In the depths of January our friends at HICOP hold a Wassail at the Community Orchard. What is a Wassail? It’s a time to visit the orchard and sing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year.  And there is a tradition to make a noise, a hullaballoo, by banging pots and pans.  And of course cider plays it's part – there’ll be a toast to the trees and cider is sprinkled over the roots. 

This year, the HICOP Wassail is on Saturday 24th January at 4:30pm at the Community Orchard.  So bring lanterns and torches to find your way, and bring pots, pans and spoons to bang to make a hullaballoo and wake the trees.  Our toast master will make the traditional toast to the trees.  And then join in singing some traditional Wassail songs around the HICOP flaming beacon.

There'll be hot and cold cider and apple juice available too, and cakes too. Bring your own mug if you can.

Wassailing is a tradition dating back a thousand years. Let's keep the tradition alive this year at the Community Orchard.