For Barbara Hockley the conkering season was a nightmare. And it wasn't much fun for her insurance company either.
The culprit was a horse chestnut tree in the park adjoining her home that was a magnet to children.
Sticks and stones, not to mention cricket bats and crash helmets, were thrown to dislodge the nuts and, inevitably, some of the missiles missed, causing hundreds of pounds of damage to her conservatory.
This year, however, 69-year-old Mrs Hockley was a step ahead of the conkering hordes. When her insurers said they were not prepared to foot the repair bill any more she called in the council.
In a few hours two men with a hydraulic cherry-picker from Worthing council in West Sussex, which was anxious to avoid being made liable for damage, picked 10lb of conkers and left them in a pile for children to collect.
In other conker related news, The French bid to conker the world.
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