Updated 21 April 2004, 10.54

Protesters carried signs and banners

The majority of people were holding banners, flags or signs.

They had a lot of different things on them too such as 'peace' and 'no new nukes'.

Many had a sign that looked nearly like an upside down Y in a circle.

I was curious and questioned them.

They told me that the sign stood for peace and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and that the march has been going on every Easter for 55 years.

New weapons

They were going to rest in Reading that night before walking on the following day to Aldermaston, because that's where there is a nuclear bomb research centre.

Apparently Britain's nuclear weapons are all old and falling apart, and they want to build new ones to take their place.

We decided we would like to join them for the last part of the journey on Easter Monday.

The march restarted at 10am.

We were late so we had to catch up on bicycles.

Musical journey

The walk from Reading was about 10 miles.

Many protesters had musical instruments

There were lots of different people who came with us.

There was a woman cycling with her dog on a trailer, singers, and the band of drummers from Bristol who played samba music and saved their best performance for when we arrived.

Aching feet

We had police at the front and back of us, and had to keep stopping, so it took ages.

By the time we arrived outside the Weapons Research Establishment my feet were aching like mad and I was delighted that they had arranged refreshments.

Ugly buildings

The Weapons Research Establishment

We listened to a speech from a woman called Pat Arrowsmith.

She told us about the first march in 1958, and I discovered there is a group of people camped outside all the time as a protest.

It is a very ugly set of buildings and barbed wire surrounds it.

If you didn't join in this year, there will be one next year if you feel like coming along."

Denny, 12, Reading

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