Setting off from Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre
Plenty of wildfowl here ....
.... including Egyptian and Canadian Geese
River (Kennet) joins the canal here
.... and leaves it here
Bull's Lock footbridge
Crossing the canal on the swing bridge
They're off (the picture). Newbury racecourse
English bluebells in an English wood
Bluebells in Bowdown Wood
Very verdant
Going down ....
... and going up again
Entering Greenham Common ....
.... where you might see these
Our lunch stop where we climbed the Control Tower of this former US Air Base
Memorial to the U.S. Airmen who lost their lives in WW2
Gorse galore with the former nuclear bunkers in the background
Route check
Commoners cows
He's looking at you
Final stretch - along the Avon and Kennet canal
Fluffy mud
Our last supper