MORE than 100 people attended this year’s Carhampton’s Apple Day, which was made possible by a team of 30-plus volunteers organising it.

Visitors included both local residents and holidaymakers unable resist the lure of traditional apples and fresh-pressed juice in the village’s community orchard and home-made refreshments in the village hall.

Roland Husebo and Ella Watson bottling freshly pressed apple juice at Carhampton Apple Day. PHOTO: George Ody.Alice Parker-Gill washing apples in Carhampton CommunityOrchard. PHOTO: George Ody.Tanya Watson with three-month-old Molly learning about apples at Carhampton Apple Day. PHOTO: George Ody.Sam Parker-Gill loading a shredding machine at Carhampton Apple Day.PHOTO: George Ody.Roland Husebo and Stuart Heesom loading an apple press at Carhampton Apple Day. PHOTO: George Ody.Stuart Heesom and Sam Parker-Gill pressing apples in Carhampton Community Orchard. PHOTO: George Ody.Apples being pressed by Sam Parker-Gill during Carhampton Apple Day. PHOTO: George Ody.Apple juice being bottled during Carhampton Apple Day by Stuart Heesom. PHOTO: George Ody.Some of the fruits of Carhampton Apple Day ready to be washed by Alice Parker-Gill. PHOTO: George Ody.

Roland Husebo and Ella Watson bottling freshly pressed apple juice at Carhampton Apple Day. PHOTO: George Ody.

Alice Parker-Gill washing apples in Carhampton CommunityOrchard. PHOTO: George Ody.

Tanya Watson with three-month-old Molly learning about apples at Carhampton Apple Day. PHOTO: George Ody.

Sam Parker-Gill loading a shredding machine at Carhampton Apple Day.PHOTO: George Ody.

Roland Husebo and Stuart Heesom loading an apple press at Carhampton Apple Day. PHOTO: George Ody.

Stuart Heesom and Sam Parker-Gill pressing apples in Carhampton Community Orchard. PHOTO: George Ody.

Apples being pressed by Sam Parker-Gill during Carhampton Apple Day. PHOTO: George Ody.

Apple juice being bottled during Carhampton Apple Day by Stuart Heesom. PHOTO: George Ody.

Some of the fruits of Carhampton Apple Day ready to be washed by Alice Parker-Gill. PHOTO: George Ody.

Some were making their first visit to the orchard and were impressed by the wide range of apples, with 17 of the orchard’s 35 varieties available for sale, and the site’s beauty.

Visitors were also able to take along their own apples pre-chopped to be juiced by the orchard team.

The village hall offered refreshments, with home-made soup and pudding lunches, cakes, and orchard chutneys on sale, while there was also an exhibition of orchard archives, newspaper reports, and photographs from over the years.

Proceeds from the event will be put toward maintenance of the orchard, which celebrated its 25th anniversary last year, including a project to restore its wall.

Carhampton orchard apples will continue to be on sale in Toucan Wholefoods and Stuart Lowen Quality Butcher and Farm Shop, in Minehead.

Anybody who wants to join Carhampton Orchard Friends’ email list to hear about future events should contact Elizabeth Atkinson by emailing [email protected].