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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Phil Bishop" data-source="post: 1529502" data-attributes="member: 56942">Apologies for the delay in the reply, but have only got round to checking this thread after a busy couple of days.Yes the main ride runs directly north of the west car park, downhill for a bit and crosses a stream. There is a bench on the right, which often gets a mention as this is the main stake out-the sallows opposite can be quite good, though usually its just a flyover or a perched Emperor.If you continue over the stream and up the other side you reach a large clearing with a few logs etc. Turn left here and there is a marked trail-the posts have White Admirals/Emperors on them and this is where I got my main sighting. The trail continues west for a few hundred yards and if you then take a left fork, you will pass a small pond. Continue on and you hit the main ride near the seat. Alternatively carry on at the fork and you will eventually return to the car park.Looking at satellite images, most of this track is visible, but the pond is not. I have only indicated its rough position.  Also there are two large open areas (A and B)inside the track which can be very good, though finding a way in to them is not easy.</blockquote>