05Finally.
45:06Finally here.
45:07At the priory.
45:09Some people think this is the holiest place in England.
45:12Really?
45:12Yes.
45:13Why?
45:16Amazing to be here, isn't it?
45:17Yeah.
45:18Blake, let me ask you something.
45:19The two of us, neither of us are Christian, and yet we're here on this Christian pilgrimage. How do you
45:26feel about that?
45:26I've enjoyed it, but you know, for me, I wouldn't say this to the others, but I'm hating my bets.
45:32Yeah.
45:33I've done a Christian pilgrimage, and if the Jews are wrong, they'll stand me in good stead.
45:38That's an interesting strategy.
45:41It's definitely affirmed my identity doing this pilgrimage as a very proud Jew.
45:49I've learnt a little bit more about myself and how I relate with other people as a neurodivergent person.
45:57It has been a challenge.
45:58There were a few moments where I did think, can I carry on with this?
46:03But I'm definitely glad I didn't quit.
46:06I think sometimes one has challenges, and you just have to keep going, and that is life.
46:15This is it.
46:16This is where he was buried.
46:18Well, this is, yeah, this is the cup at Staun.
46:21Yes.
46:21So that's his cross there.
46:22This is where they think he was originally buried in the original monastery.
46:28This is the man that we've been following.
46:31I'm fascinated about all the gold.
46:32Yes.
46:33Here.
46:34He certainly was the guy, wasn't he?
46:36He was. I mean, he was the guy.
46:38It's very powerful.
46:40I don't want to seem like a cliché, but pilgrimage really brought me out of my shell.
46:46And I'm very grateful.
46:49Even on the hardest days, I've enjoyed it.
46:52I've enjoyed it.
46:54I don't love a bunk bed, I have to say, but it's been good for me to do this.
47:02Well, my mind feels really, really clear, and I've definitely found a place of peace.
47:12It's really humbling to sort of like walk in the footsteps of someone that is still inspiring pilgrims to this
47:21day to come here.
47:24Legend says Cuthbert's island is where he would stand up to his neck in the sea and pray all night.
47:31It's like, you know when you think you arrive at Holy Island, which feels separate and isolated.
47:37Yeah.
47:38And now we've just found the next level of separation and isolation.
47:43Cuthbert spent most of the last nine years of his life as a hermit on Innerfarn, an island southeast of
47:50Lindisfarne.
47:51There were two dwellings, one a hut for his frequent visitors, and the other a circular cell with walls so
47:59high he could see nothing but sky.
48:02It was on this island in 687 AD that Cuthbert died.
48:08I think living somewhere like this, where you've got the power of the light and the sea and the tides
48:15and the elements,
48:18being at one with nature like that would change you.
48:21And it does have a power and an energy that, you know, that religion came to.
48:32Being on a pilgrimage, it sort of squeezes you.
48:36It's a bit of an endurance test physically, mentally, spiritually.
48:40And it has reaffirmed that I don't subscribe to any religious organisation or order or doctrine.
48:47And I am very happy with my relationship, with my spiritual life.
48:55I'm very happy with that.
48:58I probably am a pagan.
49:00I love Jesus.
49:01You know, I love Allah.
49:03I love Jane's people.
49:05I love them all.
49:06Bring it on, you know.
49:08I do, really.
49:10Whatever, whatever gets you there.
49:16I mean, look at that.
49:18Yeah.
49:19Point of arrival.
49:29Well.
49:35The thing that strikes me most is that thing that Cuthbert lived with, that duality of needing this kind of
49:45solitude, but also his need to connect.
49:49Mm.
49:51Mm.
49:51And that conflict within him.
49:54Mm.
49:55But as the human experience, you know, we all sort of...
49:58Yeah.
50:00..struggle with, really.
50:02Doing this, for me, I came in as, I would say, an atheist.
50:06And I think I'm even more agnostic.
50:09And that's because of lessons I've learnt and I get emotional.
50:12Because when I tell you something about you, what I found interesting is you're the only person here who doesn't
50:18have a spiritual practice.
50:20And yet you are the person who I would say has the purest heart.
50:25Agreed.
50:25And the essence of Holy Island.
50:29My journey on pilgrimage has been so special.
50:34I've been so closed up for the past few years, and I feel like this wall's just kind of gone...
50:41Like this release of negativity.
50:46All the pilgrims are such special people.
50:49I felt like I was being seen.
50:51I feel like they've just welcomed me with love.
50:58And along the way, they've given me strength.
51:00They've given me lessons.
51:01They've educated me in the most positive way.
51:04And I think I've learned that not everybody is going to love you and like you.
51:08And that's okay.
51:09The only people that matter is people that do know you and love you and cherish you.
51:14And doing this has made me realise that massively.
51:22You wouldn't lift me up.
51:24I don't think my knees would get me up anymore.
51:27Oh, they did.
51:29A miracle occurred.
51:33I don't want to say goodbye to the seals, do you?
51:35I know, I know, I love it.
51:36But we should probably get back before we get cut off by the tide.
51:39Yeah, exactly.
51:40They're forced by the tide.
51:42The pilgrims reunite.
51:43Being somewhere like this, you know you've heard that term, thin place.
51:46The sort of earthly dimension and the heavenly dimension in certain places are closer.
51:51I really do think there's a special energy about this place.
51:54Yeah.
51:55It felt thin.
51:56Is this the thinnest place you've been to in your life, do you think?
51:58I think so.
51:59Yeah.
52:00They have one last visit, to St Cuthbert Centre, a united Reformed church, which celebrates Cuthbert and his life.
52:08You can.
52:09Hi.
52:10Ah, hello.
52:11Hello.
52:12Welcome, welcome.
52:13Why don't you come in, if you'd like to take a seat.
52:16The minister, Kay Blackwell, has adopted the rhythm of Celtic daily prayer and regularly meets with pilgrims who finish their
52:23journey.
52:24So, since the beginning of your journey, I wonder what has brought you joy.
52:29I wonder what that's going to feel like as you go back to your lives now.
52:34What are you going to hold in your heart?
52:37She's asked the pilgrims to bring objects or any reflections that they may have about their journey.
52:43And if you would like to share.
52:47So, we were on a beach and we were looking for these rocks with fossils in.
52:54Oh, yeah.
52:54And Tasha gave me one that she'd found.
52:56So, I like this because it's a reminder of, like, the friendships I've built in the group.
53:01Thank you for sharing.
53:02Pleasure.
53:03When I was walking up to St Cuthbert's cave, I found this feather.
53:08It felt like that place was really special to me because I felt like the cave was where I let
53:16go of a lot of my things I was carrying.
53:19So, this is from the beach where everyone saw dolphins for the first time.
53:24Oh, wow.
53:24Um, it represented, like, the friendships and the relationships I have with every single one of you.
53:32I have, um, you know, we were looking for ammonites and we found, I found this fossil. I feel like
53:38it found me.
53:39Oh, yeah.
53:39And, um, I suppose that's what I'm looking for in my life. The direction to go in.
53:46It finding me rather than me imposing myself on it.
53:50What I have is something that I brought with me. My belief hasn't changed, but the weight that this carries
53:57is now different after this trip.
53:59It feels heavier in the best way.
54:04There's a lot of noise in my head when I started this, and that's honestly gone.
54:11I just pray that, you know, this is a great reset.
54:19Thank you for sharing.
54:22I've often felt a little bit outside the group at times. I'm the only Jew among the group.
54:30I've felt a strong connection with everyone in one way or another.
54:34So, in my mind, all of it is significant.
54:38Yeah.
54:39Beautiful.
54:39Well, thank you for sharing that.
54:42So, don't let the world rush in too quickly.
54:44Mm-hmm.
54:45Every day, I pray a blessing on all the people that come here and all the people that go.
54:50And I always pray that when they go, they go with peace in their hearts and a little piece of
54:56the island journeying with them.
54:58Mm-hmm.
55:02I'm so sorry.
55:04I don't know what's wrong with me today.
55:06I think it's just, it's the end of our journey.
55:10And I think...
55:11Sorry.
55:16I think what you said about, don't let the world rush in, that really resonated with me.
55:20So, it was nice just to hear that.
55:24Right.
55:26And that's something I've massively learned on my journey, doing this.
55:30It's finding peace and my mind was such a mess before coming to do this.
55:37But I'm now leaving this clearer mind.
55:39There's more peace in my heart.
55:42Beautiful.
55:43So, yeah.
55:44I mean, I'm just emotional about that, basically.
55:47Mm-hmm.
55:49Oh.
55:50Well, it's been an important journey, hasn't it?
55:52I think all the important journeys can leave you feeling quite emotional.
55:56A bit like you've held on to those objects, hold on to that peace that you found on the journey.
56:10With the tide now in, to celebrate the finish of their pilgrimage, the group heads to the beach to meet
56:18with the Cuthbert Cuties in the shadow of Cuthbert's Island.
56:24The sun's gone in.
56:25The sun's gone in.
56:26The sun's gone in.
56:27The wind is biting.
56:27Hi, Sarah.
56:28I'm so pleased you're coming swimming.
56:31Yeah.
56:31With the Cuthbert's Cuties.
56:34Are we just going for this?
56:35Yeah.
56:36Yeah, we're doing it.
56:37Are we actually doing it?
56:37This is for real.
56:38We're going in there, yeah?
56:39Yes.
56:40It's a best-made Arab pilgrimage journey.
56:43Come on.
56:44Do you know how cold that's going to be?
56:46Don't think about it.
56:47Don't think about it?
56:49Yes, don't think about it.
56:52I've finished pilgrimage.
56:54I feel great.
56:55So I'm looking forward to Cuthbert, baptism, self-baptism.
57:00Oof.
57:01You've got a whole swimsuit.
57:02Here he is, Tom Cruise.
57:04Dution impossible.
57:07It's all or nothing with me.
57:08Yeah, if you're going to do pilgrimage, you've got to go in.
57:11You've just got to, yeah, embrace it fully.
57:13It's already cold.
57:14Of course.
57:15It's already cold.
57:16I'm not built with this.
57:19One of you's a liar.
57:20It's not cold at all.
57:21Trust us, we're ministers.
57:23Oh, you're both...
57:24OK, fair enough.
57:28Cuthbert cuties lead the way.
57:31Cuthbert cuties.
57:34Cuthbert cuties.
57:43Oh, jeez.
57:45Oh my gosh.
57:47I am freezing.
57:50Do it, Ash.
57:51Ash.
57:52Brother, it's horrendous.
57:54Do it!
57:55Come on!
57:56Do it!
57:57Come on!
58:00Yes!
58:01Yes!
58:07Oh my gosh!
58:10Guys, group dip to channel Cuthbert.
58:13Channel Cuthbert.
58:14Ready?
58:15We're going to go 3, 2, 1 dip.
58:17Are you doing it?
58:17Are you ready?
58:18Are you ready, city girls?
58:19Ready?
58:19Ready?
58:20Go!
58:22Go!
58:24Go!
58:25Go!
58:27Go!
58:27Go!
58:27Go!
58:28Go!
58:28Go!
58:29Go!
58:30Go!
58:40Step into the story of pilgrimage.
58:43From ancient paths to virtual experiences.
58:46With the Open University's interactive journey through time.
58:49Scan the QR code or visit connect.open.ac.uk slash pilgrimage.
58:59The way we got together will honor you.
59:10As this was for granted, our wedding來 will tell you where you can save yourself.
59:11The way you have told me, sing with you.
59:12Of the way?
59:18Absolutely!
59:19I am just sitting outside or having a dream, this is where they arehop...
59:20As this was a та err!
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