The time is 9.30am, the day is Maundy Thursday and there’s a definite chill in the air! Only a few days ago, I was wearing shorts and flip-flops in the garden; however the priority for today was keeping dry and warm. The start of the youth pilgrimage was about to begin and sixteen young people and leaders were poised outside St Paul’s Church in Chippenham, eager to get the 2012 youth pilgrimage underway. Malmesbury Abbey, the destination, thirteen miles away.

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