We’re not saying you own to move so far as to accomplish a pig swallow your conker to toughen it up,but ... There’s no better way to celebrate autumn’s bounty than by turning it into a nostalgic game. There are an estimated 470000 horse chestnut trees in the UK. Their fruits harden and drop in September and October. Hardcore players are already toughening their conkers for this month’s world championships in Northamptonshire. According to St John Burkett, one of the organisers of the championships – a 50-year-old event attracting 400 players – there’s an art to picking the right conker. You need it to be nice and round (flat-edged ones shatter too easily) and of medium size (too immense and you risk weakness, or too small and you risk missing your target).
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Source: theguardian.com