HORTON Brothers Honey is back at the market with this year’s supply of local honeys.

This year the bees have been working in Cranham, Stancombe and Minchinhampton where they have produced very different honeys from each location.

They took their holiday on Cannock Chase AONB where they worked the heather to produce beautiful heather honey.

None of the honey available on the stall at the market has been pasteurised.

Giles believes in keeping the goodness of the honey as it is, ensuring that the customers get all the natural goodness that nature intended.

Most of the honeys are specific to one area; the only mixed blend is that of the Cappings honey which is very flavourful – perfect for topping off your porridge.

Cappings honey is extracted from the wax caps of the frames, which are removed to allow the centrifugal extraction of the honey.

The caps are gently warmed to allow the honey and wax to separate.

The cappings honey is more dehydrated and will contain more pollen than a standard honey contributing to its fuller flavour.

As always the taster spoons are ready on the Horton’s stall for you to go along and experience all the different honeys and choose the one that you like best.

They will also have hand rolled beeswax candles (last year’s decorated candles are currently half price), beeswax tea lights, honey fudge and traditional handmade beeswax polish which can be used to protect your wooden furniture and make the room smell great.

Over at Plenty Pies a new range of pie flavours has been unleashed on the masses including a new vegetarian flavour which I’m delighted to say I sampled. Wonderful.

These pies are all made in Nailsworth and are an absolute market favourite, so if you’ve yet to try one may I suggest you do?

Elsewhere at the market the wonderful apple season continues, Stroud Brewery and Gloucester Brewery are selling beer, Trealy farm charcuterie have a pitch and Julian Harvard Flowers of Cheltenham continues to reap the rewards of the mild autumn.