One of our trips out for Easter was to Broadway Tower, an 18^th century folly overlooking the Vale of Evesham and beyond – it is said thirteen counties can be seen on a clear day	Broadway Tower 22 April 2011	◄ Jay, Teresa and Helen assemble
	◄ Jay and Helen on the approach to the tower Roger and Teresa in an old gun emplacement – the Royal Observer Corps were stationed here during the Second world War ►
Looking out from the tower – Roger didn’t go to the top and can be seen standing below to the right of the mound ►
	◄ Helen and Jay	More about Broadway Tower
New since our last visit in 2002, and opened to the public for the first time last year, was the chance to see the nearby nuclear bunker, which would have been manned during the Cold War in an emergency, in order to monitor any nuclear detonations and consequent radiation	▲ Jay with a rotor used to calculate blast and radiation intensity Equipment inside the bunker ►

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