Gumfreston church and its Pembrokeshire setting, photographed on an earlier visit in May 2023

A Genius Loci field journey · 19-23 October 2026

Sacred springs.
Hidden faces.
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A diagonal journey from Pembrokeshire to Norfolk.
Four rescued churches, eight counties, campervan stopovers, welcoming cafes and pubs - and remarkable buildings and landscapes along the way. Join me from the comfort of your armchair.

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Come along from your armchair.

I’ll be travelling in Woody, visiting four churches rescued by the Friends of Friendless Churches and the places between them.

Join me from your armchair. Open the map, wander through the photographs and pause over the discoveries that stop me in my tracks.

Andy sitting beside Woody, his campervan, in the churchyard at Gumfreston

Across the country

Follow the line. Find the unexpected.

Sacred springs and hidden faces. Four remarkable churches brought back to life, and all the buildings, landscapes and everyday encounters that lie between them.

An aerial view of Woody on the narrow road below a chalk hill figure
An impression of the journey from Pembrokeshire to NorfolkA schematic linking Gumfreston, Hereford, Brownshill in Gloucestershire and South Runcton in Norfolk, in visiting order. This illustration shows the broad direction of travel, not a navigation route.GumfrestonHerefordBrownshillSouth RunctonPEMBROKESHIRENORFOLK
Looking through the chancel arch towards the altar and stained glass at Gumfreston
A painted medieval face surviving beneath the limewash at Gumfreston

There is always another story.

A painted face emerging from the plaster. The quiet presence of an old church. The stories that come into view when we slow down and look. These photographs from my earlier visit to Gumfreston offer a taste of the discoveries I hope to share with you.

Alongside the churches, there will be the life between the stops: Woody parked for the night, a cafe or pub along the way, and the changing landscapes outside the window.

Explore my earlier campervan field notes

A different view of your week.

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Photographs and words © Andy Marshall.