A highlight of our tour of Aylesford Priory - where we stayed on the first night of our Augustine Camino - was the shrine of St Simon Stock. The 13th-century Carmelite (d1265) was buried in Bordeaux. In 1951 the relic (his cranium) was brought to Aylesford, shown here in an impressive reliquary.

2/2 First night of the Augustine Camino spent rather comfortably at Aylesford Priory. Dinner in the Pilgrims Hall!

Arrival at Aylesford Priory (aka The Friars) at the end of the first day of the Augustine Camino. 1/2

More from Day One on the Augustine Camino as we walk from Ramsgate to Aylesford enjoying the Kent countryside.

Also from Rochester Cathedral, and an appropriate start for the Augustine Camino: the 'Baptism Fresco' by Sergeil Fyodorov (2004) showing St Augustine baptising King Ethelbert and the people of Kent in 597.

Day One of the Augustine Camino began at Rochester Cathedral & a chance to walk up the medieval Pilgrim Steps that once led to the shrine of St William of Perth. He was a pilgrim en route to the Holy Land when murdered near Rochester, 1201. Canonised 1256. The second image shows his modern shrine.

Apologies for radio silence over the last month ... I've been away on pilgrimage! Some posts of my pilgrimages coming up over the next few weeks.

Thanks, Lorraine! x

Last rose of the summer? Babushka's pepper crop is still going strong!