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Something I've been meaning to do for a while as a keen WW2 aviation geek and amateur historian is visit the sites of all eight former Advanced Landing Grounds in Kent. The most well known of course is Lashenden (now Headcorn Aerodrome) and that's where I started the ride. With help from the book 'UK Airfields of the Ninth then and now' by Roger A. Freeman, a healthy dose of Wikipedia and a few drops of Google Streetview, I plotted the most direct route to easily accomplish all eight sites in an afternoon.
The weather wasn't perfect; actually quite blustery and hard-going down on the marshes, but considering the minimal elevation overall, it made the ride that bit more rewarding. I couldn't find the memorials to a couple of the sites, but managed to snap pictures of the rough area where the runways would have been back in 1943/44. Another goal ticked this year.

Sites visited in order:
Lashenden
Headcorn (actually near Egerton)
Ashford
Kingsnorth
Brenzett
Woodchurch
High Halden
Staplehurst

Find our more here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Landing_Ground#United_Kingdom_(Kent)

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Tour of every Kent 9th AF Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) from WW2

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