1. Leave venue along the road you came in by, following round to the right. At end of wooded area take the b/way on LEFT. Follow track down thru bridle gate and at b/way marker post turn LEFT keeping to the top of the downs. Stay on b/way and u will come to a bridle gate go thru and then turn LEFT following b/way marker. Stay on this b/way. Go thru gate with Dell Farm on your left and Frog Corner on your right. Follow tarmac path up to road and cross over and go thru “no parking signs” then turn LEFT onto grass path keeping road on your left. Almost at the end of the common there is a grass path turn LEFT heading towards the road. You will come down to a small lane cross straight over to common on the other side . Continue straight up past the church then cross over the road in front of the GATES road sign and Hunters Lodge pub and head down to the b/way in corner. Continue straight ignoring track on the right.

Follow b/way behind mobile homes. Bit stony to start with! At junction turn RIGHT. Follow thru barriers and cross the tarmac roadway …you have now completed a loop. Go thru bridle gate and at b/way marker this time turn RIGHT (do not take path on right as soon as thru gate!) Make sure you keep to the LEFT of the pylon heading diagonally down the field to the b/way gate in the middle of fence line. (this avoids most kites and busy visitors centre!)

  1. Go thru the gate and keep on this grass path. You will see the visitors centre on your right but keep down away from this keeping parallel to the multi users path and alongside the shrubby land. You will come to an Icknield Way marker post on your left. Once past marker and 2nd car park start to head up towards the multi users path. You can ride on the path or grass next to it and will pass Dunstable downs golf club sign on the other side of road. Once on the path as no option you will come to a slight bend take the b/way on RIGHT (small scruffy path) take this path as avoids riding on the top edge of downs follow the small grass track until it eventually rejoins the multi users path further on. At wooden marker/info post keep LEFT do not take path heading right!

Go thru metal gate posts (no gate!) Path eventually turns to grass/mud keep RIGHT and follow downhill keeping fencing on your right to bottom of the hill and road. Pegasus horse crossing with post and rail pen will be on your LEFT.

Cross here and then turn RIGHT and then LEFT into what looks like a residents car park go thru silver barriers onto b/way ride on grass or pathway.

  1. Stay on b/way ignoring all tracks until come to cross tracks with wooden butterfly mural. Go straight on. At cross tracks turn LEFT going between two metal gate posts.
  2. Turn RIGHT up Quarry Hill. Keep straight and once down the hill take next RIGHT. Follow this track keeping LEFT when choice of tracks and follow past quarry buildings and between two concrete cylinders. Go straight over cross tracks and you will come to T junction turn RIGHT onto old railway line. Follow for a good mile and take path downhill on RIGHT just before bridge. DO NOT GO OVER THE BRIDGE. Once downhill there is another wooden owl and butterfly mural continue straight up the hill with railway track on your left. Keep to this track following all the way back to the butterfly mural.
  3. Turn LEFT at butterflies and follow back to silver barriers and Pegasus crossing.
  4. Cross back over the road and then bear round to RIGHT and take permissive b/way (marked footpath!) along the bottom of the downs DO NOT GO UP THE HILL. Follow this path keeping straight at any junctions do not turn off. The path goes down quite steeply at one point follow down and round keeping to your right. You will go thru gate posts (no gate) and where silver field gate appears in front of you bear RIGHT. Eventually you will come to a gate onto a road.
  5. Do not go thru this gate but take path uphill on your LEFT. STEEP! The path now goes very steeply uphill and up many steps! At top of the hill go thru bridle gate on LEFT you came thru earlier and re trace back to venue. You will pass a water trough which maybe handy! At b/way marker post turn RIGHT go thru bridle gate then at road turn RIGHT and follow back to venue.

Hope you enjoyed the ride!!!