A quick search on Freecycle revealed that there were numerous people more than happy to have spare apples taken off their hands: “Just so long as they were rewarded with the cider we made from them!” laughs Pete. But it soon became apparent that the trees on London’s highways and parks were also choc-full of delights just waiting to be turned into cider. “We all cycle and we kept seeing trees we thought would be good to raid. Once we’d seen one, we’d make a note and come back to it with all of our paraphernalia.”

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