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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sarah Marshall

The UK and Ireland’s best pilgrimage routes to walk this year

Clifftop walkers in Dover - (Alamy/PA)

Putting one foot in front of the other is a simple process with the power to relieve some of life’s most complex and complicated problems. For thousands of years, religious devotees and spiritual pilgrims have hiked long distances on personal journeys that carry them much further than the kilometres covered on a map.

The benefits have been medically proven.

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