Better to Travel Hopefully

On 1 August 2004 Dr David Hope surprised the world’s media by announcing that after stepping down as Archbishop of York he was to become priest at the Church of St Margaret of Antioch in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. But what happened afterwards? This is the diary of Father David’s year at St Margaret’s, and reveals how he adjusted back to life as an ‘ordinary’ parish priest. Told with great style, this is a heart-warming portrait of parish life and a great, but humble, man.