Shaking apples

It was today that I realised why Milton Earnest has decided he needs to be a hermit. He has worked out that it gets him out of work.

It being a Bank Holiday, I got an extra day's labour out of the Beaker People today - good news, it being cider-making time. Apart from Milton - sorry, Hugo the Hermit - who sat around meditating all day.

You can see below the exciting time that Marston Moretaine had. I'm pleased to note that he was wearing fairly good safety equipment - hi-viz, a cricket helmet and steel toe-capped safety  boots. However he still got a bit bruised. And then stung by wasps when he when he was pressing the apples later on.