RB said the route passed no dwellings.
Hmm? I think that's stretching belief SLIGHTLY. It definitely ISN'T true if he came out the front of the house. I don't know what is the layout at the back but it would certainly run parallel with the ends of the gardens of the houses which were at right angles to Jeremy's house -the road crossing Head Street in a "T" shape. That being said, it IS open country with no borrowed light. The chances of seeing someone in dark clothes, IN the dark, IF someone chanced to look out of a window, would, I think, be pretty remote.