In this profession the hours might be long, the demands great, and when you retire you end up homeless but there are some perks. This years major one will be a wedding.
Surely that is just part of the job you are probably thinking?
Well yes usually - an extremely enjoyable part, but yes. However in this case it is most definitely a perk.
Maybe I should explain.
Spain and France have a system were all weddings are civil but then if people want to they can have a religious service afterwards. This year a niece of two of my parishioners is getting married in Spain - and I get to fly out there to conduct a service for them after the civil bit is over. The Wedding will take place at Pazo villa de ferreiros, which is just down the road from Santiago de Compostela, somewhere I have long wanted to visit.
It might not rank up there with the city cats million pound bonuses but what would I do with a million pounds?
Okay don’t answer that it was a stupid question!
