Update January 2013: Wells Leg 2013 is now fully booked

Wells Leg 2013 meets on Sunday 24 March (evening) and ends on Easter Sunday 31 March (afternoon).

Welcome to our family pilgrimage for Easter. We are based in the Youth Hostel at Wells-next-the-Sea and explore the themes of Holy Week and Easter whilst building a community and exploring the north Norfolk countryside.

Wells Leg walks every day covering distance and terrain suitable for buggies and young children. We plan other activities including craft, beach fun, swimming, the steam train and also join with the Easter activities of the local Parish, conveniently across the road from the Youth Hostel. We walk the whole distance from Wells to Walsingham over Maundy Thursday and Good Friday to join the rest of the Legs at the Slipper Chapel.

We organise our own liturgy to cater for everyone in your family; adult, baby, child or teenager so that we are all part of the pilgrimage. We share short reflections called ‘Stations’ whilst we are walking, have children focused liturgy in the day, older children / adult evening prayer and a family Seder meal on Thursday.

We enjoy many things you may expect from walking other Legs of Student Cross: the beach, local countryside, cake, beer, cheese and whiskey as we prepare ourselves to celebrate Easter. The Youth Hostel has a mix of bedrooms (no dormitories) which mostly sleep 4-5 people and we aim to keep family groups together and minimise sharing with other families! We do our own shared catering (including two barrels of beer) and have sole use of the accommodation.

Approximate Costs

Adults £250, first 2 children £110, then 3rd, 4th etc. £55, Under 2’s free (this includes all food and accommodation costs). We do not want the cost of coming on Wells Leg to be a prohibitive factor in you being able to join us. The Student Cross Association exists to provide financial assistance to people who would otherwise not be able to come on Student Cross. Please contact one of the leaders in confidence to find out more.

The leaders of Wells Leg 2013 are Sarah and Mark Joyce.
Wells Leg leader 2013 - pilgrim profile