To celebrate my 85th birthday, because I like walking and because I'm grateful that I still can, I spotted this opportunity to revisit a bit of England where I found myself working over 60 years ago.

2026 marks the quincentenary of William Tyndale’s masterpiece, the 1526 English New Testament. It was the first time that the whole New Testament had been translated from Greek into English and published.

From 16–17 September , along with others, I'll be walking a 26-mile trail from Tyndale’s statue in central Bristol to the Tyndale Monument in North Nibley, Gloucestershire, passing through the places he lived and worked.

Tyndale famously said to a priest: ‘If God spares my life, I will cause the boy that driveth the plough to know more of the Scriptures than thou dost.’

William Tyndale’s legacy is that the Bible now freely available in our country. We’re celebrating his core belief that the Bible is for everyone and trying to raise £5,000 to invite more people, here and abroad, to discover its message for themselves with Bible Society.