Enter from Pinchington Lane – there’s a little car park there. Two main trails at that point – one goes onto the main common, straight on (perpendicular to the road). One goes to the right.
Go right. It curves around, bit of concrete surface. The fence on your right will end, take the track on the right about 5m after the end of the fence. Follow this, vaguely straight ahead. After about a mile you’ll come to a section that has a few muddy puddles and pops out with a fence in front of you. Go right. About 50m on, after a couple of wooden logs on the ground, there’s a drop in that has a fence on the right. Go down that, follow the main trail. By main trail, I mean 12″ wide singletrack.
Little bombhole, bend left, through the trees/rooty bit. There’s a turn on the right to the new singletrack but you might miss that bit. Carry on with the trail.
You’ll pop out on a little tarmac road.
Go left, up the hill, towards the height barrier. Just after, drop in on the right, go right of the big tree, follow track, curves left, little steep gravelly up hill to the fence again. Go right, right again about 10m later – almost doubling back on yourself. Follow track, bends to left, steep downhill to gully. There’s a couple of planks over the ditch at the bottom – don’t look at the planks, or the ditch – look at the steep track up the gully on the other side.
At the top, right turn onto some white pebbly singletrack. Follow. Lots of roots, contours around the slope to the left. Another ditch, another couple of planks.
GO HIGH AND LEFT TO GET A STRAIGHT ENTRY ONTO THE PLANKS.
14″ drop onto the planks, look at the exit and roll across, up the slope. More roots, contouring, drop to your right. Don’t fall off.
Track goes sharp left at the end, follow this through more woods. You may ride over a piece of carpet. Up the slight slope. Pops out on another trail, go right. Keep hard left on the rocky slope (it falls to the right), carry on to the weird mound with the rusty grills. Factory dead ahead.
You’re now back on the top. bear right, follow the fence and you’ll join a wide surfaced track with a fence on your right, past the cruise missile bunkers. At the end of the fence, go right. Follow this track (curves left, then turns right) until you see a wooden post. Go onto the track to the right of the hedge. (Yes, I know I’ve missed out the steps and the new boardwalk, but he could get lost!).
Straight on, keep to the same track until there is a big fallen tree blocking it. Go left, up the slope through the trees. You’re back on the edge of the airfield again. Right turn Clyde, hard right again down the steep slope – can be a bit loose and squirmy. Boardwalk/steps (some are broken), across the narrow concrete section (don’t fall right, you may die), steep uphill, keep on this track, bear left, onto the main open section. You’re now on the Eastern edge of the old airfield. Follow the track North by the fence, turns into gravelled track, past the athletics track, keep to the Northern edge by the road. Follow this back to the car park where you came in.
I think that’s clear. I could send you gpx, but with all those trees it’d be useless.
Hope this helps.
