Here we come a-wassailing

among the leaves so green.

“What the heck is wassailing?” I said when my partner asked if I wanted to come wassailing with her at the weekend. I’m sure you would ask the same thing in my shoes, unless you’re up on your knowledge of Anglo-Saxon celebrations, but fear not - I’ll fill you in.

We took the bus to the large recreation ground a few miles away, a mixture of playground, co…