Apple & Game Day

Saturday 24th October 2009

Join us for the Mill's ever-popular annual fair.  This year, it's bigger and better with a whole range of activities to suit the whole family and anyone who appreciates country living.

The restaurant will offer a number of dishes featuring apples (of course!) and a range of game meats to include pigeon, partridge, rabbit, pheasant, venison and wild boar.  The food shop will also offer seasonal breads and cakes.

Other attractions include:

• Artisan food and drink stalls from a number of local producers, offering tastings and expert insights
• Game meat BBQ
• Bushcraft demonstrations with our resident expert Chris Holland
• Wild food foraging, also with Chris
• Game bird plucking/skinning demonstations
• Game cooking demonstrations with Executive Chef, Ed Chester
• Traditional apple pressing with Gordon Hill of Bowhayes Farm
• Toffee apple making
• Apple bobbing - a fun competition for all ages
• Apple spiral baking demonstration with Head Baker, Roy Hamilton
• Forest school activities, to include badge making for children
• Anglo saxon forging with real anglo saxons from the Edcott Saxon Village at Escot Park

All of the above takes place between 11am to 4pm, and entry is free.