How does the leadership and guiding work?
All our large group pilgrimages have the services of a full-time English-speaking guide, accompanied by a driver, who remains with the group for the duration. In addition, an experienced member or members of the diocesan senior staff, typically a Bishop or Archdeacon, will act as the spiritual leader for the tour. He or she may be accompanied by one or more assistants who look after practical matters. A typical daily visit consists of taking the coach to the location and there receiving a short tour/talk by the guide. The spiritual leader may well then offer an act of worship, ranging from a hymn and a short prayer and a reading to a communion service, depending on the setting and facilities. There is usually then time for individual exploration, with an agreed reassembly time. Our coaches are normally 53 seaters and all have air conditioning. When we reach about the 40 mark in terms of numbers booked to travel, we begin to think in terms of adding a second coach. In this way, there al
