We overflew Greenham Common and admired the lovely little airfield at Brimpton. We flew over the ?real life? Watership Down at Kingsclere, then a fantastic hillfort (Beacon Hill near Burghclere) that outdid my local favourite Hardings ...
... documents that it is referred to as Brimstone Farm also. I have also seen in other documents mention of Brimpton House in Albury or Tiddington and think that this is one and the same as Brimstone House. I'm sure I will find it one day!!
we lunched at the final village - brimpton common in a pub called the pineapple. unlike our understanding of pineapples these days, the name refers to the fruit of a pine tree, which we know as a pine- cone. when pineapples did arrive ...
