Infusion walks The Roaches

An occasional feature of this blog will be a retrospective look at a walk we’ve done in the past. On 21st October 2006 six of us went on an 8 mile walk along the Roaches Ridge in the Peak District in October. This was area we’d previously visited in Summer 2003 when Nick and Nikki led a walk.

We started the walk at the Tittesworth Reservoir, a Severn Trent property including a Visitor Centre with toilets, a crafts and gifts shop, and a restaurant. Here's a map for Tittesworth Reservoir. With a total ascent of 415m, the route climbed gently to Roach End followed by a high level traverse of The Roaches Ridge, before describing an arc around Hen Cloud to reach Upper Hulme and returning to Tittesworth. Some thumbnail photos are available on the Infusion website.

Towards the end of the walk we came upon this seat, which was a good location for a group photo; the text on the seat reads:
Come and sit upon this seat
While you rest your smelly feet
While you’re looking at your map
Gusty wind will take your hat