I am not a million miles away from you and my soil is solid clay (I am not permitted to "mine" for it in my deeds! LOL)
At the moment I have pigs on some of the land, doing what they do, just turning it over a bit, and then we plan to plant an orchard. We have been told that apples will be fine on the soil such as it is with a bit of TLC when digging the holes for them. We are going to try vines as well as an experiment. I already have soft fruit caged in, in my garden which has had no attention whatsoever paid to it for over 10 years (not even mulched,fed - anything) and my raspberry crop is ridiculously heavy every year - so it seems they thrive on neglect!
Good luck - keep us up to date and I'll do the same!