Mortimer to Aldermaston and Theale walk
Gentle. A stream, Roman Calleva, and an optional canal side extension.
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![Trees in a yellow sea Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/3079/2446971728_8c620ce69c.jpg)
![Calleva ampitheatre Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/2331/2446147741_2a6c6b4178.jpg)
![Calleva ampitheatre Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/3215/2446974452_0ba460af38.jpg)
![Calleva town wall Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/3208/2446150351_b3df32fb96.jpg)
![Calleva wall Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/3040/2446151475_c1492d60b7_z.jpg)
![Calleva wall Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/2295/2446978338_0b65d339ce.jpg)
![Calleva wall Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/2330/2446979570_817deffbc2.jpg)
![Mullein Calleva wall. Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/2225/2446155351_b68e6864a0_z.jpg)
![Calleva wall Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/3282/2446982192_59dbbbb33b.jpg)
![Bluebells Calleva. Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/2157/2446157959_5ef220c91f_z.jpg)
![Something you dont see every day... People taking wolves for a walk. (A wolf conservation trust is based nearby.) Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/3267/2446984836_b515fde928.jpg)
Something you dont see every day...
People taking wolves for a walk. (A wolf conservation trust is based nearby.) Mortimer to Aldermaston
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![People walking with wolves. Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/3051/2446986104_8dc40bc2e7.jpg)
![Calleva ampitheatre Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/3127/2590037545_f2e6abdbde.jpg)
![Silchester Church Above the Roman wall. Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/3262/2590872190_fe6bc49966.jpg)
![Calleva Wall Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/3265/2590039099_c79d363635.jpg)
![Tree with bracken Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/3018/2590039957_ff9c4e7e01.jpg)
![Advance of the foxgloves Foxgloves were a recurring feature on this walk. I guess it's foxglove time. Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/3174/2590040737_e59c3eacd2_z.jpg)
Advance of the foxgloves
Foxgloves were a recurring feature on this walk. I guess it's foxglove time. Mortimer to Aldermaston
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![Field full of thistles All straggly and tall with a little pink flower on top. Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/3146/2590041549_abff535ba1.jpg)
Field full of thistles
All straggly and tall with a little pink flower on top. Mortimer to Aldermaston
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![Nearing Calleva Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/4127/5065563209_b5e14bebc3.jpg)
![Roman ampitheatre, Calleva And that's a Roman in the foreground.](https://live.staticflickr.com/4086/5065564887_13e0b1e2eb.jpg)
![Inside the church, Silchester Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/4103/5066179318_91686ae005.jpg)
![Inside the church, Silchester Medeval wall decorations. Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/4128/5066180962_e573dd2304.jpg)
Inside the church, Silchester
Medeval wall decorations. Mortimer to Aldermaston
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![Calleva town wall Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/4109/5065570113_54e5f00c8e.jpg)
![Tree atop the wall Calleva town wall. Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/4088/5066186236_3fe86129c5.jpg)
![Calleva town wall Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/4085/5065575325_89e0feca9b.jpg)
![Fly agaric Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/4088/5066189500_54bdc71378.jpg)
![In the woods Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/4151/5065580017_d0522ae403.jpg)
![Fly agaric Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/4146/5065581611_a27b94e404.jpg)
![Amethyst deceiver Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/4153/5065583111_5e4eb0608b.jpg)
![In the woods Most lkely an amanita. Mortimer to Aldermaston Aldermaston Soke Woods](https://live.staticflickr.com/4087/5065587749_f44d83019f_z.jpg)
In the woods
Most lkely an amanita. Mortimer to Aldermaston Aldermaston Soke Woods
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![Boletus Mortimer to Aldermaston Aldermaston Soke Woods](https://live.staticflickr.com/4153/5065589289_b120b05c6f_z.jpg)
![Calocera viscosa Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/4104/5066203400_2b6f86b56f.jpg)
![Emergent fungi Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/4127/5066204972_1b607c20eb.jpg)
![Tree near Aldermaston Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/4087/5066206620_6502ab1986.jpg)
![Seat round yew Silchester Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/4133/5065601839_aa0879fe93_z.jpg)
![If Picasso built churches....... relax......it's a composite showing both sides' medeval decorations. Silchester. Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/4108/5065608207_e487c5742d_z.jpg)
If Picasso built churches.......
relax......it's a composite showing both sides' medeval decorations. Silchester. Mortimer to Aldermaston
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![Mortimer Station On the line between Basingstoke and Reading.](https://live.staticflickr.com/5521/9394408829_ac6826044f.jpg)
Mortimer Station
On the line between Basingstoke and Reading.
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![Mortimer church](https://live.staticflickr.com/2855/9397187274_b7d154f65c_z.jpg)
![Woodland near Mortimer](https://live.staticflickr.com/7418/9397207288_5298d05527.jpg)
Woodland near Mortimer
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![Calleva Atrebatvm Roman Amphitheatre Just to the east of Silchester is the remains of what was likely an important Roman Town. The town had a wall around it and an amphitheatre.](https://live.staticflickr.com/2887/9404618494_cc128b3ab3.jpg)
Calleva Atrebatvm Roman Amphitheatre
Just to the east of Silchester is the remains of what was likely an important Roman Town. The town had a wall around it and an amphitheatre.
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![Calleva Atrebatvm Roman Amphitheatre Just to the east of Silchester is the remains of what was likely an important Roman Town. The town had a wall around it and an amphitheatre.](https://live.staticflickr.com/5457/9404632562_1c91df77ea.jpg)
Calleva Atrebatvm Roman Amphitheatre
Just to the east of Silchester is the remains of what was likely an important Roman Town. The town had a wall around it and an amphitheatre.
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![Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm](https://live.staticflickr.com/5525/9401888133_c8f7f53e01.jpg)
Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm
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![Church at Calleva Atrebatvm](https://live.staticflickr.com/7296/9404658286_3d2bb94372.jpg)
Church at Calleva Atrebatvm
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![Church at Calleva Atrebatvm](https://live.staticflickr.com/5541/9404673850_2be406c3fa.jpg)
Church at Calleva Atrebatvm
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![Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm A tree is growing on it here](https://live.staticflickr.com/3666/9401929851_35e9a55313.jpg)
![Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm](https://live.staticflickr.com/5527/9401942591_be64199dce.jpg)
Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm
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![Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm](https://live.staticflickr.com/3821/9404714624_ab9cb6ae3d.jpg)
Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm
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![Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm](https://live.staticflickr.com/3735/9401971079_117e60ffaf.jpg)
Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm
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![Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm](https://live.staticflickr.com/5515/9401983193_8775316358.jpg)
Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm
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![Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm](https://live.staticflickr.com/2874/9401996191_eb45422af7.jpg)
Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm
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![Path near Silchester](https://live.staticflickr.com/5481/9412422080_5f47a9715e.jpg)
![Padworth Common](https://live.staticflickr.com/2891/9412444882_f4af73e393.jpg)
![View near Padworth](https://live.staticflickr.com/5326/9409689851_83797018ed.jpg)
![Near Padworth](https://live.staticflickr.com/7319/9444419143_3e6fb3db08.jpg)
![Wooded track near Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/7297/9447224364_40c4a2286d_z.jpg)
![Cottage near Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/5499/9444456091_9432ca2126.jpg)
![Wild beast Seen very close to the ampitheatre, probably an escapee. Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/7418/9346299296_599f9d7f6b.jpg)
Wild beast
Seen very close to the ampitheatre, probably an escapee. Mortimer to Aldermaston
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![Calleva dig Mortimer to Aldermaston](https://live.staticflickr.com/5489/9343514007_fa78e383b0.jpg)
![Thistle Mortimer to Aldermaston Burnt Common.](https://live.staticflickr.com/7362/9343518359_eb2417db2e_z.jpg)
![Golden grass Mortimer to Aldermaston Burnt Common.](https://live.staticflickr.com/5536/9343522805_fa2ce400d7_z.jpg)
![Cinnabar moth caterpillars on ragwort They absorb the ragwort toxins. The yellow and black says "don't eat". (Wasn't going to anyway!) Mortimer to Aldermaston p.s. when they run out of ragwort, they eat each other!](https://live.staticflickr.com/5500/9346317228_da84057480_z.jpg)
Cinnabar moth caterpillars on ragwort
They absorb the ragwort toxins. The yellow and black says "don't eat". (Wasn't going to anyway!) Mortimer to Aldermaston p.s. when they run out of ragwort, they eat each other!
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![Inquisitive Cows A rider had just been thrown from his horse in the bridleway I was walking on. Cows in the neighbouring field came across to investigate ...](https://live.staticflickr.com/8627/16174525910_1902581289.jpg)
Inquisitive Cows
A rider had just been thrown from his horse in the bridleway I was walking on. Cows in the neighbouring field came across to investigate ...
Jan-15 • quitenearmike on Flickr
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![Autumn colour in Stratfield Mortimer](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51501604982_04a6a2c74c.jpg)
Autumn colour in Stratfield Mortimer
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![St. Mary the Virgin Church in Stratfield Mortimer](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51502626318_18e7913226_z.jpg)
St. Mary the Virgin Church in Stratfield Mortimer
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![It looks dry - Mortimer](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51503327995_12e2326916.jpg)
It looks dry - Mortimer
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Flood plain - Mortimer.](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51501604097_27f59a015f.jpg)
Flood plain - Mortimer.
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Nearly dead oak - Mortimer.](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51501603732_97b5828499.jpg)
Nearly dead oak - Mortimer.
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Silchester amphitheatre](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51501601057_1270329031_z.jpg)
Silchester amphitheatre
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Roman Amphitheatre - Silchester](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51503115159_f3a920d149.jpg)
Roman Amphitheatre - Silchester
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Silchester Roman Town](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51502397296_2ca4c1a2dd.jpg)
Silchester Roman Town
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Chicken-of-the-Woods on dead stump - Silchester Laetiporus sulphureus](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51502623718_d001b0e1f6_z.jpg)
Chicken-of-the-Woods on dead stump - Silchester
Laetiporus sulphureus
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Walls of Silchester and St. Mary's Church](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51502397121_12e91c6195.jpg)
Walls of Silchester and St. Mary's Church
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Silchester town defences](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51503324820_f63a715a7f_z.jpg)
Silchester town defences
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Silchester town wall looking East](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51503126894_25f7a7c64a.jpg)
Silchester town wall looking East
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Silchester town wall looking West](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51503336815_edf479e774.jpg)
Silchester town wall looking West
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Yew tree atop Silchester town wall](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51503125524_f13fef215a.jpg)
Yew tree atop Silchester town wall
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Nettle-leaved Bellflower - Silchester Campanula trachelium](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51503124829_0b2bf5e8d4_z.jpg)
Nettle-leaved Bellflower - Silchester
Campanula trachelium
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Into the woods - Silchester](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51502404661_8f699154a6.jpg)
Into the woods - Silchester
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Colouring ferns in woods near Silchester](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51503333070_d4f852431c.jpg)
Colouring ferns in woods near Silchester
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Quarry area - Mortimer West](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51503121804_f6fce793f2.jpg)
Quarry area - Mortimer West
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Avenue of Willows - Mortimer West](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51503332135_c9585ea3f9.jpg)
Avenue of Willows - Mortimer West
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![River Kennet - Padworth (1)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51502629658_8c78bb13b5.jpg)
River Kennet - Padworth (1)
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![River Kennet - Padworth (2)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51502629053_bc26192c11.jpg)
River Kennet - Padworth (2)
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![River Kennet - Padworth (3)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51501607097_ec24e3a768.jpg)
River Kennet - Padworth (3)
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Kennet Millenium Salmon Pass Project - Padworth](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51502401451_c673ed05f5_z.jpg)
Kennet Millenium Salmon Pass Project - Padworth
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Padworth Mill Fish Ladder](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51503119384_3d6584f8eb.jpg)
Padworth Mill Fish Ladder
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![River Kennet - Padworth (4)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51503329540_40df64224e.jpg)
River Kennet - Padworth (4)
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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![Cute bridge, River Kennet - Padworth](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51503118584_34aa7d95e5.jpg)
Cute bridge, River Kennet - Padworth
Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr
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