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Folk on Foot

The Brothers Gillespie walking to Holy Island

Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister

Music Interviews, Performing Arts, Music, Nature, Arts, Science

4.8526 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Join the Brothers Gillespie and their devoted fans on a walk across the sands from the Northumberland coast to Holy Island. As we follow in the footsteps of centuries of pilgrims, the Brothers' beautiful harmonies ring out across the waves and we hear stories of Saints Cuthbert and Aiden and King Oswald’s miraculous silver encased arm.


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0:00.0

Thank you for downloading this episode of Folk on Foot.

0:03.5

Before we start, I just wanted to share a brief message.

0:07.0

If you like what we do, we really need your support to keep going.

0:11.2

You can join our wonderful band of members and you'll get great rewards.

0:15.4

These include access to our amazing Folk on Foot on Film archive

0:19.8

of hundreds of songs shot on location on our travels

0:23.3

around the UK and Ireland. To sign up, just go to folk-on-foot.com slash support us.

0:29.9

You'll also get an ad-free version of all our episodes and an email postcard from me each time we go on a walk.

0:36.4

If you just want the ad-free version, it'll cost you

0:39.0

£3 a month, and you can get it through your Apple podcast app or at folkonfoot.com slash support us.

0:46.8

Finally, if you don't want to make a regular commitment, but do want to show how much you love us,

0:52.4

you can simply buy us a coffee. You can also do that

0:55.7

at folkonfoot.com slash support us. Every penny we get goes back into making more episodes

1:02.5

of folk on foot. So thank you and enjoy the walk. I'm M. M. I'm

1:11.6

the I'm Mourggy To be

1:28.3

To be We've come to Northumberland to join the Brothers Gillespie, James and Sam, on one of their, well, I can only call it a retreat, really, an event where they invite people to come, to stay with them, to share music, to share stories.

2:09.7

So what a privilege it is to be asked to join them and to walk with them in the footsteps of centuries of pilgrims to Holy Island.

2:20.8

Heather Land and bent land, black, land and white.

2:28.5

Bring me to north of the land of my delight. Bring me to north of the land, the land of my delight.

2:35.0

Bring me to North of the land of my delight.

2:41.0

The land of my delight.

2:45.0

Heatherland and bent land, black land and white.

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