DAY TWELVE Oswestry to Llangollen

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Another day and the pilgrims were strapping those heavy boots to their feet again.

The front markers were off . . .

. . . and the pilgrims follow suit. First stop was Our Lady and St Oswald's just up the road where we had mass.

Just a little further was Oswald's Well . . .

. . . where we had prayers. Anne managed to find some company with a neighbourly cat.

Francis and Chris, however, managed to find company elsewhere . . . like with a set of artillery guns.

After a wander through Oswestry market and town centre, a welcome drinks stop was situated just on the edge of the town.

After being very holy in Oswestry we thought we'd play a few games. First was spot the arrow . . .

. . . next was spot the pilgrim . . .

. . . after this, further down the road, was spot the pig . . .

. . . and finally Maurice was playing with Spot the dog.

But I didn't quite work out what the ladies were trying to spot.

After a few pints and a friendly banter with the landlord . . .

. . . we wandered about fifty yards to St Mary the Virgin . . .

. . . where William gave us an inspiring talk on refugees.

Meanwhile the front markers had set off with the village of Selattyn over their shoulders . . .

. . . with the founder of the pilgrimage, Bill Haynes, wandering along behind.

I think Jon was over compensating for the size of this stile.

It wasn't long before we joined Offa's Dyke, and walked along the border of England and Wales.

After a stretch of this we climbed to the top of a hill to have a great view over towards Wrexham.

But what goes up, must come down, and down we came until into Llangollen, seeing Snowdonia National Park in the distance down the valley.

Before we came to the school, there was a short DIY stop before going slightly up the hill to the school, where there are hot showers nearby!

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