Past Apple Days

Apple Day 2024 – Saturday October 5th

Another successful Apple Day was held on Saturday October 5th. As ever, we seem to be fortunate with the weather.

The food stalls proved to be as popular as ever with the soup from Il Lupo along with cakes, teas and coffee from the WI. Not forgetting the Hot Dogs from the Orchard Group.

The Baslow Environment Group were present sharing their news about the proposed energy generation project, better use of land resources and the Baslow bird group.

To keep all ages amused their were games on hand including skittles, rockets, and apple bobbing. Special mention is due to the archery event where many enjoyed testing their skills.

Of course being Apple Day, our main activity was the Apple Juicing. Thanks to all those who helped on a very busy stall.

Apple Day 2023 – Saturday October 8th

Of course being “Apple Day” juicing came high up the list of activities. even though it had not been such a good year for apples, nevertheless there was plenty of excellent apple juice pressed.

Many came and asked our expert about apples and also a chance to learn how to identify different varieties and filled gaps on their knowledge. We hope to see even more apples.

St Anne’s PTFA ran a licensed bar which was, as expected, had plenty of customers! There were jacket potatoes, vegetable curry curtesy of the Garden Society and certainly not to be missed absolutely delicious minestrone soup from IL Lupo. Many thanks to all who provided food.

The William Tell Archery Competition proved to be as popular as ever. The live music was excellent and provided a relaxing backdrop to the afternoon.

There were games to keep all entertained and skittles showed that the traditional games still have a strong attraction for all ages.

Apple Day 2022 – Saturday October

Apple Day 2022 was particularly special as it marked our tenth anniversary. We were delighted to have the Duchess of Devonshire come along to the event.

It was a very full event with highlights that included:

Live music
Stilt walkers who delighted the crowd young and old, notable Bob the Butterfly and Gerry the Gerbera
Ask the expert – many questions were asked and all answered!
Refreshments including minestrone soup courtesy of Il Lupo- popular as ever
Apple pressing and with a bumper year for apples the “pressers” were kept very busy
A William Tell archery competition which proved very popular

As ever, our many supporters make the event happen.

Apple Day 2019 – October 12

Highlights from Apple Day 2019 included:

Apple pressing.
Children’s games, including build and fly your own paper rocket.
Garden games from Becky Lyne
Tug-of-war
Story telling with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Ask the Expert – bring your apples to be identified.
Refreshments: WI hot drinks, cakes and crafts; St Anne’s PTA sandwiches and cakes; Minestrone soup courtesy of Il Lupo, Vegan soups courtesy of Neil Angus; jacket potatoes
Live music throughout the afternoon from the Litton Band and Chris and the Heartbreakers.
Apple recipe competitions for adults and children.
Garden Society plant sale.
Bakewell Scouts activities

Apple Day Supporters

Apple Day could not happen without the help of many contributors. We would like to thank all our regular helpers; Neil Angus and Il Lupo for their help with this year’s soups; and the Chatsworth Trust for their help with printing costs.

Finally, a big thank you to all our exhibitors and volunteers, as well as thanks to our competition judge, Max Fischer

Apple Day 2018 – Saturday October 6

Despite poor weather forecast the event went off well. Here are some photographs:

Apple Day 2017 – Saturday October 14

We were blessed with glorious weather which brought out good numbers of people. There were lot of people there and plenty to do. The stalls and tents were full of activities. Malcolm Roper’s soups were top class as were the WI cakes. The Garden Society, Baslow WI and PTA all had bumper stocks and bumper interest.

The apple juicing activity was a success despite a poor harvest and it was good to see people bringing their own apples and doing their own juicing. (Remember the orchard group’s press is available to village residents to borrow).

The baking competitions were very popular. Special thanks go to Max Fischer for his own baking in “Guess the Ingredients” event and to Bridget Skinner for providing tray-bakes to celebrate the “5th birthday” of the orchard.

From an organisational perspective, much more help from volunteers the year made everything run smoothly – set-up, help at the event and afterwards. Our aim is to break even, and this we did, with a small surplus of income over expenditure.

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