Apple Day

Today is the end of Daylight Saving Time in the UK, and we happily spent our extra hour visiting Apple Day at the University Botanic Gardens.  We were able to taste nearly 30 different types of apples collected from orchards all over the region, and bought some of our favourites to take home with us.  They had warm apple cider, hard cider, baked apple treats, cheeses, honey, food trucks, a live band, and (for some reason?) also some falcons and owls on display.  It was a beautiful autumn day, perfect for enjoying some apples and the fantastic colours in the gardens.

Food truck area before the band set up – this was full of people when we left!

The most popular tent – apple tasting!

Waiting in line for apple tasting

Enjoying some hard apple cider while we wait

We made it into the tent – look at all those apples!

Time for warm apple cider

We took a walk around the gardens on our way out and saw some beautiful colours

We found these vivid purple flowers growing among the fallen leaves

Our haul from today – yum!