September 2011
Well, hello everyone out there. With the unusually warm autumn, and coldest summer since 1993, we seem to be having an unusual year. The recent weather update is that the beginning of October is going to be the warmest since 1985, some parts of Britain will reach temperatures of 27 deg C.
This unusual weather, however, has not affected the apples, and our Annual Community Apple Pressing Weekend is going ahead on the weekend of 14th – 16th October 2011.
This years pressing will include:
- Adults pressing apples on the large press for cider whilst…
- the children press on the mini press for juice.
- Traditional games such as the original 9-pins and Bat-the-Rat.
- Sampling cider from last year’s pressing.
- Possible mulled cider sampling.
- Open fire for toasting marshmallows (weather permitting)
- Bring an instrument and play opportunity
- Pumpkin soup – bring and share (pumpkins permitting)
Meeting top car park at 2pm & 4.30pm for picking apples. Directions available via the ‘Directions Download’ menu option.
It’s very important that the children are involved and learn and absorb the traditional ways of the country folk, so please bring them along.
Sampford Peverell Apple Fair is to be held on Saturday 22nd October 2011 at the Country Park picnic site behind the village car park by the Canal.
Our Yoga sessions led by Dinah, a member of the British Wheel of Yoga and Sustainable Villages, is going well, we have on average about 6 people each week, leaving plenty of room for more, so please come along, contact number: 01884 253752. Class times are 6.30 – 8.00pm, at a cost of £5*. Classes are held in our cider barn where we have underfloor heating.
*this amount has been subsidised by Tim & Angela Malyon (Coombe Farm & Woodlands Trust), by providing the use of the thatched barn with underfloor heating.
Coombe Wood Fuels
is now up & running!
Special Introductory Offer until 1st November 2011.
Local news
The canal is drying out due to a very dry spring and early summer, so to help counteract this shortfall of water the canal rangers have put stopboards at Tiverton Road Bridge to dam off the 1st 3 miles of Canal from Tiverton. Water will be pumped over the dams as required to help keep up the water levels.