Two tons of apples have been blown off the trees, ending up in the corner of the Somerset Cider Brandy orchard. The company, based near Martock, said it is now giving them away. The fallen apples were the result of the winds and floods storm Ciarán have caused.
Matilda Temperely, from the cider farm: "We won't be able to pick these apples with our harvesting machine as it's a bit soggy. There's a couple of tons of apple that people can help themselves to."
She said the loss will not impact their full harvest: "There's about 300 tons of apples in the rest of our orchards.”
In a post on its Facebook page, the company welcomed people to come and collect any of the washed up apples. Miss Temperely: "We still have one orchard field that is fully underwater, which at the moment, you can only access with a canoe. The storm has caused a very strange sight but we have to expect more of this type of weather especially with climate change."
Source: bbc.com