Despite wind and rain, last Saturday’s fundraiser was the apple of their eye for the Frinton and Walton Heritage Trust.

Almost 500 members and supporters visited the trust’s Railway Crossing Cottage on Station Approach for the second of the group’s major annual fundraisers.

The Apple Day/ Grand Fair included cakes, preserves, plants, bric-a-brac, books, jewellery and toiletries, live music from ‘the Solo Trumpeter’, refreshments, a bbq, as well as stalls selling apples.

Spokesman David Foster said the trust aims to raise £2,000 from each event- the other being a May Fair- but sadly the weather may hit the total, which still has to be calculated.

“Such fundraising events help our many and varied projects like running the James Stevens No14 Lifeboat, which is the world’s oldest motorised lifeboat and is kept at Titchmarsh Marina,” he said.

The Frinton and Walton Heritage Trust also operates the Frinton Crossing Cottage, which has a wildlife garden and contains historical artefacts from the area.

It also operates the Walton Maritime Museum, which charts the life and times of maritime Walton, and is based in the Old Lifeboat House on East Terrace.

It’s next event is a Winter Coffee Morning at Frinton Crossing Cottage on Tuesday October 18 from 10am to 12-noon- an event its stages every third Tuesday of the month.