Friday afternoon at the rock houses. (pic heavy!)

[FerlasDave]

I got a phonecall friday morning from Andy2112, letting me know that he had the day off and wanted to go for a hike somewhere, and asked If I would like to join him. Well I jumped at the chance to get out for a few hours and it was decided we would go and visit the rock houses not too far away in kinver.

We parked the car on a national trust carpark and headed up the track with no real idea where we were going. A little while up the track and we saw a few lesser used paths, following one we came to one of the more hidden groups of rock houses in and around these parts.

The first of the houses had an extention built on the front.

An old chimney and what we beleive were once cupboards.

Outside was the remains of a huge well. Naturally we dropped a rock down and it dissapeared for a few seconds before we heard it land. I reckon must have been about 80/100 feet!

A few natural shelters?

We then went to check out the view from the roof. but first we had to get up there.

We decided we should have a brew and buscuit break here.

Looks like this was an old climbing site too. Alot of the cliffs have old rope burns in them like this.

Wish you were here JonathanD!!!

 

[Retired Member southey]

Ummm .......the first pic is great! but the snow must have come down hard for the rest!

 

[FerlasDave]

Haha! try it now mate. Its been a while since I posted a pic and Ive forgot how!

 

[Retired Member southey]

WOW! who lived there dude? look like an awesome site.

 

[FerlasDave]

Im not entirely sure but I know that some were lived in until the 1960s Andy will be over soon, he can probably tell you more than me.

 

[Zingmo]

These were thought to be Tolkien's inspiration for Hobbit houses.

Z

 

[Shewie]

Great stuff lads, I can happily spend all day looking round places like that

 

[MartinK9]

Looks like a great day out.

 

[Andy2112]

Grand day out that was. My Swanni was not the best choice to wear when the sun came out. lol

Here's some more info on the rock houses, the main ones are at Holy Austin Rock which the NT renovated to it's former glory, the ones we visited were fenced off due to rock fall. Still an interesting afternoon out.

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-kinveredgerockhouses

 

[Retired Member southey]

Thats amazing, only ever new of one rock house, but that was a climbers/walkers rest, these are ace almost like the troglodyte homes, added to my must go and see list.

 

[Andy2112]

Thats amazing, only ever new of one rock house, but that was a climbers/walkers rest, these are ace almost like the troglodyte homes, added to my must go and see list.

Southey, and Stachioman is a mere stones throw away !!!!!!!, lol

 

[Retired Member southey]

Hahahaha, I want to come and look for him, even have a night vision video cam set up ready for testing.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Do you ever get down to Drakelow tunnel system?

 

[FerlasDave]

Do you ever get down to Drakelow tunnel system?

Unfortunately its closed off buddy. Theres a local airsoft group that use it though.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Unfortunately its closed off buddy. Theres a local airsoft group that use it though.

I bet that's a laugh!! do reckon there a modern group or are they recreating "The Bunker"?

 

[Twodogs]

Looks a fine day out Gents
Nice one
Twodogs

 

[FerlasDave]

I bet that's a laugh!! do reckon there a modern group or are they recreating "The Bunker"?

I think its all modern. And Im sure I remember some youtube videos about it all too.

 

[Barn Owl]

Great place to footer about in.

 

[Andy2112]

Do you ever get down to Drakelow tunnel system?

Yep, got to have a look round not long before it was sold off. Excellent afternoon out, it was of particular interest to me as my grandad did some building work there during the war. The tunnels are on the same road as the rock houses so not too far to have a bimble round there too.

 

[JonathanD]

Dunno how I managed to miss this thread. Fascinating place. Rumour has it that it is still used by weird folks teaching room clearance drills. The houses were in use up until the fifties. Sadly the rock became unstable and folks had to move out. It's quite weird that I walk past that place almost everyday when surveying (the common in the background is where I monitor adders), and never really noticed how extensive they were. I'm pretty familiar with the other rock caves and houses and even the ones well hidden from the public. But those escaped me.