In chapter 26 Margery Kempe, who is located in Norfolk England, is finally granted approval for her travel to the Holy Land by the archbishop and her husband. It appears she is a middle class woman and not a part of religious order like nuns but is extremely religious (catholic) herself. She is commanded by Christ to adorn white clothing which is specifically for consecrated virgins but this decision is most likely due to her vow of a chaste marriage with her husband and her return to faith from doubt. She says in her dialogue with God that she is afraid to be ridiculed on her journey for “hypocrisy” but ultimately decides her faith and servitude to Christ’s command is more important than ridicule (which is seen later in this chapter as something she will endure heavily). 

  She initially travels to Norwich and Yarmouth to receive blessings and give offerings to God and the Virgin Mary where at Yarmouth she boards a ship to arrive at a large town called Zierikzee which is located in modern day Netherlands. It is not stated whether it was some sort of routine ferry between the two places (which I assume it is due to her being middle class) or a privately chartered boat. She states she does not eat meat as a sort of fast despite her confessor granting her permission to (which insinuates that travel is known to be very harsh and food like meat, despite fasts, is permitted and urged for travellers)   

 From Yarmouth to Zierikzee she follows the typical practice for medieval travel of travelling in groups, the group she is with are labeled her “companions” and she also brings along one personal maid servant. Eventually her group along with her maid servant grow discontent with her weeping for God and depart from her. The next day one of her remaining companies approaches her and offers to travel in another group as fellow pilgrims up to Konstanz Germany (southern Germany) which is also typical in medieval traveling. Because of how easy it was for her to find another group the next day I assume this route that she is taking is a very popular route for pilgrims to get to Jerusalem for pilgrimages from England. 

   She was shamed by her pilgrim group and made to wear outfits to make her appear as a fool, which may have something to do with her previous all white outfit but it’s not mentioned. Maybe it is because she is not only a solo female traveler, but also because she is an outspoken religious/Christian woman, something typically seen as reserved for men in this period. 

    Its stated along their journey they stayed at the house of another person to eat supper and who fed the pilgrims, which insinuates that some medieval people would offer than homes to allow pilgrims to stay the night and feed them as well, most likely because their journey was a Holy one and not for frivolous or political reasons. 

  Eventually she arrives in Konstanz Germany, though it is unspecified if it was entirely by foot or another method, where she immediately attends Church to pray to Christ, which shows her religious dedication in this journey.