Bleasby Apple Fest Update - 12th October

If you’ve not already heard, the first ever Bleasby Apple Fest will take place on the 12th October 2019 on Glebe Field. Kicking off at around 1pm, come and enjoy an afternoon of fun and festivity with friends and family including pressing apples to make juice, apple themed games and activities, judging of the Apple Bake Off entries, live music and refreshments. The Waggon will be laying on a BBQ (alongside their normal menu) and teas and coffees will be available in St Mary’s Church.

A team of local volunteers, together with Leo & Emma from Summerwood Community Gardens will be ready to accept your apple donations to scrat and press into juice. Everyone is welcome to help out and glean some advice about pressing your own fruits and making juice and cider at home.

If you don’t have any fruit to donate, that’s fine, there will be plenty on the day, so please still come along and get involved. To arrange collection / delivery of larger quantities of apples (>25kgs) please contact Sue Parkinson at [email protected]

Leo and Emma have been making their own Blue Barrel Cider for many years, which is sold to raise funds to support their community garden project in Clifton. At the end of the Apple Fest, they will take the freshly pressed juice for the project, but some will be returned to Bleasby next year as pasteurised juice and cider.

John Hempsall, from Hempsall’s Heritage Orchard in East Markham, where he grows hundreds of varieties of apple, will also be there with a display of apples (some for tasting) and to help you with apple identification and advice on growing.

Everyone is encouraged to enter the ‘Apple Bake Off’ under the categories of ‘Funniest Bake’, ‘Most Creative Bake’ and ‘Tastiest Bake’ (looks aren’t everything). Please drop off your creations to Glebe Field by 1pm on the day for judging by the W.I. Sweet or savoury bakes welcome but must contain apple !

To keep you entertained, there will be live acoustic music organised by The Eternal Youth Group throughout the afternoon. Music may continue into the evening under cover of the pub roof.

It’s hoped this will become an annual event for Bleasby with scope for people to learn more about growing apples and other fruits and hopefully to start making their own juice and cider. So please come along, even if you don’t have apples to donate, to enjoy the day with friends and family.

Bleasby Events Team

Any Questions: [email protected]