Great Wilbraham to Wadlow Farm

The horsey roads south of Newmarket are great cycling country, but it's a nuisance finding a nice way over the A11. This is one obvious route for the traffic-averse.

From Great Wilbraham, take Mill Road, which will be signposted, unpromisingly, as "London A11". This is one of those weird tributaries of the A11 that not many vehicles actually use, so is typically fairly quiet, though what cars there are may nip past at reasonable speed. It goes up over a little hump, which is a bridge over the railway:

Hello Trains, maybe

...before going down again and encountering the sort of sign that makes you want to turn back. Be not afraid! Turn right, over the A11, then keep straight on to the Chalk Pit.

All roads lead to Death

Industry

Despite looking like a quarry this is apparently a Camgrain wheat drying-and-distribution centre. Camgrain seem to have an affinity with bike trails, there's another plant you have to cycle through near Linton. Anyway, shake off that feeling of trespassing on a super-villains lair, and turn left onto the not-very-well-signposted byway:

Dust and Scarplings

This is fairly bumpy and dusty with lots of flints. So there's quite a bit of puncture-fear, though I've never actually punctured here, and some slippage. It's probably only truly comfortable on pretty big tyres, which I didn't have, but it's perfectly doable. And very quiet; butterflies were keeping pace with me, I saw some little deers (I think - not sure what else they could've been), rabbits, etc.

Then there's the turbines; the track goes right past the Wadlow Wind Farm. You can sneak in to look at the beasts in action, and listen as they whirr:

Bent sails mean they're turning

Bumpier than this looks

Shortly the byway crosses into another field and meanders down the left of it. This is noticeably flintier and sandier, and ends in a persistent and treacherous downhill. It's not that steep but even so cowardice is inevitable.

You might want to walk this bit.

At the bottom you reach Wadlow Farm.

Go left then right to get to Brinkley via Grange Road