First cut is the deepest - Cat Stevens. Innumerable covers have more airtime (Rod Stewart, etc). Not as good as the original and they all miss out a whole line of lyrics which drives me nuts.
Sean, you patently have never been to a point-to-point. Great family/friends day out with lucious picnics, booze and part of the fun having a flutter. No vice where I'm concerned. Ditto a day at the races is very convivial.
Glanced through New Years Honours List at OBE recipients (see other thread) and found this: Donald Reeve Buttress - architect and surveyor, services to the conservation of cathedrals. Any more?