Saturday, 28th September saw Farmborough Community Shop alive with visitors coming to attend the Big Family Apple Day on a pleasant warm and sunny afternoon.

Families were drawn to the event, not just from Farmborough and surrounding villages, but also from Shepton Mallet, Wellow, and Oakhill; and they came with trugs, buckets, and even wheelbarrows of apples and pears.

After the pressing, everyone looked forward to tasting their juice, or turning it into cider/perry with instructions from Tim and Jackie of the Tiny Welly Boot Cidery, who kindly loaned their apple press for the day.

The event was a great success, and not only raised over £200 in support of Farmborough Community Shop, but also introduced lots of people to the delights of the new village shop.

The Big Family Apple Day will return in autumn 2019!

Pictured right, photo by Sam Ross: Families helped by throwing their apples into the mincer, prior to pressing.