A day out on the chase

[Twodogs]

I do like Cannock chase loads of different landscapes ,


Just fancied a day out for a walk ,


Bit overcast walking down one of the disused Military ranges ,

The stop butts still in place ,

Looking back up the range you can see the 100 to 500 meter firing points ,

Then on into the woods ,

After a bit of walking I arrived at another older military range well over grown and replanted ,

The butts

On top of the butts ,

Looking what would of been up range ,, luckly no .303 incomming now ,,

Time for a brew , Mkettle and coffee filter ,,yerrrrrrr

Then back on the tracks heading for the open chase ,

A classic Dave Muddy boots shot ,

And on the way ,

Everytime you look in the woodland you can see fantastic camping spots that you cant use ,

A fine piece of OS kit ,

And onward ,

Noodles for lunch , just before the showers .

Twas a grand day out

Twodogs

 

[MartinK9]

Looking good, thanks for sharing.

I assume magic biscuits and cones were used.

How did the Mkettle compare to your normal stove set up?

 

[andybysea]

Nice pics, i like a place with a bit of history.

 

[barking badger]

some great pictures there nice to get out

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[vizsla]

Good pics looks like a nice day out

 

[nolightweight]

Yarrrrrr........

Cracking pics, mate. Nice one.

 

[SimonD]

looks like a great spot cliff, nice one for the pics.

 

[Harvestman]

That looks like the sort of day I hoped to have today, but didn't. Nice one.

 

[RonW]

That looks like a mighty fine playground!

 

[Twodogs]

Thanks for the comments Gents

Martin the Mkettle is fantastic for one one camping boiling water for a brew or dry rations , half a magic biscuit and a couple of twigs and your sorted ,,

Twodogs

 

[Joonsy]

know the place well, used to live close to there many years ago as a youngster, the range was in use then and we would often dig out the spent bullets in the sandbank, the quarry at the end of the track in pic 1 was disused for some years and was a great playground holding loads of deer and plenty of snakes (the quarry was re-opened),

 

[Smudge]

Gotta love cannock chase once you get away from the visitor centre's and cyclists

 

[MartinK9]

Thanks for the comments Gents

Martin the Mkettle is fantastic for one one camping boiling water for a brew or dry rations , half a magic biscuit and a couple of twigs and your sorted ,,

Twodogs

Cheers.

 

[Humpback]

OK, I can't work out what 'magic biscuits' are. Can you tell me or will you have to kill me if you do
A

 

[Karl82]

looks like you had a great day out nice pics.

 

[MartinK9]

OK, I can't work out what 'magic biscuits' are. Can you tell me or will you have to kill me if you do
A

Alan,

Here's the info on the biscuits:

http://www.kuenzi.com/tips_e.htm


You can see one on the floor in Cliff's last pic.

HTH

 

[sasquatch]

Always heard about the chase but never actually seen it despite being married to a clanger. Thanks for sharing the pics, looks a great place for bowling around...

 

[Smith28]

Great pics man. Looks like a beautiful place for sure!!

I know what you mean about always spying golden places to pitch a camp that you can't use!

I found some spent bullets on a walk past an old WWII firing range on Ashdown Forest once, took some pics..

I love coming across history in the woods.

 

[nigelbam]

Me and my brother did a 14 miler on Cannock Chase around two years ago - part of it was over this rather large and steep hill. So there we are in all our gear panting and wheezing up this hill, sweat dripping off us.

We were feeling like true outdoorsmen until this bloke, who must have been around 70 (I kid you not) runs past us carrying a mountain bike - and he wasn't even breathing heavily .....

I much prefer to do my outdoor activities away from others now

Nige