THICK fog, cold and damp added to the wintry atmosphere when over 80 people gathered in Carhampton Community Orchard on Thursday (December 1) for the Christmas lights switch-on.
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The carols were sung to the accompaniment of the Village Band, whose members are drawn from Carhampton and Blue Anchor.
As well as hot spiced apple juice there were mince pies and mulled wine.
The next event in the orchard’s calendar is the annual Wassail from 6.30pm on Old Twelfth Night, January 17, with songs, ceremony and the shooting of rifles to ward off evil spirits from next year’s harvest.
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