Oh my!!! Those chestnuts bring me so many memories from my childhood!
My grandparents had a huuuge tree and it was such a beautiful moment in which my cousins and I would try to get the chestnuts from the spiky thing that fell from it! I hadn't thought of that in a very long time, but now as I'm writing this I've got a smile on my face.
Thank you so much for sharing this, it has been beautiful, really beautiful!
I bet it was a magnificent tree. And for sure there are not tastier chestnuts than those yiu collect yourself. Yes the spiky peel is the pericarpus of the fruit the chestnuts are the seeds. I am really honoured it triggered fond memories.