A Lammas Day service and lunch was held at St Mary’s Church in Cerne Abbas.

It took place at the church on Sunday, August 5.

Lammas traditionally comes at the beginning of August and is a celebration of the first fruits of the harvest.

During the service there was a presentation of the first loaf from the harvest and local beer, which was then shared during the lunch that followed.

Jane Still of St Mary’s Church said: “Local farming families presented small sheaves of barley and wheat, as well as a bowl of organic malting barley grown in the valley for making malt for Cerne Abbas Brewery's ales. In addition, a local pub presented a loaf of bread made in the village, and one of our brewery's brewers and his children presented a jug of Cerne Abbas Brewery's ale. Julie Plumley of the social enterprise Future Roots then described current projects with young and retired people at Rylands Farm."

She added: "At the end of the service everyone shared Cerne Abbas ale and a ploughmans’ lunch, while children made their own pizzas for lunch as Gordon Bartlett serenaded them with his street organ. Donations for the work of Future Roots were also collected during the service and at the lunch afterwards.”