Greenham Common, Berkshire: The repurposed control tower offers visitors panoramic views of this once contested airfield
A hot, crackly, static energy exudes from the high plateau. Desiccated gorse pods, which dry quicker on their sunward sides, twist then burst at the seams with an audible click; flinging seeds like a protest of missiles at our passing. Otherwise, all is peace. Rooks and jackdaws walk among patches of viper’s bugloss on the sunset-coloured gravels, bills open, panting.
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