GOING CONKERS Traditional Geocache
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Please take time to look at one of the two magnificent specimens best seen in the spring.
Going Conkers
Aesculus Hippocastanum
The horse chestnut tree, which originated in the Balkans, was introduced to Britain in the 1600's as an ornamental tree. It grows so successfully here that it is hard to believe it is not native to the U.K.
The horse chestnut is one of the first trees in leaf, and looks its best in springtime, when it is covered with clusters of either pink or white flowers, known as 'candles'. These flowers are normally pollinated by the early flying bumble bees. The leaves are made up of 5 to 7 leaflets.
Shortly after pollination the seeds of the tree appear encased in a prickly green shell which is about the size of a marble.
They slowly grow to the size of a golf ball and then in September the prickly casing splits open to release the shiny brown seed, known as a 'conker'.
The Game of Conqueror
The game is played by two people, each equipped with a conker threaded onto the end of a piece of string or an old boot lace. The players take turns at whacking their opponents conker with their own conker, with the aim of smashing their opponents conker to pieces. The winner is the player whose conker is still attached to the string.
Brayton or 'Breide-tun' was first mentioned in a Saxton time document dated 1030. It was later mentioned as 'Bretone' in the Domesday Book in 1076. By 1775 documents had the name of Brayton entered. There is only one Brayton in Britain, with four in the USA and one in Canada.
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