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Today I'm embarking on another London walking expedition, but less bonkers than the #londonfogg adventure. Join me on a 6-mile walk as I listen to the echoes of a Saxon-era cult, and learn about some literary legends, lost spas… and a walrus. At 11am, I give you: #pancrasday 
Today, 12 May, is the feast of Saint Pancras, a little-known saint whose name is writ large in London, and commemorated in various UK churches. He was a 3rd century Turkish-born Roman who converted to Christianity & was beheaded c.304AD, perhaps by emperor Diocletian. #pancrasday
Pancras/Pancratius (whose name means holder-of-everything) was venerated by the 5th century (he's patron of children). Allegedly his head remains to this day in Rome's basilica of San Pancrazio. But how come he's all over (mostly southern) Britain? #pancrasday
