Looking towards The Roaches from the Lane above Paddock Farm

Peak District Walks, The Roaches (2)

Folder: Peak District Walks
A circular walk of 7m in September 2006 from the lane above Paddock Farm via Hen Cloud, Summerhill, Ramshaw Rocks, Hazel Barrow, Barrow Brook, Bearstone Rock, Trig Point (505m), along The Roaches and Rockhall. (Weather warm and sunny, a beautiful Autumn day.)

We had first walked The Roaches in October 1989 almost 17 years previously.

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21 Sep 2006

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The lane (407m) below Bearstone Rock (505m)

21 Sep 2006

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View from the Lane below Bearstone Rock looking towards Shutlingsloe

After the exertions of climbing up along Black Brook it was time for a cuppa. In need of the rest the wall just had to stay there!

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The path up to Bearstone Rock

At this time of the walk we were badly in need of a cuppa, and nearly 17 years previously we had had one in the same spot. Sitting there the ascent seemed much steeper now than all those years ago, and the last time we had not taken on Ramshaw Rocks and Black Brook. Ken was 12 years older than me, and if he was going to make it he needed some old magical remedy. He produced a load of Kendal Mint Cake from his pack that must have been about 10 years old! Onwards and upwards! (When we looked at this shot it was hard to believe how easy it looks!) (2454 views on Panoramio)

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Path up to Bearstone Rock, not far now.

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Trig Point on The Roaches (505m)

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Trig Point on The Roaches (505m) with Shutlingsloe in the distance

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Trig Point on The Roaches (505m) with Shutlingsloe in the distance

For a picture from 17 years earlier see here... www.ipernity.com/doc/2254674/47884096/in/album/1214130

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Titterstone Reservoir from The Roaches

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Looking from the southern end of The Roaches towards Hen Cloud

For a similar picture taken around 17 years earlier see here... www.ipernity.com/doc/2254674/47884094/in/album/1214130
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