Well, the season is upon us and the spiky green cases of the forest's Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) trees have been falling for a couple of weeks now; sadly if those that have fallen (and a lot have already fallen) are anything to go by this year you wont be roasting chestnuts on an open fire unless you buys some. For the most part the examples I've seen lying about have been little more than empty nut sacks and small fruits, slim pickings for both man and beast. I suppose this could just be the trees discarding the chaff, the weaker fruits and the best nuts are yet to come; though that sounds like wishful thinking. Tomorrow we'll be passing through a stand of mature Sweet Chestnut trees that I've gathered from for 40 years and are usually a solid bet; that should be a tell.
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