We arrived at the hall at about 11.30 to drop off our entry and were quite suprised at the number of entrants...much increased over previous years!!
here is the table with the Novice classes alone!!
We then went to some friends for lunch. They live in a fabulous, typical Herefordshire Black and White cottage and are very keen on medieval history, so their cottage has lots of interesting items to look at...Compostgirl was enchanted by it all!After a delicious lunch we all came back to the hall for the tasting and marking session which took all afternoon!
Compostgirl made herself very helpful by handing out glasses of palate cleansing water and biscuits to the participants.
We also had a daring rescue attempt, a Swallow had got trapped inside the hall and despite our best efforts to clear the room, close the curtains and open the doors...it wouldn't fly out of the door but kept on bashing against one high window!
So eventually a ladder was brought (here is Compostman unfolding it)
and one of our friends climbed up and opened the high window.You should have heard the cheer when the Swallow finally flew out and away to freedom!!
We had enormous fun, joining in with our neighbours to taste and vote for the cider and perry on offer. Our cider didn't win anything but it tasted ok when compared with the others in our class so we feel happy at that, AND we had a fun afternoon well spent in good company.
The entries were hugely up on previous years...craft cider and perrymaking is alive and well in Herefordshire, at least.
We will be attending more events over the next 2 days...so watch this space for updates!
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