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If they're damsons they're small then surely? I thought damsons would be a bit bigger, the biggest ones were as big as my thumb nail (less than an inch)

Mine were that sort of size too Kezz. I thought Damsons were mean't to be bigger but I am so new to this I've got alot to learn.

My damsons are that size but if you google you will see all sorts of shapes and sizes, rather the same as bullace - some say a bullace is just another name for a damson, some reckon they are different shape. It is a bit of a minefield and probably rather regional as well. But Kezz if you didn't taste really, really bitter then I don't (personally ) think it's a sloe, cos you'd just know!

I'm with MMM. If you bite a sloe, your face will make a serious attempt to turn inside out. It isn't just sour - it's extreme sourness and bitterness which makes your lips turn into the smallest possible circle. If you didn't get that but just thought "Oh, that's a bit sour", it wasn't a sloe you bit.

But ... with sugar added, sloe is the most marvellous flavour.

Mike

The third phot looks to me like a hand,some dark blue fruit,and some serious thorns,so are they damsons???...

Well I had another nibble of one before I chucked them in the freezer, I'm sticking with my first description of "grape-ish" in flavour, the juice was intense and made my mouth go super dry, but I still wouldn't say they were sour...

I thought the thorn like thing was a branch - it's not very clear or close up. Maybe we have discovered the world's first person who can eat raw sloes - Kezz! Cos most folk (well me anyway) would never bite into a sloe twice. Maybe it's a mix of the two - stranger things have happened in nature.

Maybe what i found was sloes then as they tasted really really horrible, definately not something I would want to eat raw.
There was another tree nearby though and the fruit was a little different and tasted sour but bearable, i think i have a mix of the 2 but i'm sure that wont matter.