Oh apple tree we wassail you! Under a bright moon, a crowd of more than 50 gathered at the Ridgeway village of Aldworth’s CAMRA award-winning pub The Bell on Friday night to observe the ancient tradition of wassailing. They came to bless the old and much-loved apple tree in the beer garden, with drinking and singing to its health and to scare off evil spirits with an almighty noise, in order to ensure a bountiful autumn harvest. Morris dancers from Kennet and Icknield Way sides led the ceremony, first with a merry dance outside the pub, then ushering the assembled wassailers to the apple tree….