What is lindisfarne?
Pilgrims return to island 50 years after first trekImage source,Northern CrossImage caption,The first Northern Cross pilgrimage took place in 1976ByJo
Pilgrims return to island 50 years after first trekImage source,Northern CrossImage caption,The first Northern Cross pilgrimage took place in 1976ByJo LonsdaleNorth East and CumbriaPublished3 April 2026Half a century ago, a group of friends who had all completed student pilgrimages gathered together with maps and open minds to find a new route. They settled upon Lindisfarne, an island steeped in Christianity off the Northumberland coast, and the Northern Cross was born.To mark the 50th anniversa
