I've been on the road this week, visiting family among other things, so I've had nothing to offer my blog except this small moment of domestic goddessness: I've been collecting windfalls and have made fresh apple juice (that's cider for you Americans, lol) for the first time:

It tastes like nectar - and nothing like cartoned apple juice!

The foam must be full of natural pectin because it sets so solid it can be eaten with a spoon: