SYP at Hardy's cottage!

SYP Team
5 days ago
1 min read

Updated: 2 days ago

Thanks to Caps and her team Lou and Rod at Hardy's cottage part of the National Trust our young people were given the opportunity to go to Hardy's cottage to carve pumpkins and press apples for juice.

Caps and the team as always were really welcoming, they started by sitting in woods and carving pumpkins whilst Caps had made a small bonfire for marshmallow toasting later. The pumpkins were then put in the apple store with t-lights for the group of visiting children the following day.

Then the young people got to drink apple juice they had just pressed, and all said it was delicious. They learnt amongst other things that a "Sweet sheep's nose" is the name of an apple used for cider making.

After lunch the young people toasted marshmallows on the bonfire Caps had made and made yummy s'mores from these.

Following the s'mores the young people had a tour of the house and learnt some of its history. The tour finished with some delicious homemade apple cake Lou had baked form the original recipe. Whilst eating the cake, Lou told the young people the workings of the bread oven.

The day was finished off by a woodland walk and Rod providing them all with a poetry readings of Hardy's first poem Dom cilium, a poem by Barnes and a war time song called "When will I get a banana" !