Easter Cross is the solution for anyone who cannot take the whole week off before Easter, owing perhaps to work or study commitments, but who would like to join Student Cross on pilgrimage, for one day. Easter Cross starts its pilgrimage on Good Friday, so is ideal for anyone short of the time or the energy to complete a whole week's walk.

If you are new to Student Cross but you know that you can only make the end of the week, we would highly recommend giving Easter Cross a go.

Easter Cross has always been a little bit different from the other legs. First of all, we only walk for one day as opposed to seven on the "student" legs. Second, the character of the leg is different. Easter Cross has fewer students than other legs and the average age is substantially higher than other legs. We have walkers in their 20's, their 30's, their 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's. Indeed, in 2000, our leg had 35 pilgrims with a total combined age of 1,625 (that's an average age of 46.43!). This is probably at least double the average age of other legs!

As you could probably guess, Easter Cross has a very strong core of pilgrims who have been involved with Student Cross for many years. A number have walked for 20, 30 years or more. Some younger pilgrims (though generally ex-students) have joined in recent years.

Having said all of this, we still consider ourselves to be a Student Cross leg like any other - just shorter and a bit different!