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<\/a>The Wassail was led by storyteller, Cath Little, with additional Wassailing songs from Blanche Rowen, and we lingered a while in the sunny orchard before heading to the Community Centre for spiced apple juice, apple cakes made from apples harvested in the orchards last year, closing with a traditional tale about an apple tree from Cath Little.<\/p>\n