Good Friday

Traditionally Good Friday has always been the day to plant your potatoes here in Blighty. Seems odd, really as the date of Good Friday varies as much as a month – jolly nearly.

In case you didn’t know, Easter is a movable feast tied in with the moon: Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. This means the earliest possible date for Easter is March 22, which would put Good Friday on March 20. The last possible date for Easter is April 25, which would put Good Friday on April 23. So today marks a pretty late Good Friday. Continue reading “Good Friday”