Nearly missed out on harvesting 70lbs of Egremont Russet apples in peak condition by not taking account of the weather in this most unusual summer. I would normally harvest these towards the end of September but we noticed this weekend that the fruit was starting to drop quite quickly, so it was time to get picking! Storage will be a problem unless it cools down very quickly in the next few weeks. They may end up in the garage for the time being but it’s already very full (of rubbish mainly!).