Two men have walked from Lancaster to Cleator to raise money for to raise money for charity as part of an annual pilgrimage. 

Mark Ibison and his friend Michael Donlan walked 67 miles from Lancaster to St Mary's Church along the Pilgrim Way in support of the Rwanda Group Trust, which helps extremely poor people in Rwanda. 

The group is based around Preston and was established following the Rwanda genocide. Both Michael and Mark are trustees of the charity.

This was part of the Pilgrimage which is held every year at the Grotto of St Mary's Church. 

Worshippers from across Cumbria and Lancashire gather for a special service which is led by Bishop Paul Swarbrick. 

Peter Robinson, who first did the walk in 2018, said: "The walk was planned by myself and was first walked over the summer of 2018 by myself, Benedict, Jacob, and Tony Robinson, with my wife Keely ferrying us about.

"I was inspired to create the pilgrim route after watching the BBC TV series ‘Pilgrimage’ in March 2018 which followed a group of celebrities as they walked the famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage across northern Spain.

"I thought it would be a good thing if we had our own pilgrimage route as the parish has a tradition of pilgrims traveling here for almost 100 years.

"Fr Paul suggested we use our Cathedral in Lancaster as a starting point, after that it was just a case of joining the two places up with the most attractive and interesting route I could find.

"This magnificent pilgrimage walk links the Catholic Cathedral of St Peter in Lancaster with the shrine to Our Lady at Cleator. 

"The 67-mile route takes in quiet canal side paths, the wide-open views of Morecambe Bay, England's longest lake, and a climb in the shadow of  Lakeland’s highest mountains, finishing at the peaceful grotto built in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes in West Cumbria.

"The complete route runs from Lancaster to Arnside, Grange-Over-Sands to Lakeside at Windermere, along the west side of Windermere to Elterwater then over to Rosthwaite then to Ennerdale Bridge, and finally to Cleator.

"The route follows a number of well-established long-distance walks including the Lancashire Coastal Way, the Windermere Way, the Cumbria Way, and the Coast to Coast Walk."