This
September, BCBS will be holding its first sponsored walk on
Greenham Common in West Berkshire. The
walk will follow the taxiway of the old US airbase, a name linked
world-wide with the awesome potential of nuclear deterrence and the
protest movement it gave rise to.
The old runway, once the longest
military runway in Europe, is now being overtaken by purple
heather and yellow flowering gorse and cattleand ponies
grazing
nearby. You can still see the control tower and old silos and
imagine how it once was.
As well as completing
as many 6km
circuits as you want to, you can try your hand at simple everyday tasks
while wearing a blindfold or Simispecs, glasses that simulate various
forms of visual impairment, giving you a sense of what it could be like
to experience sight loss.
The
circuit measures
around 6km but may seem more if it is windy! All walkers
should
be aware that the Common is exposed to the elements and that
everyone should come prepared for wind, rain and shine! Dogs
are
welcome on the Common if kept on a leash.
Registration
in
advance £5
per adult, over 60's £2, children under 16 free (but must be
accompanied by a responsible adult).
