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favourite fruit, but here are a few of the bigger ones. Ramsey Rural Museum and Walled Garden’s Apple and Harvest Fair takes place on 12 October, where you’ll find food and drink, live music, traditional craft workshops, children’s activities and even molly dancing – a form of morris dancing specific to East Anglia. Raising money for charity, Burwash Manor’s Apple Day is scheduled for 11 October, and Visit Ely’s Apple and Harvest Fayre will take place on Palace Green and Cross Green from 11 to 12 October. wildlifebcn.org, burwashmanor.com, visitely.org.uk Meanwhile, for city residents it’s only a short stroll or bike ride to Cambridge University Botanic Garden’s Apple Day on 19 October to enjoy tastings and sales, themed activities, garden tours, entertainment, local crafts and pop-up food trucks, with experts on hand to identify your mystery varieties and offer cultivation advice. botanic.cam.ac.uk Snuggle up for a scary story A treat is in store for young readers at Waterstones this month. Local author Jack Mackay will be getting his audience well and truly in the Halloween mood as he introduces his spine-chilling new novel, Gloam , written specially for middle- grade readers. Honouring his great love for all things horror, he’ll also talk about his favourite stories, from Goosebumps to Stranger Things , before reading from Gloam and giving his top tips for writing the perfect fictional villain. This lunchtime event takes place on 29 October and will be suitable for ages nine and above. waterstones.com Reap the harvest This month, churches covering the length and breadth of Cambridgeshire will be festooned with flowers, local seasonal produce and perhaps the odd corn dolly made from the woven stalks of cereal crops, as their congregations give thanks for the harvest. Ely Cathedral’s Harvest Weekend takes place from 10 to 12 October with the theme of ‘Farming the Fens’. Visitors can look forward to a variety of different themed events over the course of the three days, including scarecrow making and folklore storytelling, set against the blooming backdrop of the flower-filled Nave, courtesy of the Flower Guild. For those wishing to worship, there is a harvest supper with hymns on 10, the Eucharist on 12 and prayer and praise on 13 October. elycathedral.org
GHOST TOWN Cambridge University Botanic Garden’s Apple Day (top); take a train through some spooky woodland at Audley End (bottom, top right); and look out for the Harvest Moon (right)
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