Author Archives: Philip Colligan

Huge thanks to everyone who came along to Apple Day 2015 and helped make it such a fantastic day. Popular consensus is that it was the best ever and we broke all kinds of records: Best scrump. Thanks to an … Continue reading →

Apple Day is only two days away so time for the last-minute details. Weather forecast is currently sunny, so should be another good one, no raincoats necessary! The tump is already brimming with some beautiful apples, we’re expecting lots of … Continue reading →

The 2015 tump is open and is starting to fill with apples! Dylan and Bethan are showing off the smallest and largest of the apples collected so far. The largest was mysteriously left on the lawn while we were out … Continue reading →

The date is set. This year’s apple day will be Sunday 4th October. As usual we’ve had to fit it in around a flurry of work travel, birthdays, other apples days and, this year, with added Rugby World Cup. But we’re … Continue reading →

Hard to believe that another year has passed and we’re starting to think about Cambridge Apple Day 2015. We’ll announce the date and other details in the next week or so, but for now, I thought it was about time … Continue reading →

We’re all set for Apple Day tomorrow.  It’s been a huge effort today, but we’re in good shape.  The new fruit mill is here, the press has been reconstructed and most important of all, we’ve scrumped a tonne of apples. … Continue reading →

We did it!  Thanks to our fantastic group of supporters, we have raised the £795 we need to buy a spanking new Vigo fruit mill.  You are awesome! If you haven’t pledged yet, you still can.  If we exceed the … Continue reading →

Four more days until Apple Day! The weather forecast is cloudy but dry which suits us just fine. The apple tump is also starting to look at bit more respectable. The whole garden smells of apples. but that’s only a … Continue reading →

Today we officially opened the tump and Dylan and Bethan had the honour of putting in the first apple of the year. For the uninitiated, the tump is what we use to store the apples that are collected in the … Continue reading →