Eleven of us met at Woodlands Country Park in Brickhill, Bedford on a very dank, misty, damp day with a light drizzle which was forecast to be heavier later in the day. Leaving the football pitches with multiple games going on we walked through the Country Park out into the open countryside with what would have been wide expansive views on a clearer day. We soon got into a rhythm of walking on very wet and muddy bridlepaths and made our way to a convenient log where we stopped for a coffee break. Following our break, we walked on to the site of RAF Twinwood Farm which opened in mid-1941 when the RAF began to use the grassed field. By April 1942 it had three concrete runways and additional temporary buildings. From then until the end of the war the airfield was used as a training base. In 1944 the airfield was transferred to the U.S. Eighth Air Force and operated in conjunction with the nearby RAF Thurleigh. This gives the link with Glen Miller and the Army Air Forces Band (Special) which was based around Bedford and which there is a museum dedicated to Glen Miller at Twinwoods. Passing by the modern-day pig farm and Biogen plant we made our way to what was the war time access road which now is used to gain access to Yarls Wood Detention Centre and Industrial Estate. We soon made our way on the road down into Clapham and our lunch stop at the Fox & Hounds Pub. Conveniently the forecast heavy rain came down while we had our lunch under cover in the pub garden. After lunch and as the rain eased, we made our way through Clapham to negotiate glutinous mud to get to Clapham Green and then on dryer roads and paths to Clapham Park. On through more mud in Clapham Park Wood back to the country park and the end of the walk. We all agreed it had been a great walk. Many thanks to Jay & Andy who led the walk.