baptism

Currently the Catholic Church only allows men to become deacons - ordained ministers who can officiate baptisms, weddings and funerals but not mass, unlike priests.

"We kicked ourselves out, dusted ourselves off and went back to the top and off we went again. It was an absolute baptism of fire."

The 15th Century kirk, which stands next to Linlithgow Palace, was a place of royal worship and the site of Mary Queen of Scots' baptism.

Fellow Globe rider Mesa has a five-month-old baby, and the families are considering a joint baptism.

Today, he treasures the clippings of family weddings and baptisms from Miniondas — including one of his own baptism — that relatives have kept in photo albums.