Yesterday evening I went for a walk around the remains of the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum at Silchester a few miles south of Reading. Silchester is rare in that it was abandoned after the end of the Roman empire, leaving the walls, an amphitheater, and various other archaeological bits largely undisturbed. It’s a very nice place to go walking, highly recommended! Here are some photos I took:
nicenice blues
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Yah, I like the yellow growing in the fields too
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[…] is inside the remains of the Roman town at Silchester, which you may remember I visited last summer. Here, for comparison, is what it looks like in the winter. It’s still a very pleasant […]
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