Day 8: Haslemere to Midhurst
From Haslemere, we climb up to Black Down and visit the “Temple of the Winds”, the highest point in Sussex. Later we pass through flower planted meadows and hopefully see innumerable butterflies on the way to Midhurst. On reaching Midhurst, we go straight to the Catholic church for the Vigil Mass of Sunday and then we eat our supper in the Catholic church hall, before dispersing to the 2 halls that we are sleeping in.
Pilgrimage Newsfeed - Day 8
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Our Lady of Lourdes RC Church, Haslemere
Our Lady of Lourdes, Haslemere, where we started the day with a prayer service with musci. Most of the pilgrims have gone now. John Chenery
Poppy cross outside Our Lady of Lourdes Mary Fuller
NT Blackdown and Temple of the Wind
View from the Temple of the Winds Maurice Hickman
At the Temple of the Winds on Blackdown, the highest point on this year's pilgrimage. John Chenery
Temple of the Winds John Chenery
Sue and Michael hiding from the camera Claire Glover
Heading down from Blackdown John Chenery
Climbing a Stylish Stile Julian Glover
The foal is just having a rest, I trust. I would have helped it to its feet but I couldn't reach it without trespassing. John Chenery
The horse looks more striking from this angle. Francis O Sullivan
Noah’s Ark Inn, Lurgashall
The only pilgrim having lunch at the Noah's Ark Inn. This was because they had insisted on pre-orders one week in advance. potwok
Noah's Ark, Lurgashall John Chenery
St Laurence’s, Lurgashall
Get 'em young! Aidan Simons
St Laurence's, Lurgashall Aidan Simons
St Laurence's, Lurgashall Aidan Simons
Colourful Fields Julian Glover
St Peter’s, Lodsworth
St Peter's, Lodsworth Aidan Simons
Shells on the lectern cloth at St Peter's, Lodsworth Claire Glover
Cowdray Park
Cowdray Park Aidan Simons
Maureen carrying Kester's picture today. susan.adilz
Walking into Midhurst susan.adilz
Cowdray ruins, Midhurst John Chenery
Catholic Church of St Mary & St Francis, Midhurst
Midhurst was the first night's stop on several of our earliest pilgrimages, and the sisters who met us at the Church remember our 1975 visit. This is our first night in Cathedral Deanery.
St Mary & St Francis, Midhurst built before Vatican 2 using reclaimed bricks from WW2 bomb sites around London . Clare Gamble
St Mary & St Francis, Midhurst. Clare Gamble
St Mary & St Francis. Clare Gamble
St Mary & St Francis. Clare Gamble
St Mary & St Francis. Clare Gamble
St Mary & St Francis, Midhurst. Clare Gamble
The outside of St Mary and St Francis RC church, Midhurst John Chenery
We had our own Vigil Mass of Sunday in St Mary and St Francis. John Chenery
Midhurst Methodist Church and the Old Library
Dinner in the Methodist Church; our last meal prepared by Penny this year before she hands over to Hazel, Bruce and Imelda. John Chenery
Coat of Arms from the Cowdray Estate, currently on the wall in the Old Library, Midhurst, which was our second hall tonight. Claire Glover
Night time view, Old Library Midhurst susan.adilz
