Converts often shine with the burningest zeal, as we know!

I'd love to go to Up Helly Aa, but I don't see how I'll get the time off work (thoughtless Vikings, holding it midweek). It may have to wait for retirement or redundancy, whichever comes first.

On the other hand, this year I'm determined to see the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance - not so many miles east of Aber...