It was my pleasure to deputise for Scott Ross today on One 2 Three.

My guest was Dan Attfield from our sponsor Affinity Wills, today talking about trusts.

Dan Attfield

You can listen to our chat here –

Also as it’s Pancake Day we looked at the reason why we eat Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday.

Pancakes became a good way of using up “rich foods” such as flour, eggs and sugar before the fasting season of Lent began.

Before the Christian era, Pancake Day was a pagan festival. The Slavs believed that the changing of the seasons was the struggle between Jarilo, the god of springtime and vegetations, and the evil spirits of cold and darkness.

To help Jarilo fight off evil winter spirits and bring in the spring time, they made and ate pancakes, which were supposed to symbolise the sun.

They believed that by eating pancakes, they would inherit the power, light and warmth of the sun.

So now we know! Enjoy your Pancakes and keep Jarilo at bay!