Peg Leg contains all the elements of Student Cross (walking, cross carrying, liturgy, eating, drinking, music, humour, camaraderie, discussion, friendship, etc) but mixed up in different proportions to make it particularly suitable for families with young children. The cross we carry is smaller and lighter, the walking is shorter and less arduous, the accommodation is less basic and the liturgy is more aimed at our younger members. It is probably best suited to pilgrims who have walked on Student Cross before and now want to bring their young children along but, for some people, Peg Leg has been their first experience of Student Cross and others do come on Peg Leg without children!

The basic programme is that we are based at the Youth Hostel in King's Lynn between Sunday evening and Friday morning of Holy Week doing short walks, visiting interesting churches and castles, making Easter gardens, egg rolling, celebrating Holy Week liturgies and other child-friendly activities such as swimming. On Good Friday afternoon, we walk a few miles into Walsingham to spend the Easter weekend in Walsingham and join in the main Student Cross liturgies and activities, as well as our own Easter Vigil.

The youth hostel will sleep 35 people, which usually amounts to about 8-9 families and we have it booked for our sole use. Accommodation is dormitory style mainly in bunk beds. In Walsingham we stay at the Anglican Shrine in a single building which houses us all, mainly in double and twin rooms. During the week we cook for ourselves, with the adults taking turns to prepare a shared evening meal and clearing up afterwards. Breakfast is ‘do it yourself’ with cereal and bread, jam etc available. We make our own sandwich lunches, which we usually take out with us as a picnic.