A FOUR-day pilgrimage across Exmoor and the Quantock Hills was being made this week by the Bishop of Bath and Wells the Rt Rev Michael Beasley.

Bishop Michael was undertaking the Holy Week pilgrimage to visit churches and meet people along the route.

Starting on Tuesday (March 31) in Selworthy, Exmoor, he was making his way to the finishing point in Goathurst, on the edge of the Quantocks, where he was due to arrive on Good Friday.

During the course of journeying between churches, Bishop Michael was taking time to pray, join in services, and attend local events.

People were being invited to join him in whatever way suited them best, some walking a short section of his route, others accompanying him for a longer distance, and many joining in prayer in the churches.

The pilgrimage forms part of the diocese’s focus on prayer during 2026 and offers an opportunity for church communities to mark Holy Week together through shared prayer, worship, and conversation.

Bishop Michael said: “During this year, as a diocese together we are having an especial focus on prayer.

“Pilgrimage is one of the most ancient ways that Christians have prayed, come closer to God and learned how better to walk with the Lord throughout their lives.

“I am so excited that during Holy Week I will be making this pilgrimage, meeting members of our churches, praying with them, and experiencing God in the beauty of His creation that is all around us.”

On Tuesday, Bishop Michael was walking from Selworthy to Porlock, and then on Wedensday from Oare to Stoke Pero, followed by Treborough to Holford, via Nettlecombe, Monksilver, Sampford Brett, and Bicknoller, and Holford to Nether Stowey and Over Stowey on Thursday, with a Good Friday service on Nether Stowey Mount before travelling on to Spaxton and then Enmore to Goathurst.