We picked masses of apples from our usual two sources. One of them is Hilary Wilson's orchard where she grows an amazing variety of apples. We call her the "Apple Lady" because what she doesn't know about apples isn't worth knowing. The following day we milled and pressed all the apples, gaining 220 litres of juice. That is now fermenting well.
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| Hilary's orchard |
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| Second picking - note use of Sainsburys boxes! |
Unfortunately Apple Day at Acorn Bank was cancelled because the fields were water-logged. We had such a good day last year!
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| Alison filming close-up of pressing |
About two weeks after processing the apples, Alison Freeman from BBC's Look North came to film and interview us about apple wine. We had to get some apples from a third source so we could be filmed. In contrast to the crew of 6 for Countryfile, Alison was a one woman band! As yet it hasn't been shown.
