Nobody had offered to organise a weekend reunion this year, so we were grateful that Anne Leggett stepped in and offered a day walk. So it was that 13 pilgrims in total gathered at her house for pre-walk refreshments on Saturday morning. It was raining when we set off but it soon cleared up and remained fine for the rest of the day.

Our route took us up Reigate Hill through the grounds of Gatton Park which are normally closed to the public but we had privileged access as Anne is a gardening volunteer. We knew that the pub we planned to stop in would be very busy so those not carrying their own food bought snacks at the Junction 8 Café on top of Reigate Hill and we sat on the benches there to eat, before proceeding on to the Sportsman at Mogador for drinks. On this walk we had no timetable to keep to so we were able to stop and explore according to whim and we had a very relaxing and enjoyable day. The walk back from Mogador took a similar but more direct route with Maurice leading some of the way. We noticed that Anne chooses narrower and trickier paths than Maurice, for example right along the edge of the North Downs escarpment.

After further refreshments in Anne’s house, the remaining 9 pilgrims concluded the day with dinner in one of Maurice’s favourite places, the Sun Inn, which is the Redhill branch of Wetherspoons. Thanks go to Anne and her brother Mike for their hospitality and Maurice for additional walk-leading expertise.

All this is recorded with photos in the reunion web diary