Day 5: Caistor to Brigg

A predominantly flat walk, much across open fields with far-reaching vistas, interspersed with occasional copses and village lanes. The Viking Way forms the morning route all the way to built-up Barnetby le Wold. After lunch, we take varied paths with diverse features as well as more fields to reach Wrawby, finally meeting the residential roads of Brigg to our destination. During the day we pass through 8 or 9 places ending in "by": meaning farmstead/village/settlement in the Nordic language. Nearly all have churches! We start early to enable us to get to the lunch stop before they stop serving food. There is a prayer stop and two drinks stops in the morning, then a late lunch and a shorter afternoon, with a prayer stop, aiming to arrive late afternoon in Brigg.

Pilgrimage Newsfeed - Day 5

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In a time warp, Chris, last seen on the pilgrimage in the 80s, has materialised in 2019 and is van loading John Chenery Original Tweet

Memorable night on stage sleeping at Caistor Town Hall Veronique

St Thomas More RC Church in Caistor looks tiny John Chenery Original Tweet

Inside, St Thomas More is L-shaped John Chenery Original Tweet

Final hymn "Freely, Freely" John Chenery Original Tweet

Red and blue candles John Chenery Original Tweet

looking back towards Caistor John Chenery Original Tweet

En route to Brigg! Veronique

Michael preaches to his flock John Chenery Original Tweet

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Hazel is determined to buy 2 mugs. Shop is shut so Bruce rang owner who opened up in Caistor hbuxton

All Hallows, Clixby John Chenery Original Tweet

Inside Clixby church John Chenery Original Tweet

All Saints, Grasby John Chenery Original Tweet

Spirituality of exile: Lutz spoke of Syrians in Germany and Hilda amongst the pagans. John Chenery Original Tweet

St Nicholas, Searby John Chenery Original Tweet

Pilgrims on the balcony John Chenery Original Tweet

My hat is enjoying the day. John Chenery Original Tweet

View from the Searby balcony John Chenery Original Tweet

Poppies in a field Adilz, Fred (KWLWG)

The rain had been close but missed us on the first 3 days but now it was time to don the waterproofs for the first time. John Chenery Original Tweet

The Whistle and Flute, Barnetby le Wold. Lunch. John Chenery Original Tweet

John Chenery So sorry I couldn’t be with you, especially today. Love & Prayers. Danny Danny Thomas Original Tweet

Bruce and Hazel resting after a massive shop hbuxton

An amaizing walk through a field (corny joke!) Tony Milner

Close encounter with a one-carriage "train" John Chenery Original Tweet

Close encounter with a many-carriage train John Chenery Original Tweet

Wrawby windmill John Chenery Original Tweet

St Mary, Wrawby John Chenery Original Tweet

St Mary, Wrawby. Sarah reads poems by Malcolm Guite. John Chenery Original Tweet