Author Archives: Philip Colligan

We are moving Apple Day to Saturday 5 October!

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Philip Colligan

Big news. In order to avoid the terrible weather that is predicted for Sunday. We are moving Apple Day to Saturday 5 October. Yes that’s right, tomorrow. Sorry for the inconvenience. Please do try to make it. The sun will … Continue reading →

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Important: possible change of date!

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Philip Colligan

If you’ve looked at the weather forecast for the weekend, you may have noticed that the weather forecast for Sunday is currently terrible! We’re considering moving Apple Day to the day before – Saturday 5th. We’ll see what the forecast … Continue reading →

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Apple Day 2019 – Sunday 6 October

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Philip Colligan

We are pleased to announce that Apple Day 2019 will take place on Sunday 6 October. This is an extra-special year because it marks the 10th anniversary of Cambridge Apple Day. By way of celebration, I dug out some photos … Continue reading →

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Logistics for Apple Day 2018

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Philip Colligan

Only 2 days to go until apple day! The apple pile is growing despite the poor harvest this year. We took the kids scrumping to Kate’s mum’s orchard last weekend and we got a good haul (thanks to Carla and … Continue reading →

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Apple Day 2018

Posted on September 16, 2018 by Philip Colligan

We are delighted to announce that the Cambridge Apple Day will be back for its 9th year on Sunday 7th October 2018. As usual it’s the time of year that we realise that we forgot to write up the blog … Continue reading →

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Apple Day 2017 logistics

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Philip Colligan

Apple Day 2017 is only a few days away! This is prime scrumping time, see this blog post for advice on collecting and storing apples. We’ve been busy picking apples in some amazing orchards this week: Beautiful spartan apples look almost … Continue reading →

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Apple scrumping has started

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Philip Colligan

Just three weeks to go until Cambridge Apple Day 2017 (which is on Sunday 8 October) and the apple scrumping has started. Jane, Kate, and Sarah braved the showers in Cambridge today, taking all five monkeys with them to scrump … Continue reading →

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Apple Day 2017

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Philip Colligan

I am delighted to announce that the Cambridge Apple Day will be back for its 8th year on Sunday 8th October 2017. I can hardly believe that it’s been almost a year since the last one. I was also more … Continue reading →

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Two days to go to Apple Day 2016

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Philip Colligan

It’s Friday night and we’re busy making last minute preparations for Cambridge Apple Day this Sunday. The good news is that the BBC is still predicting good weather (phew). Unfortunately for those last minute scrumpers, Saturday looks like an absolute … Continue reading →

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Let’s scrump

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Philip Colligan

It’s feeling a bit chilly in the mornings, which can only mean one thing… Just one week to go until Cambridge Apple Day and this is the weekend for scrumping. I’ll be building the tump this weekend, which means we’re … Continue reading →

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