Olav’s walks in Norway please note that all walkers/pilgrims do so at their own risk. ***We would like to stress that in common with the main St. ***Please bring adequate footwear, rain protection if the forecast is inclement, a face mask, and water and refreshments*** Please email Steve of Wirral's Viking Trail if you would like to attend any of the walksĭetails and maps to be posted nearer the date of the walks Many people have enjoyed the envigoration of these walks, including BBC Television’s Michael Wood (2011) - click this link to view the broadcast , and BBC's Tom Pinfold from the series Tudor Monastery Farm (2013): we hope you would like to join us too!īBC’s Michael Wood (left) joins us on the 2011 walk Olav Viking Heritage walks is described in The Norseman magazine. The background behind these Wirral-Chester St. In partnership with Trondheim the centre of the main "Olsok" Festival, Wirral and Chester also commemorate St Olav with walks near St Olav's Day, and are designed to complement the events in Norway and Scandinavia. Olav (stain glass window) and many fine Viking Age stone artefacts including one of two Viking hogbacks found on Wirral and in between another church with strong Viking Age connections - the Church of St Mary and St Helen at Neston with fragments from at least 3 Viking Age Crosses one of which - the wonderful "Viking Lady" cross - has been beautifully reconstructed as a replica & displayed with the artefacts at the front of the church. Bridget's Church in West Kirby - also founded by the Vikings - with a dedication to St. Olave's church in Chester originating from the Viking Age, St. Olav's Day (29th July) Norwegians commemorate him with a series of events including several walks which go to Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim where he is buried. The walks also commemorate Norway's patron saint St Olav whose life and works are celebrated across Scandinavia, particularly in Norway. They celebrate Wirral and Chester's great Viking tradition, started by Norsemen led by Ingimund, who, in and after AD902 "settled in great numbers". Olav's Wirral-Chester Viking Heritage walks - started in conjunction with the Grosvenor Museum in Chester and the Municipality of Trondheim in 2008 after a pilot walk in 2007, take place at the end of July, and 2022 will be the 15th year of the walks. Saturday 30th July, 4-4.45pm: Clinker boats & the Meols Boat under the car park project (St Bridget’s Centre, West Kirby) Olav, Vikings in Chester & Wirral - & the isotopes project (Grosvenor Museum, Chester) Walk 2: Saturday 30 July: Viking Meols & West Kirby (meet Meols Railway Station at 12 noon OR join at the slipway on Meols Parade near to the junction with Bennet’s Lane and the coastguard station – parking available – at 12.25) – approx 3 mile.Walk 1: Friday 29 July 6pm: Viking Chester (meet at Grosvenor Museum) – approx 2 mile.The following two walks are planned for July 29th (St. St Olave’s Church, Chester drawing from Holme in 1660 with tower in the syle of a Norwegian “Stave Church”.Ĭourtesy of ShoutWiki and the Bodleian Library, Oxford ![]() Infomal short walks in conjunction with Wirral's Viking Trail, Wirral Archaeology, the Grosvenor Museum, the Municipality of Trondheim and BBC Radio Merseyside
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