Spooked at the stones

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FourWinds Feb 27, 2002 10:59:12
Replying to Martin

Cannock Chase is a huge tract of land (forest & open moors) inhabited by wildlife to the nth degree. There used to be wallabes up there (I kid you not) but I heard most of them had been killed during one particularly cold winter.

It lies near Stafford to the north of Wolverhampton.

Early morning mists there seem to have a life there, a spirit if you will. They are the most eerie thing I think I have ever experienced.

I always used to wonder why such an old piece of open, untouched land did not contain any megalithic remains. I think the ancients knew!

As a littl'un I used to go over there with me mates on our bikes and camp out. We never had to spice up the evenings around the campfire by telling ghost stories! The oppressive atmoshpere did plenty.

It is a spooky place by day, but at dawn and dusk it is REALLY SPOOKY !!!


BOO !!!

R RiotGibbon
RiotGibbon Feb 27, 2002 13:31:41
Replying to FourWinds

don't forget Castle Ring! the hillfort, known for gatherings in the last centuries, including:

* Wesley and the Methodists
*Various combinations of socialist and cycle clubs (both popular in the inter-war period)
*Terry Flynn and his Hollywood Nazi crew

I was born just around the corner, and my Grandad was the local councillor for that area ... it's literally my home turf!

possibly the reason there aren't any megaliths is that it was a private hunting estate, King John I think, and it might have been cleared. Someone has mentioned a possible stone around there to me, but I'll have to check

next time I'm at my Gran's I'll get some pix of Castle Ring ... it's always dark or raining or we're going to GrannieGibbons when we're there though ...

RG