Conker threats

Well this is a disaster, the Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner are here in the UK! They are making the beautiful Horse Chestnut trees look nasty. What person want to hunt for luscious smooth conkers under something as pitted and pocked as the leaves above? Sure the moths might not have lasting effects, but these are trees, not people. In 30 years time we could be talking about his moth like we talk about smoking - If we knew then, what we know now etc etc.

Why have there been no public service announcements? Our conkers are at risk! Sure the Forrestry Commission is keeping an eye on them, but is it enough? Maybe Mi5 should be brought in for better surveillance and spread calculation. Our finest scientific minds should be workling on this. We should have daily adverts telling us to collect up conker leaves and burn them! Children should be taking part in leaf-collecting-drives in school! Old ladies should be collecting leaves on the bottom of their zimmer frames! Communities should come together to burn the leaves - and not just on bonfire night, every night! There should be an emergency helpline for notifications about infercted trees!

Save our Conkers!

It is clear to me that I must do further research on the risks to conker trees, so that I can run my own public information campaign. There is something out there called Bleeding Canker of Horse Chestnut, which is already giving me nightmares.