by Biddy Collyer on 03 May, 2018 - 0 comments

The eagerly anticipated annual gathering of Via Beata supporters with the opportunity to greet old friends and make some new ones began, as usual, with a shared lunch supplemented with tasty homemade soups.         After a briefing, supporters set out with maps, Via Beata signs and tools to waymark the section between Roudham […]

by Biddy Collyer on 09 Nov, 2017 - 1 comment

  Over the last few weeks, a small team of trainee wood-carvers have been meeting in Steve Eggleton’s barn in Banham to work on the latest art-work.   It will be sited in the south porch of All Saints church in Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire. It comprises two carved oak balconies, which will be fitted on […]

by Biddy Collyer on 19 Aug, 2017 - 0 comments

On Sunday 6th August, Steve and Gill Eggleton had the joy of joining some of the many supporters of the Red Hill community as they celebrated 25 years as a retreat centre. An added privilege was being with them as they appointed Tom Brooker as their new director.   Remarkably, the dedication of the cross […]

by Biddy Collyer on 10 Jul, 2017 - 4 comments

The massive cross, which was carved by the team at Steve Eggleton’s workshop over the past few months, has finally been finished. The relief carving on the cross is of a wild OLIVE TREE grafted in to the cultivated stock, which is Israel. It refers to the passage in Romans chapter 11, where Paul quotes […]

by Biddy Collyer on 15 Jun, 2017 - 0 comments

In a cool north easterly wind, the afternoon of Sunday 7th May was spent putting up more way markers on the third section of the route from Bedingham to Hardwick Common. Thankfully, for the most part, we were sheltered from the wind by high hedges on each side. There were ditches on either side, signifying […]

by Biddy Collyer on 16 Apr, 2017 - 0 comments

Following a Bring and Share lunch, Phil Webb’s first talk high-lighted the parallets between Moses and Jesus.   Then several groups set out with hammers, nails and waymarkers to walk the Via Beata path around Steve and Gill Eggleton’s home in Banham. It was a useful exercise as it transpired that one or two footpaths […]

by Biddy Collyer on 26 Jan, 2017 - 3 comments

Steve Eggleton and his team started work last Thursday 19th January on what will probably be the biggest Via Beata sculpture across the whole of the trail.   It is to be a massive oak cross and will be placed on high ground at the Red Hill Centre at Snitterfield near Stratford upon Avon which […]

by Biddy Collyer on 14 Apr, 2016 - 0 comments

Once the trustees of the project had completed their deliberations on the Saturday morning, we were joined by some 30 supporters for a bread and soup lunch. After this we heard the first of Phil Webb’s four talks on the theme of discipleship. We all found these talks inspiring and challenging. We are thrilled to […]

by Biddy Collyer on 29 Feb, 2016 - 0 comments

Over seventy people, including children, attended the commissioning of the new way station in St Mary’s church in Bluntisham on Sunday 28th February following a lively Cafe Church breakfast in the church hall.   Rt Revd David Thomson, Bishop suffragan of Huntingdon, blessed the new installation over the arch in the church porch. After he […]

by Biddy Collyer on 17 Feb, 2016 - 0 comments

On Saturday 13th February, I was joined by Nigel Sykes, to try out the planned route from the way station at Grace Fellowship in Little Stukeley to Little Gidding in Northamptonshire, an easy walk of around 9 miles. One of TS Elliot’s Four Quartets is named after the hamlet and there is a Christian retreat […]