New cider batch thanks to the folk of Newport

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A clarion call to my village via Facebook turned up nearly enough apples for another demijohn full of fresh juice and another go at cider.   I washed them and chopped them, removing the bad and rotten bits, then put them through our borrowed scratter (smasher up of apples).

I then pressed them in three batches and poured the juice in to a sterilised demijohn before adding a crushed campden tablet.  Now to leave for 24 hours (patience!) before testing the specific gravity and deciding what I want the final product to be like.