Dittisham Apple Day – Sunday 24 October

Sep 15, 2021 | News

Do you have apples in your garden or orchard?

Do you like drinking apple juice?

Then please come along to Dittisham Court, off Riverside Road, on Sunday 24th October for the very first Dittisham Apple Pressing day.

The pressing should start around 10.30am and carry on until 2.30pm or all the apples have been pressed.  Volunteers welcome.

Bring your apples (not spoilt but they don’t have to be perfect and there will be water to wash them) and clean containers for your juice (resealable glass bottles, plastic milk bottles etc).  There will probably be apples in the orchard at Dittisham Court which will need collecting as well if you don’t have any.

This is a free community event and volunteers and participants are asked to register their interest by emailing .

There will be an electric mill to pulp the fruit, and a metal press to squeeze the pulp. There will also be an electric pasteuriser with all the supplementary equipment to go with it so your juice can be preserved for cider-making.

START COLLECTING YOUR APPLES NOW!

This event is sponsored by the Parish of Dittisham Charity, which was set up to fund projects of environmental and community value in the parish, but no liability is accepted by the Charity.

Photo Competition – Britain’s ‘Wonderful Villages’

Sep 7, 2021 | News

1st Prize – £1,000 for your village hall and £500 for the photographer
2nd prize – £500 for your village hall and £250 for the photographer
3rd prize – £250 for your village hall and £125 for the photographer
4th prize – £100 for your village hall and £50 for the photographer
5th prize – £50 for your village hall and £25 for the photographer

The competition closes on 21st November 2021, giving you plenty of time to take your best picture!

The theme is Britain’s ‘Wonderful Villages’ and we’re interested in any photo taken in the UK that captures a sense of village life and community spirit.

Further information:  https://thevillagehallspodcast.com/photo-competition/

Roaming Pigs

Sep 7, 2021 | News

We have been told that there are six pigs which have escaped and have been roaming in the Parish over the past few days.
They were reported to the police by a resident over the weekend.
I don’t have any further information about the police’ response.
We gather from the RSPCA website that animals on a minor road are correctly reported to the police – https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/wildlife/animalsontheroad.
Police contact details including an online reporting form: https://dittishamparish.co.uk/devon-and-cornwall-police/