Allotment Conker Championships

[vegmandan]

I don't think I've posted this in the right place and I know they're not edible, but I was wondering how your Conkers have been this year and if anyone else has a similar contest.
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Here's a vid of my Allotment World Championship Conker Contest.

It's gotta be done,30 years after last playing it was hillarious to do.

Painful,very painful but a right laugh none the less..

[veggiechicken]

Brilliant, Dan! Makes me want to rush out and find conkers!

[BarleySugar]

Great to watch. I miss picking up conkers for the kids, I love the smooth shinyness (is that a word?) of the skins when they first come out of their cases.

[Aberdeenplotter]

chestnuts = conkers. Roast chestnuts are edible. Dunno if its a different variety from the horse chestnuts mind

[veggiechicken]

Conkers = Horse chestnuts = inedible
Roast chestnuts = Sweet chestnuts = sometimes edible if well cooked - otherwise inedible!