Lots of visitors at The Roaches.
The Roaches from Ramshaw Rocks.
Climb: 1444' (1644’).
Time: 2 hours 11 minutes
On the move walking average: 2.1 m.p.h.
Overall wall average: 1.4 m.p.h.
Temperature: 10.2 – 13.4 Celsius.
BWF: Max 3. A 9.2 m.p.h. Gentle breeze.
Birds seen or heard today were few and far between, but those we did see included: Meadow pipit, Carrion crow, Raven, Red grouse, Jackdaw and Common kestrel.
We arrived at the start below Hen Cloud to find that the layby we usually use already full. We didn’t find a parking space until we had driven half a mile further up the road. Thankfully we didn’t have use the £5 to park that a farmer offered to park in his field.
The forecasts were pretty accurate, dry with a cool wind making it feel like the 8-10 Celsius it suggested.
In fact, we wore our fleeces to well after lunch and we had started to set along the path across The Roaches.
The whole area was really busy, particularly The Roaches where there were lots of climbers as well as walkers, many with well-behaved dogs. Nevertheless, it was good to see so many young people and people of different ethnic groups enjoying being outdoors.
Conditions underfoot were good, even those areas where in the past had been somewhat boggy.
Distant views towards Tittesworth Water Reservoir were rather hazy all day.
After descending from The Roaches, I went straight back to the car, but Mike decided to extend his walk to climb of the top of Hen Cloud as well.
Overall, a good and enjoyable walk.
We headed to the Wilkes Head in Leek to celebrate our day out with a pint of Whim Ales Hartington Bitter, even if Mike did have to wait until he got home – we both had a carry out!
The Wilkes Head was in chaos as they were getting ready for one of their locals 60th birthday party in the evening.
Some improvements to the décor had been done since our last visit, but there is still plenty to do!
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