Apple Day

Sunday it was Apple Day in our village. The weather was awful but it didn't stop most people heading down to the village hall to try some freshly pressed juice, sample a pint (or two) of cider and eat lots of apple inspired dishes.

I spent an hour running the apple bobbing game. It was most amusing to watch kids battle it out - I'm surprised that I didn't get any complaints from parents at the state their children ended up in. A couple couldn't have been wetter if they had climbed in and had a swim. I think the winning number was 36 apples out of the water and into the bucket in a minute!

In the afternoon we walked down to the apple orchard for a look around and a bit of scrumping. There were over 300 types of apple on show from the orchard - really impressive. The smell in the outbuilding (where the photo of all the apples was taken) was amazing. A lovely day - hopefully next year the sun will be shining so we can spend a bit more time outside, sitting down enjoying the food and drink rather than puddle jumping (though that was pretty fun too!).