In his 13 years as Vicar, David Adam welcomed over one million adults and children to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne.

These pilgrims reflected every mood and attitude to life. Some radiated a presence, others were too busy to stop. Many were collectors of holy places as some would collect stamps. There were those who seemed awestruck at what was around them, and those who closeted themselves away and hardly even saw the island.

All have something to teach us. As David Adam tells their stories, we catch glimpses of the inner searching and longing we often feel ourselves. And as we are drawn into the joys and challenges of these individual journeys, we may find ourselves reflecting on richer wavs of continuing our own.