Diary of a Pilgrimage

About a quarter mile from Sylvia Plath’s grave in Heptonstall, West Yorkshire, there is a wooded path, lined with sycamore and oak trees. The path is steep and slippery, and harder to get down than climb up. To find it, you cross over grassy hills, and go through two tiny gates, like something from a doll’s house. Stone stairs lead up to the first small gate; the other one opens to the same, carved into the hillside, sloping down toward a moss-covered stone wall, which you follow to the wooded path, lined with sycamore and oak trees.