Day 12: Goring to Brighton
This is an 18 mile walk with 6 prayer stops, much road walking, 1 big hill & 2 smaller ones. We climb twice to reach Lancing College, then descend to River Adur, crossing Old Toll Bridge to Shoreham. Lunch is near St Mary de Haura Church with 5 eateries to choose from. After St Julian's Church we cross Shoreham Port Anchor Point Lock gates. There follows a tedious stretch by hidden seashore which improves as we near Portslade & Hove. Then uphill passing the Cardinal Newman School on the way to Preston Park. We have a prayer stop in the school because pilgrimage co-founder Fr Bill Haynes was chaplain at that school which led to very many of the students becoming pilgrims, while legendary pilgrimage cook Frances Dean taught there.
Pilgrimage Newsfeed - Day 12
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Goring-by-Sea United Reformed Church
Gary presented Val, who had led a URC service for us, with a cross John Chenery
Gary presented Val, who had led a URC service for us, with a cross John Chenery
St Mary the Virgin, Sompting
The anchor man at Sompting Church Mark Potter
St Mary the Virgin, Sompting John Chenery
Fr Paul explains why St Mary the Virgin in Sompting is the most interesting church building of our pilgrimage. John Chenery
The Saxon west end complete with some Roman bricks by the window. John Chenery
St Mary's the Virgin, Sompting Julian Glover
Lancing College Chapel
Welcome to the Funny Farm! Claire Glover
Another view of the same garden Francis O Sullivan
Lancing College Chapel John Chenery
Lancing College chapel interior. We learned that it is the biggest school chapel in the world. Claire Glover
The pilgrimage van at Lancing College John Chenery
Lancing College Chapel west window, the widest in England John Chenery
The crypt of the chapel Claire Glover
The crypt John Chenery
St Nicholas, Shoreham
We walked over the old Shoreham toll bridge that cars used to drive over John Chenery
St Nicholas, Shoreham Aidan Simons
St Nicholas, Shoreham Aidan Simons
Shoreham
Last view of Lancing College? John Chenery
I found Poutine on the menu in Shoreham! Aidan Simons
Lunch in Shoreham- note TWO forks! Claire Glover
St Mary de Haura, Shoreham
Getting the history of St Mary de Haura Church David Cosham
St Mary de Haura, Shoreham John Chenery
In St Mary de Haura John Chenery
A traditional challenge for the backmarkers John Chenery
St Julian, Kingston Buci
Pilgrim scallop shells on a coat of arms, St Julian's, Kingston Buci Aidan Simons
The front markers had to wait for the bridge across the lock to move back into position. Aidan Simons
St Julian, Kingston Buci John Chenery
The seafront between Shoreham and Hove is rather industrial David Cosham
Cardinal Newman School, Hove
The largest Catholic School in Europe measured by the number of students which is over 2500.
Chapel in Cardinal Newman School Claire Glover
In the chapel of Cardinal Newman RC school, Hove, which has many pilgrim connections John Chenery
The school reminds us that we are on the Pilgrimage of Hope! John Chenery
