Winding down for the night

Sitting here after a good day’s walking I feel a little bit drowsy. Admittedly, we did have an interesting walk. We had a lovely send off from our three daughters and two granddaughters as well as a small handful of friends – Dougald and Betty, Mike Lagrue and (Fr) Ray Lyons. I know others would have loved to have been there to send us off, too, but that’s the way it goes. As it was, Ray blessed us and we all hugged before Alison and I set off via the old railway line.

It rained throughout the morning and the wind was very strong and persistent.

We stopped at Sculthorpe Mill for a cup of coffee and a toilet break then headed for Helhaughton where we thought we could have lunch in the pub – the pub is now two houses poised on a road junction.... so we walked to West Raynham where the pub has disappeared without a trace!

So we ended up walking all the way to our night stop without a break or any lunch! It was a long day in terms of distance (19 miles) made shorter by the absence of any stops after the first one (about 5 miles in).

Interesting contrast with the previous week where we had a wonderful and particularly enjoyable pilgrimage with Kettering Leg of Student Cross – and where we didn’t need to worry about where we would be fed or stay the night.

The contrast serves as a pointer to the quality of the leg we walked.....

The quality of the people on the leg was fantastic and the walking/stops/buzz all added to this quality.

I am too tired to really do Kettering Leg justice so I am going to leave the blog for now and tell all about our Student Cross at a later date.

Peace to you all!