Chestnuts

London Fields is characterised by its magnificent planes - the galleons of the Fields. But there is a superb series of Chestnuts that form the north border of the park, along Richmond Road. Conker creating, luscious leaved beauties, they are a nice contrast to the series of plane avenues, and are somehow less well-known as there is no peripheral path on the north side, inside the gates. The people who benefit most are those who use the picnic tables and benches in the north field. To use those it is neccessary to haves some sort of dependency issue - a user or addict. I call them the users' benches - fair dos. They start early and get a whole day in, watched over by the benign Chestnut presences.