All was not lost!
Published by Grant Dennis in Festival · Tuesday 17 Nov 2020 · 1:00
The tightening of the pandemic restrictions ultimately led to the complete cancellation of the Porlock Apple Press & Rural Crafts Festival for this year. The 'rule of six' gathering limit stymied our plan for limited demonstration pressings. We just couldn't practically ensure a Covid-secure environment, and above all did not want to encourage any gathering which could result in inadvertent transmission of the virus. So we now look to next year, hoping that we can return to some semblance of normality by then.
The restrictions did not mean that all the apples were left in our orchards. Four of the group members did manage to press four to five tonnes of apples during October. Our traditional 'Somerset Pattern' press situated in the Old School Centre Orchard Garden successfully produced upwards of two hundred gallons. The yield was very good, with the juice going for raw juice, bottled pasteurised juice, cider making and apple wine making.
Let us hope that we can resume normality..... well in some sense anyway, soon!
Stay safe..... Porlock Apple Press Group
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