SCARECROWS, cider and songs were all used to welcome home the harvest in Cattistock.

The village celebrated bringing in the harvest last weekend.

On Saturday the church was decorated with vintage farming equipment including a butter churner and a vintage tractor parked outside.

Produce was brought to the church and used to decorate it.

This year’s theme for the harvest weekend was bygone days and the church service featured music, readings and anecdotes from those times.

Revellers listened to the Beaminster Gallery Quire play and sing in period costume and afterwards cider and sausage rolls were served in the church yard.

One of the organisers of the event Rob Curtis said: “The music they played was traditional village music and harvest music, mixed with traditional hymns.

“It gave an idea of what harvest was like in days gone by.”

The proceedings this year saw some new additions with a scarecrow competition.

School children and families made the scarecrows, which came in all shapes and sizes including one that had its own mini tractor.

They lined the path to the church and proved so popular the organisers are already thinking of making it an annual event.

On Sunday the harvest church service took place before the food was auctioned off. The service was made extra special with the Christening of a baby.

Most people then headed to the Fox and Hounds pub for a traditional ploughman’s lunch.

Mr Curtis said the weekend had been a real success.

He said: “It was the first time we had a Harvest Home event celebrated in a traditional way. It was really good and really added something to it.”