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Dist:0.3km<br/>A footpath beside a field of wheat between the village and East Wick. Apshill Copse is in the distance.
©Andrew Smith
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©Rob Purvis
Dist:0.3km<br/>Spring is nearly with us. A few weeks and the drab hedgerows will be aglow with colour, mostly green.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.3km<br/>The inn was built in the 17th century with later additions.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km<br/>Entering Wootton Rivers from the north east.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.3km<br/>The sign is second in popularity to the Red Lion. Charles II, together with his aide Colonel Carless, hid in the Boscobel Oak, near Shifnal, in order to escape from the Roundhead soldiers who were pursuing him. Charles had suffered defeat at the Battle of Worcester, 1651. After the Restoration of Charles II to the throne it was declared that 29th May, the king's birthday should be celebrated as Royal Oak Day as an act of thanksgiving. The popularity of the pub sign may be attributed to genuine rejoicing that the monarchy had been restored, but it also comments on the appeal of particular human incidents, over the great events that shaped our history.
©Trish Steel
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©Colin Bates
Dist:0.4km<br/>Marching purposefully home, for tea perhaps?
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.4km<br/>A sunny morning in the heart of Wiltshire. Looking south in Wootton Rivers.
©Gary Davies
Dist:0.4km<br/>East of Wootton Rivers. According to OS Explorer 157 this is a mere Bridleway, not even a Byway open to all traffic.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.4km<br/>Neatly trimmed hedgerows, often one of the first things to go in a recession, things can't be that bad. Ploughed fields in the distance, if sown with winter wheat should be showing by now.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.5km<br/>To the north west. Farmland, post and Martinsell Hill. A fine viewpoint there but no footpath.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.5km<br/>From the minor road to East Wick Farm. The farm buildings and house are at Clench.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.6km<br/>Found growing in the footpath to the local church.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.6km<br/>The fungus ('Phallus impudicus') lives up its name. It surely stinks! Greenbottles seem to like it. NOT recommended with your bacon and eggs.
©Brian Robert Marshall

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