Beautiful sword - weekend rest: Ishutinskoe settlement, Horse-stone, valley of megaliths, church

Finally, this trip has come true, albeit in a very small company - me and my friend Alexey. I have long wanted to go to the Beautiful Sword, but everything was somehow postponed, then the weather was not the right one to go with Yegor, then we had no car at all. And then it rained in August and early September, that I was immediately scared that summer was coming to an end and I wouldn't be able to get anywhere, especially since I don't like wet weather too much, and my car, all the more, doesn't like it. Therefore, it was decided not to postpone and go with a harsh male company and without youngsters..

And it's very good that we dropped everything and went, since then there have been no warm and sunny days off, in my opinion, not once, and the Indian summer has already ended on the way, not having time to start. Lancer showed himself on the good side, almost never caught anything, only on the day of departure, after the rain, he refused to ride on wet black soil. The only thing that upsets me is that I was already in these parts of the year so in 2007, I walked with a backpack along the Beautiful Swords, and I was doing business on the Niva, but then I had neither a camera nor a blog. And accordingly, everyone has already written about these places, and although I was before many, no.

Distant 2007. Who will find a cucumber in the photo? 🙂

The content of the article

one Overnight in the quarry
2 Horse-stone
3 Valley of megaliths
4 Ruined church near the village of Kocherginka
five Ishutinskoe settlement
6 Beautiful Sword neighborhood map

Overnight in the quarry

On Friday we moved out late in the evening towards Efremov, in the Tula region, but drove away from Moscow along the M4 for about 100 kilometers and spent the night in a tent in some kind of quarry, as we really wanted to sleep. In the morning we moved on, had breakfast on the way, and then all Saturday we climbed the stones and fields, and by the evening we reached the Ishutinsky settlement, where we spent the night at the very top. Half of Sunday we walked and waited until the road dries up, and then returned to Moscow. I also wrote this that two days should be enough for this weekend itinerary.

Somewhere in a quarry near Moscow. ISO1600, 11mm, f2.8, 30sec

And it's already autumn in my career

We slept on heaps of rubble

Is about to fall apart

Our breakfast on the Efremov-Dankov road

Horse-stone

It is located next to the village of Koz'e, and if you go from the asphalt through Vyazovo, then immediately after the Soldier's, you need to turn right onto a dirt road. And after driving a little across the field, this stone will be visible on the opposite slope. Finding it is not difficult.

The stone horse is a strange stone, standing on three others, as if on legs, and brought here a long time ago by a glacier. They say that it resembles the head of a horse, but I apparently have something wrong with my fantasy. There is also an opinion that the groove on its upper plane is not accidentally oriented to the southeast. In general, various legends are associated with the horse-stones, and perhaps it was once some kind of altar. Honestly, a stone is like a stone, you rather pay more attention to what nature is around, but how beautiful the river is Beautiful Sword (I apologize for the taffetology).

Sign in Vyazovo in front of the bridge over the river

The road to Soldatovo is like an alley

In the distance, stones lie - this is the Stone Horse

Stone horse in person

Stands on supports

You can collect money here, but you can't beat off gasoline

Groove points southeast, checked

Valley of megaliths

From Kon-Kamen we go through the village of Koz'e and turn right at the fork inside the village. We reach Krasnogorskoye and right in front of it we leave to the left along the houses. There are stones and you will see.

Very nice place and beautiful scenery! Perhaps my love for the mountains is affected, since here the hills are high and ‘rocks’ there is. True, the rocks are very small, and in fact they are just stones, but in such an amount it is surprising to see them in our strip. We probably climbed there for about an hour, I looked for angles and enjoyed the views, Leshka went for a swim, and then joined me. In the stones, such gullies are funny, and in one of them there was a large cavity where the hornets made a nest for themselves.

Funny slope field all in small trees

Spines strive to pass a couple of hundred meters with hares

Valley of the Megaliths on the Beautiful Sword

Orange stone and blue sky

The mushroom season is in full swing

I've always been amazed at such a thirst for life

Hornets made a nest in stone

Reaching for the sky regardless of the stones

Ruined church near the village of Kocherginka

From the stones along the road we go down and go along the Beautiful Sword River to the west. We were able to drive just a little bit, as the first deep puddle stopped us and we went on foot. It was possible to ride on horseback, but we did not try. It won't take long to go there, about 20 minutes. Don't miss the church, it stands right by the river.

I don't know why, but I like destroyed architecture, it smells of some kind of mysterious antiquity. There is only one drawback in this - the century for such a building is short-lived and, if it still stands today, it is not a fact that it can be seen tomorrow..

Ruined church near Kocherginka

Strong and rough metal

Remains of icons on the walls

The dome now covers only half of the sky

Sunflowers are slightly dry

It's strange to see a piece of asphalt among fields and dirt roads

Ishutinskoe settlement

Here we were only in the evening, it was almost dark when we began to put up our tent. There are two options for where to spend the night: on the mound itself, which is a hill, or by the river below. We chose the first option.

If there is no rain, then the road here is excellent, literally 10 minutes drive from the highway. From the asphalt you need to turn onto the gravel road to Slobodskoye (it is indicated on the Yandex.Map) or onto a dirt field road, which will be, before reaching 500 meters, to the gravel road, they then converge. When approaching the Ishutinsky settlement, the first turn to the left will lead you up a hill, the second turn abruptly dives down and leads to the river bank. True, on this descent, I would not dare to go in an ordinary car. Therefore, if you just need to go down, then you can go even further along the dirt road without turning anywhere (bypassing the field and going to the right) and you will see then after the forest planting you will see another slope more gentle.

There is no reliable information about the Ishutinskoye settlement. There was probably a city here once, but who lived in it and what became of it, no one knows. Only one thing is clear - they chose a good place for themselves, with a beautiful view, I would not mind living here myself. Although in the summer there are already a lot of people here due to the fact that the places have already been described by many people, and fishing on the Beautiful Sword is popular, judging by the forums.