Newbury Racecourse to Woolhampton walk
Easy walk with some gentle climbs en route which crosses Greenham Common, a former World War II and NATO airfield.
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Cruise Missile Bunkers, Greenham Common (6 of them, each with up to 16 missiles at the time)
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Racecourse Stables
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River Enborne, cascade
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The Moon is Up, Lake in Woolhampton
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Approaching the silos
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Big bit of concrete
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St. Mary's, Greenham
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Greenham Common Waymarkers
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Greenham Common Track, towards Cruise Missile Bunkers
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Greenham Common
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Greenham Common: Path along triple fence around missile bunker area
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Greenham Common. Relics of the Cold War? Track Marks
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Greenham Common
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Hills south of Greenham Common. Watership Down???
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Greenham Common: Control Tower (Grade II listed)
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Greenham Common: Ex-Runway
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Greenham Common. Ex-Runway
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Greenham Common. Remnants of Runway
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Greenham Common. Ex-Runway crossing Taxiway from Ex-US Air Force Compound
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Greenham Common. Ex-Runway
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Greenham Common. London Newbury Airport? Ryanair, are you watching?
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Greenham Common. The High Concrete Post mentioned in the text
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Greenham Common, easterly end
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Greenham Common, easterly end
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Greenham Common: Clump of Birches
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Greenham Common: US Hydrant (foam for emergency landings, or water for fires?)
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Greenham Common: US Hydrant (detail)
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Cloudscape
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Furried Tree
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Fording the River Enborne (No Flytipping)
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Ford of the River Enborne
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River Enborne, gravel bed
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River Enborne, Cascade
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Old Mill across River Enborne
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Fake Deer in Garden across River Enborne
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Tree across Field
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Farm with Luxury Pigsties (?)
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Clear Water: River Enborne
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Cloudscape
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Modernised Farm House
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Modernised Farm House (other side)
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Horse and Shed
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Message in a Bottle?
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Sun Setting over Brimpton
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St. Peter, Brimpton
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The Moon is Up, Lake in Woolhampton
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Lake in Woolhampton
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Sun Setting behind Trees
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Some Church off-route
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