Keith Burton's photos with the keyword: Horse Chestnuts

The Seeds of the Horse Chestnut Tree

21 Sep 2025 24 42 173
.........or as they are commonly known: Conkers. I went out this afternoon and scrabbled about in a road (between the traffic) near our house to collect them. You have to get to them before the school kids who generally want them to play the game of Conkers. Conkers is a traditional children's game in Great Britain and Ireland played using the seeds of horse chestnut trees—the name 'conker' is also applied to the seed and to the tree itself. The game is played by two players, each with a conker threaded onto a piece of string: they take turns striking each other's conker until one breaks. (Info from Wikipedia). I've added a close crop in the PiP for detail.

Conkers (Horse Chestnuts)

07 Oct 2022 31 36 289
Tabletop photography. I spotted these conkers in my local park and after fighting off a bunch of schoolboys who were also trying to collect them, I took them home to photograph :-) PiP 1......Several more conkers. PiP2......If you know, you know :-) Thanks for looking.