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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Mortimer to Aldermaston 28 Feb 2026 SWC1

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Mortimer to Aldermaston 28 Feb 2026 SWC2

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Mortimer to Aldermaston 28 Feb 2026 SWC3

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Mortimer to Aldermaston 28 Feb 2026 SWC4

• Steven F Coles on Flickr

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Mortimer to Aldermaston 28 Feb 2026 SWC5

• Steven F Coles on Flickr

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Mortimer to Aldermaston 28 Feb 2026 SWC6

• Steven F Coles on Flickr

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Autumn colour in Stratfield Mortimer

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St. Mary the Virgin Church in Stratfield Mortimer

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It looks dry - Mortimer

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Flood plain - Mortimer.

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Nearly dead oak - Mortimer.

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Silchester amphitheatre

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Roman Amphitheatre - Silchester

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Silchester Roman Town

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

Laetiporus sulphureus

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Walls of Silchester and St. Mary's Church

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Silchester town defences

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Silchester town wall looking East

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Silchester town wall looking West

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Yew tree atop Silchester town wall

Taxus baccata

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Nettle-leaved Bellflower - Silchester

Campanula trachelium

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Into the woods - Silchester

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Colouring ferns in woods near Silchester

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Quarry area - Mortimer West

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Avenue of Willows - Mortimer West

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River Kennet - Padworth (1)

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River Kennet - Padworth (2)

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River Kennet - Padworth (3)

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Kennet Millenium Salmon Pass Project - Padworth

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Padworth Mill Fish Ladder

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River Kennet - Padworth (4)

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Cute bridge, River Kennet - Padworth

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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 ...

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Mystery plant

Mortimer to Aldermaston self-heal maybe?

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Centaury

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Wild beast

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

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Calleva dig

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Thistle

Mortimer to Aldermaston Burnt Common.

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Golden grass

Mortimer to Aldermaston Burnt Common.

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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!

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Mortimer Station

On the line between Basingstoke and Reading.

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Mortimer church

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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.

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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.

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Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm

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Church at Calleva Atrebatvm

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Church at Calleva Atrebatvm

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Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm

A tree is growing on it here

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Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm

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Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm

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Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm

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Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm

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Old Roman Wall at Calleva Atrebatvm

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Path near Silchester

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Silcester

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Padworth Common

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View near Padworth

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Near Padworth

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Wooded track near Aldermaston

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Cottage near Aldermaston

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Nearing Calleva

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Roman ampitheatre, Calleva

And that's a Roman in the foreground.

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Inside the church, Silchester

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Inside the church, Silchester

Medeval wall decorations. Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Calleva town wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Tree atop the wall

Calleva town wall. Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Calleva town wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Fly agaric

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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In the woods

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Fly agaric

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Amethyst deceiver

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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In the woods

Most lkely an amanita. Mortimer to Aldermaston Aldermaston Soke Woods

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Boletus

Mortimer to Aldermaston Aldermaston Soke Woods

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Calocera viscosa

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Emergent fungi

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Tree near Aldermaston

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Seat round yew

Silchester Mortimer to Aldermaston

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If Picasso built churches.......

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

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Calleva ampitheatre

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Silchester Church

Above the Roman wall. Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Calleva Wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Tree with bracken

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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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

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Field full of thistles

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

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Trees in a yellow sea

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Calleva ampitheatre

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Calleva ampitheatre

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Calleva town wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Calleva wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Calleva wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Calleva wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Mullein

Calleva wall. Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Calleva wall

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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Bluebells

Calleva. Mortimer to Aldermaston

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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

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People walking with wolves.

Mortimer to Aldermaston

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