Walks Day walks (CW1) # 33

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Mortimer to Aldermaston and Theale Walk

Gentle. A stream, Roman Calleva, and an optional canal side extension.

Berkshire Roman Remains

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Autumn colour in Stratfield Mortimer

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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St. Mary the Virgin Church in Stratfield Mortimer

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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It looks dry - Mortimer

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Flood plain - Mortimer.

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Nearly dead oak - Mortimer.

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Silchester amphitheatre

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Roman Amphitheatre - Silchester

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Silchester Roman Town

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Chicken-of-the-Woods on dead stump - Silchester

Laetiporus sulphureus

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Walls of Silchester and St. Mary's Church

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Silchester town defences

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Silchester town wall looking East

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Silchester town wall looking West

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Yew tree atop Silchester town wall

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Nettle-leaved Bellflower - Silchester

Campanula trachelium

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Into the woods - Silchester

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Colouring ferns in woods near Silchester

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Quarry area - Mortimer West

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Avenue of Willows - Mortimer West

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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River Kennet - Padworth (1)

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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River Kennet - Padworth (2)

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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River Kennet - Padworth (3)

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Kennet Millenium Salmon Pass Project - Padworth

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Padworth Mill Fish Ladder

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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River Kennet - Padworth (4)

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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Cute bridge, River Kennet - Padworth

18-Sep-21 • stephenmid on Flickr

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23-Jan-16 • Brooksie85 on Flickr

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23-Jan-16 • Brooksie85 on Flickr

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23-Jan-16 • Brooksie85 on Flickr

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23-Jan-16 • Brooksie85 on Flickr

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23-Jan-16 • Brooksie85 on Flickr

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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 ...

21-Jan-15 • quitenearmike on Flickr

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Mystery plant

Mortimer to Aldermaston self-heal maybe?

20-Jul-13 • moontiger on Flickr

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Centaury

Mortimer to Aldermaston

20-Jul-13 • moontiger on Flickr

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Wild beast

Seen very close to the ampitheatre, probably an escapee. Mortimer to Aldermaston

20-Jul-13 • moontiger on Flickr

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Calleva dig

Mortimer to Aldermaston

20-Jul-13 • moontiger on Flickr

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Thistle

Mortimer to Aldermaston Burnt Common.

20-Jul-13 • moontiger on Flickr

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Golden grass

Mortimer to Aldermaston Burnt Common.

20-Jul-13 • moontiger on Flickr

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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!

20-Jul-13 • moontiger on Flickr

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Mortimer Station

On the line between Basingstoke and Reading.

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Mortimer church

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Woodland near Mortimer

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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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.

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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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.

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Church at Calleva Atrebatvm

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Church at Calleva Atrebatvm

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm

A tree is growing on it here

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Path near Silchester

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Silcester

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Padworth Common

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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View near Padworth

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Near Padworth

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Wooded track near Aldermaston

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Cottage near Aldermaston

19-May-13 • JonCombe on Flickr

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Nearing Calleva

Mortimer to Aldermaston

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Roman ampitheatre, Calleva

And that's a Roman in the foreground.

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Inside the church, Silchester

Mortimer to Aldermaston

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Inside the church, Silchester

Medeval wall decorations. Mortimer to Aldermaston

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Calleva town wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Tree atop the wall

Calleva town wall. Mortimer to Aldermaston

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Calleva town wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Fly agaric

Mortimer to Aldermaston

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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In the woods

Mortimer to Aldermaston

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Fly agaric

Mortimer to Aldermaston

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Amethyst deceiver

Mortimer to Aldermaston

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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In the woods

Most lkely an amanita. Mortimer to Aldermaston Aldermaston Soke Woods

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Boletus

Mortimer to Aldermaston Aldermaston Soke Woods

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Calocera viscosa

Mortimer to Aldermaston

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Emergent fungi

Mortimer to Aldermaston

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Tree near Aldermaston

Mortimer to Aldermaston

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Seat round yew

Silchester Mortimer to Aldermaston

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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If Picasso built churches.......

relax......it's a composite showing both sides' medeval decorations. Silchester. Mortimer to Aldermaston

09-Oct-10 • moontiger on Flickr

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Calleva ampitheatre

Mortimer to Aldermaston

17-Jun-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Silchester Church

Above the Roman wall. Mortimer to Aldermaston

17-Jun-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Calleva Wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

17-Jun-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Tree with bracken

Mortimer to Aldermaston

17-Jun-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Advance of the foxgloves

Foxgloves were a recurring feature on this walk. I guess it's foxglove time. Mortimer to Aldermaston

17-Jun-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Field full of thistles

All straggly and tall with a little pink flower on top. Mortimer to Aldermaston

17-Jun-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Trees in a yellow sea

Mortimer to Aldermaston

26-Apr-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Calleva ampitheatre

Mortimer to Aldermaston

26-Apr-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Calleva ampitheatre

Mortimer to Aldermaston

26-Apr-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Calleva town wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

26-Apr-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Calleva wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

26-Apr-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Calleva wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

26-Apr-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Calleva wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

26-Apr-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Mullein

Calleva wall. Mortimer to Aldermaston

26-Apr-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Calleva wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

26-Apr-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Bluebells

Calleva. Mortimer to Aldermaston

26-Apr-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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Something you dont see every day...

People taking wolves for a walk. (A wolf conservation trust is based nearby.) Mortimer to Aldermaston

26-Apr-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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People walking with wolves.

Mortimer to Aldermaston

26-Apr-08 • moontiger on Flickr

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