Free cider on offer at apple harvest

FREE cider will be on offer to volunteers who help out at a community apple harvest in Portishead.

The harvest , organised by Transition Portishead, is at the Weston Moor Nature Reserve, Weston-in-Gordano, on September 25 from 11am-3pm.

Apple presses will be available to convert the crop of apples into juice or cider which will be given free to anyone who helps with the harvest.

Locally made apple presses will be on sale and there will be a hedge laying demonstration by Avon Wildlife Trust as well as a guided walk around the nature reserve.

Local beekeepers will be on hand to explain the important role of bees as pollinators as well as selling locally made honey.

Volunteers and visitors will be able to tuck into a range of treats including apple fritters, homemade cakes and locally produced apple juice.

Transition Portishead spokesman, Jon Gething, said: "The trees are simply dripping with apples this year and we would encourage people to bring lots of clean, washed bottles to take the juice home in."

The event is being organised in partnership with Avon Wildlife Trust, Portishead in Bloom, Harbourside WI and Portishead Lions.