The pilgrimage of the title is a journey to see the famous Passion Play at Oberammergau, which has been performed every ten years since 1634 (the middle of the Thirty Years War). This Diary is a typically witty account of the journey, part travelogue and part social commentary. It is also a work which has long deserved its place in the sun, outside of the benevolent shade of Jerome's more famous writing including 'Three Men in a Boat'. In addition, this volume also includes six splendid comic essays by the author, and over one hundred illustrations by G G Fraser.