Apple festival

Autumn is well and truly here, and I am just loving all the autumn festivals. This weekend we visited the small village of Villemorian, not far from us, that had a wonderful autumn fete. The star of the show was ‘The apple’, and the village celebrates it every year. I don’t think I knew there was so many different varieties.

We just love how much effort goes into these events. Even though it was a bit of a damp day there were plenty of stalls selling local produce, lots of opportunities for snacks and lunch, and an apple press run by the community handing out bottles of apple juice, which you were invited to take for a small donation. It was so sweet, fresh and delicious.

We arrived around lunchtime, and were soon enjoying a barquette of merguez et frites, and after we tucked into some freshly fried apple fritters with a sprinkling of sugar.

And, of course, lunch included a free mini concert, a real French favourite. Just wonderful.