The horse chestnut leaves are beginning to look ragged, and the conker cases are dropping to the ground.

They have had a difficult year. Horse Chestnuts are not that good at coping with droughts.

But despite that they have done their most important function and produced lots of conkers for school children. The odd ones might get missed and turn into new trees.

There is a particularly well set out avenue of horse chestnut trees near the top end of Audlett Drive. On one side of Audlett Drive the avenue leads to a style and then to Thrupp Lane.

And on the other side of Audlett Drive the trees lead towards the Radley Road. But before Radley Road you will see a road, appropriately named ‘The Chestnuts’.