Spooky Public footpath Unston,Dronfield

Ok this post is not exactly about Sheffield but near enough;).Went for a walk today along the public footpath before you get to Birch hall golf club at Unstone(exit off Dronfield bypass,you come off the exit road and turn left & theres space to park your car on the left,many dog walkers stop there).

Anyway got walking on the footpath with the missus & walked for about 40 minutes(up a very steep hill,path runs parallel with the Dronfield dual carriageway).Got to a right hand clearing in the woods & decided to go up it.We suddenly came to a big wire mesh fence with large barrels behind it & misshaped coloured objects hanging from string tied to the fence. Fresh tyre tracks in the mud:o.We didn't stay long;). We turned & went back down the hill with thoughts of the Texas chain saw massacre combined with Deliverance !!!. Well spooky.Anybodyelse been on this walk/know what this is ? Not advised to go up there walking it early evening.

ha ha. we used to go camping up here in our mid teens and had some pretty strange experiences. Think they call it monk wood. Not a nice place to ride your bike in at gone midnight looking for your pals. that happened!

ha ha. we used to go camping up here in our mid teens and had some pretty strange experiences. Think they call it monk wood. Not a nice place to ride your bike in at gone midnight looking for your pals. that happened!

Can you be a bit more explanatory please

I've gone all cold now .... we should get the Walker's Group to go up there and file a report .... muhahahaha *evil*

I've gone all cold now .... we should get the Walker's Group to go up there and file a report .... muhahahaha *evil*

It was very strange to say the least Ruby

was it a military place? paintball?

It was very strange to say the least Ruby

A place to stay away from, obviously. Woods are always spooky anyway, esp at twilight

was it a military place? paintball?

Haven't a clue.

A place to stay away from, obviously. Woods are always spooky anyway, esp at twilight

I thought maybe some walker groups may know what it was all about.Did a quick Google but no luck as yet.

Map of area:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=unstone&sll=54.162434,-3.647461&sspn=12.445487,29.619141&ie=UTF8&ll=53.293952,-1.439896&spn=0.099115,0.2314&z=12&iwloc=addr&om=1

ha ha. we used to go camping up here in our mid teens and had some pretty strange experiences. Think they call it monk wood. Not a nice place to ride your bike in at gone midnight looking for your pals. that happened!

sounds like alot of places

like the woods at woodhouse, down the side of the private, or the woods at the bottom of beaver hill road or treeton woods all scary at times

there is an old ruined building in the thick of the wood thats a bit spooky. We used to enter from the hallowes golf course entrance and as you ventured down the hill into the woods it got colder and colder. There must be some sizeable wildlife in there because we saw/heard bush moving in a fire break (lost style) but never saw anything (we showed what ever it was a clean pair of heels). We built a bit of a hut and sunk a few beers and were having a bit of a lark when the fire we built blew out all of a sudden! we were probably considered the big lads at our school (fearless), but if you'd have seen us all huddling together (think 1 lad was crying) as the temperature dropped! no body dared step foot out the hut till the morning light broke. Strange atmosphere. brrrrrrr