Day 13: Brighton to Seaford
We start today with an unavoidable long uphill urban trek. When we reach Woodingdean we have allowed extra time to pop into the pub next door for refreshments as well as praying in the church. Then we head up Newmarket Hill and follow a long section of the South Downs Way, descending to Rodmell for a late lunch stop. After lunch the scenery changes as we walk alongside the River Ouse to the edge of Newhaven, before more country walking into Seaford.
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St Mary’s RC, Preston Park, Brighton
Our official stop in Brighton Deanery> They are working on the roof of the church so it was quieter to celebrate Mass in the hall beneath, where we had slept.
Hall ready for mass fred.adilz
Looking back to Brighton fred.adilz
View back over Brighton from Racecourse Hill - after we'd slogged up the hill along Bear Road Aidan Simons
Top of Bear Road susan.adilz
In Woodingdean, the front markers encounter a post box decorated with a robin's nest John Chenery
Holy Cross, Woodingdean
No one to meet us, but they'd left the church open and refreshments laid out!
Prayers at Holy Cross, Woodingdean Aidan Simons
Breath Prayer, church of the Holy Cross, Woodingdean Claire Glover
Front markers setting off from Holy Cross, Woodingdean John Chenery
Colourful flowers from the South Downs Way Aidan Simons
Pilgrims on the South Downs Way Aidan Simons
View from the South Downs Way: Kingston-near-Lewes in the foreground, with Lewes beyond. Note the windmill and church with interesting square tower. Aidan Simons
Here be the Meridian fred.adilz
Great views from the South Downs Way Aidan Simons
Abergavenny Arms, Rodmell
Abergavenny Arms, where we stopped for lunch Aidan Simons
Lunch at Rodmell Aidan Simons
St Peter, Southease
Uncovered paintings beneath the plasterwork at Southease Claire Glover
Exposed wall detail, St Peter's Church, Southease Julian Glover
Modern window, St Peter's Southease Aidan Simons
Fr Paul gives us a brief history of St Peter's, Southease Aidan Simons
St Peter Southease with its conical tower Aidan Simons
On the River Ouse approaching Newhaven Aidan Simons
St Leonard, Denton
St Leonard, Denton Aidan Simons
Ferry leaving Newhaven Aidan Simons
St Andrew, Bishopstone
St Andrew, Bishopstone Aidan Simons
Miniature Stations of the Cross at Bishopstone Claire Glover
Do these hills ever stop? Aidan Simons
Michael, the shepherd pilgrim Mark Potter
Michael, mistaken for their shepherd Mark Potter
