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 We had a week of rather miserable weather and on Saturday night (30 October 2005) we all watched the weather forecast, hoping for some autumn sunshine. Rain at 5 o’clock in the afternoon was predicted – halfway through our party! However, the show must go on … and we erected the tents, prepared the bonfire and hoped for the best. At 4 o’clock we felt a few drops of rain but after that the weather was perfect: mild and dry.
Once again well over 100 people congregated round the bonfire in Park Farm Cherry Orchard. Children ran amongst the trees, dressed as goblins, witches and monsters. The adults enjoyed the addition of the beer tent this year and the hot dogs, soup and toffee apples soon disappeared. Children were entertained by our wonderful storyteller, the apple bobbing and other hallowe’en games. As last year, our Lynsted guitarists, Stephen and Ramsay, provided a very professional musical background.
 Judging of the fancy dress competition proved as difficult as last year as there were so many wonderful costumes. The winner was Bethany Reid with runners-up Jodie Clinch and Joy Atwood. The winner of the pumpkin competition was Rosa Sullivan, with John Jones as runner-up.
We are delighted to report that we raised £360 from the event, which will help towards sustaining our Cherry Orchard project when we no longer have funding from the Local Heritage Initiative in 18 months’ time.
Our thanks must go to Pip Neaves for allowing us the use of the Orchard, as well as watching over the bonfire throughout the evening.
We are hoping that next year we will be able to run an even bigger and better event. We have plans for more lighting, a better sound system and more games but obviously for this we need more helpers. If you would like to help in some small way next year, or if you have ideas for improving the event, please contact us.
Gallery of pictures soon
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