Hi Martin,
Regarding Cannock Chase, I've only been once, we went to try and view some nightjars, and maybe a merlin. Having never been before I had no prior impressions. It soon became apparent that as we walked around the sandy paths over the heath, that something was 'different' about the place. At the risk of sounding glib I would just say it felt 'wrong'.??
I never once felt that (asusual) exuberance or joy for nature whilst I was there, even viewing the silently fleeing deer through some trees as dusk fell, they became sickly and ghostly denizens of a bad place, something that has been soured over time. Something exists at Cannock Chase, like a veil. It almost draws night to itself, I felt that, night descended like ink, even thought the sky was bright enough to illuminate the trees by starlight, there was a murderous feeling of ill-ease. And I can honestly, openly say that I would rather spend a night alone in any given haunted place than the heathland known as Cannock Chase. It's 'bad'.
Would be interesting to chase up it;s history? I recently met someone from the Chase, and asked her if she felt anything. Immediately she said that it was malevolent.
Anyone been to Chanctonbury Ring? Or was it Cissbury?
