River Pilgrimage
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River Pilgrimage

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 27, 202624 min

Pilgrimages are usually associated with the Middle Ages, when they were at their peak. Banned by Henry VIII in the 16th century, they are now regaining popularity. In this programme, Martha Kearney joins a group of people on a river pilgrimage in Kent. They're spending ten days walking the entire route of the River Medway, from its source in the High Weald in Sussex to the point where it empties into the Thames estuary - seventy miles in all. The aim is partly to highlight the current plight of the river, and to spend time monitoring pollution levels, clearing...

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. I'm sorry, but I'm not going to be able to do this. Yes, I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it.

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I'm going to do it. Do you want to do it? Oh yes. Oh yes.

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And I'm going to do it. Oh, yes. So welcome everyone today. And today we are walking from Yawthing to Maidstone.

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