by Biddy Collyer on 16 Apr, 2022 - 2 comments

The straight line from Lowestoft and St David’s Head is easy to draw on a map, not so easy to find footpaths to match. This was why the original route through Herefordshire followed the Wye Valley Way for much of it. However, there was a dearth of way stations. None in fact. That is why […]

by goodtoknow@gmail.com on 10 Mar, 2022 - 0 comments

Steve and Gill have travelled down to St. David’s and back. Here is the account of their adventure.   We left here at 5.30 on Saturday morning, which meant that we were able to have breakfast at 8 am at the Corley services on the M6. From there, we drove on to meet with Ray […]

by Biddy Collyer on 07 Aug, 2021 - 0 comments

Lorie and I had set four days aside with the expectation of waymarking from St Ives through to Watford in Northamptonshire. As usual, my expectation of what we could achieve was outweighed by the reality. We reached Raunds! Way short of Watford. The incessant rain didn’t help either, turning the footpaths across the fields into muddy […]

by Biddy Collyer on 01 Jul, 2021 - 0 comments

Via Beata – Report on a coast to coast cycle ride by Paul Appleby (Editor’s note: John and Paul raised £6,700 to date for the national charity Emmaus which has 29 centres across the UK, including one in Ditchingham, Suffolk) Summary “The two of us – John Pinnington and I – cycled around 470 miles, […]

by Biddy Collyer on 23 Mar, 2021 - 1 comment

The way-station at Great Moulton in Norfolk was one of the earliest to be put in place. It stood in the grounds of the South Norfolk Guest House, which was then owned by Simon and Heather Moss. When the guest-house changed hands, a few years ago, the new owners asked us to relocate the way-station. […]

by Biddy Collyer on 10 Dec, 2020 - 0 comments

Dr Kevin Burgess is continuing his trial runs along the Via Beata route. This time he covered the distance between Great Moulton and Quidenham.  He stopped at the Prodigal Son way station at Banham where Steve and Gill Eggleton live. Somewhere along the way he encountered some rather noisy chickens. Kevin is planning to run […]

by Biddy Collyer on 12 Nov, 2020 - 2 comments

Thank goodness that last year we finished the draft route for the Via Beata through to St David’s Head. The plan had been that this year we would go back over the parts of the route from Brandon to Wellingborough that had not yet been waymarked.   Covid-19 put paid to our plans until September […]

by goodtoknow@gmail.com on 21 Jul, 2020 - 0 comments

Although much of the world has been held back by the Covid restrictions during these past few months, The Via Beata project has continued to forge ahead.       Firstly, the large stainless steel sculpture for the South Pier at Lowestoft is complete. Paul Pibworth, the sculptor has been able to get on with this. He […]

by goodtoknow@gmail.com on 12 Dec, 2019 - 1 comment

It took nearly a year of work and then another year to season the wood, but the artwork for Stretham church is complete.  It is a bit unusual for the carving team because it is a ‘true sculpture’ rather than relief work that is normally put onto benches or panels.   This work is also special […]