Choristers have been practising for the traditional pancake race at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire.
The resident choristers all wore their red cassocks as they flipped pancakes to mark Shrove Tuesday. Each year around 20 choristers race down the nave of the 12th Century Cathedral after Evensong. It is the third longest nave in the UK, measuring 75 metres. “Choristers have taken part in a pancake race at the cathedral for as long as anyone can remember,” said Lesley Ann Thompson, a spokeswoman for Ely Cathedral. “It marks the start of Lent which is a period of austerity.”
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