Jon and I have already been to Padstow carols twice this year. Christmas isn't Christmas until we have sung 'Sages' in Padstow. I've been going out with Padstow Carollers for over 25 years. The lanes here are nothing like those in Padstow but the tradition might be a little similar. This used to happen in many rural areas and in some the timing has gone from a midnight start to an early evening. We are planning a mid evening start at a farm about 2 miles from here then we will walk down the extremely narrow lanes, until we reach the next farm or isolated house, ending up at the bottom farm quite late on. It wasn't my idea to revive it, it came from the woman who used to do it here as a child.