Joe and Jamie in Lourdes.

Joe is back at his Blackpool home resting this week after making a pilgrimage to Lourdes , France last week with Jamie and two dear friends, Len Rawcliffe and Elaine Fosset.This sacred and venerated small town nestles in the foothills of the Pyrenees in South West France and is the location of a number of apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the 1850s to a young local girl Bernadette Soubirous , St Bernadette. Roman Catholics, indeed people of all denominations and beliefs visit Lourdes each year to feel and be touched and warmed by the healing, spiritual nature all around the place.

In Joe’s own words “Lourdes is a place I have wanted to make a visit to for quite some time. James and I enjoyed our time there, the pilgrimage was indeed spiritually enriching “.

Joe returned with photos and video clips of their time in Lourdes and there will be a short film posted on here in a week or so, in the meantime Joe would like to share their photo album with everyone please visit the full gallery , click HERE

Joe and Jamie.

Joe with Elaine Fosset.