Helped along greatly by the absence of rain (and you can’t often say that at the moment), yet again the Redlake Valley Community Benefit Society enjoyed a successful apple-pressing day on Sunday 13th October at the village hall in Chapel Lawn. For the fourth year now, the Kemp Valley apple pressers arrived with their equipment and ensured a successful event.  310 bottles of truly delicious pasteurised juice and 76 litres of unpasteurised were produced for satisfied customers who came and went throughout the day bearing baskets, bags and boxes of apples to be pulped, pressed and pasteurised. As ever, it wasn’t just about the apples. It was a very friendly, sociable occasion and, who knows, maybe some new friendships were formed. Thanks, of course, must go to all who turned out that day to help, resulting in £465 raised for the Society’s funds.