Blackmoor Apple Day has become an annual pilgrimage for us, keenly looked forward to as summer turns to autumn. Most of our fruit trees are from Blackmoor Nurseries; most, not all, only because we inherited a line of mature trees on the allotment.
You can see the green gazebos where the apple tasting
takes place in the background of this picture:
Posted in Allotments, Woodworking
Tagged Blackmoor Apple Tasting Day, Blackmoor Nurseries, Craft woodworking
We both went on a woodturning course. It all started with spoon carving, of which more another time. But I needed some suitable wood for carving, and found a company called Peter Child which sells nice wood for turning and carving. It’s handily situated not far from where Jean’s mum lives, so on a visit to see her we made a detour. What a wonderful shop! And while we were exploring the woodstore, we realised that they run two-day courses in woodturning. So we booked ourselves in.
Here’s Jean doing a practice piece.
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