http://kentontheviafrancigena.com/2017/06/06/the-via-francigena-of-the-south/
Julia Peters of Kent University describes her group pilgrimage from Rome to Terracina - the most most recently developed section of the Via Francigena covering 139km of gorgeous Italian scenery in just 6 days. Follow the link above for the full blog.
"It has been just under two years since I walked into Rome after a journey of 80 days on the Via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome. On Saturday, 13 May I was back in Rome, but this time Rome was the starting point of my journey rather than the destination. I was beginning the Via Francigena of the South – a route which runs from Rome to the port town of Brindisi in the heel of the Italian boot. The route is far from developed, with only a suggested path outlined on the website of the Association of the Vie Francigene. I have been longing for another adventure and an opportunity to create more memories on the Francigena, and so, I decided a few months ago to try a small section of the Francigena of the South. I was also keen to share the experience with others, as well as to ensure that I had some company on the route that is currently travelled by few pilgrims. For this reason, I extended the original initiative of the project ‘Kent on the Via Francigena’, the aim of which was to promote the route and to enable students from the University of Kent to experience a pilgrimage for the first time. With generous funding from both the Kent Opportunity Fund and the European Centres of the University of Kent, five postgraduate students were able join me for the six-day journey from Rome to the port town of Terracina. The students come from a range of disciplines – archaeology, anthropology, creative writing, English literature and heritage studies (Karl Goodwin, Oscar Kruger, Jane Hartshorn, Claire Hurley and Elle Arscott respectively). Apart from providing what I hope will be an extremely rewarding experience for these students, I am interested in their varying perspectives on pilgrimage, coming as they do from such different fields of study.
