Day 5: Cranleigh to Horsham

Our first 4 days included the 2nd, 3rd and 5th longest days of our entire pilgrimage, so a shorter day is welcome today, leading in to our rest day. This is also one of the least hilly days (the profile does not have the same vertical scale each day!). We spend most of the morning on the Downs Link disused railway line, before heading across country in the afternoon, passing a 2nd pub in Rowhook, which might tempt some, with no church stops following it and an early finish scheduled, but if you dally there, expect to buy the backmarkers a drink! After that we find ourselves walking along a section of the West Sussex Literary Trail.

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Rowleys Hall where half of us stayed John Chenery Original Tweet

St Nicolas Church Rooms where the other half stayed John Chenery Original Tweet

Howard's van is home from home Ceri Potts

Marie's making friends with Bruno Michael Gamble Original Tweet

into St Nicolas Church ⛪ Cranleigh John Chenery Original Tweet

looks like your having lovely weather... Hope to join you next week? Danny Thomas Original Tweet

leaving St Nicolas John Chenery Original Tweet

Eucharist at St Nicholas, Cranleigh with a rather large tree in the churchyard Michael Gamble Original Tweet

Ace Backmarking Team Ceri Potts

Drinks stop just off the Downs Link former railway line John Chenery Original Tweet

Mary and Pauline (who will both be catering not walking next week) swerve to the left, as this is where we finally leave the line John Chenery Original Tweet

coffee and cake at the Milk Churn coffee shop Michael Gamble Original Tweet

Michael Gamble Original Tweet

Lunch at the King's Head Rudgwick. Is it a pub or a garden centre? John Chenery Original Tweet

Rudgwick resident Marilyn, who works at the Milk Churn cafe, meeting her old pilgrim friends in the pub. John Chenery Original Tweet

Holy Trinity Rudgwick John Chenery Original Tweet

I was more tempted with alternative refreshments elsewhere in Rudgwick Michael Gamble Original Tweet

walking along country lanes Michael Gamble Original Tweet

Pilgrims resting in the woods Susan Adilz

Held at drinks stop after catching frontmarkers John Chenery Original Tweet

St John the Evangelist RC church and its hall where we are staying for two nights John Chenery Original Tweet