An excellent warm sunny Sunday, and we had Wharncliffe almost to ourselves (just a group of kids doing some top-roping on Black Slab). The walk in was wet and muddy (the newly resurfaced track has already been washed away in places), but apart from the north facing buttresses (which were luminous green) the crag was in excellent condition.
Ticked off a few new routes – Railway Wall (VS 4c) being the pick of the bunch, but the adjacent Diff and VDiff were also surprisingly good. Carmen did her annual lead of Beta Crack (S), then it was time for a spot of lunch and some sitting around enjoying the warm sunshine.
At about 3, the rain arrived, suddenly and torrentially. We sat out the first downpour in a sort-of cave, nice and dry until the waterfalls started, then took advantage of a 15 minute dry spell to flee back to the car, arriving just as the next deluge started.
Another good day, at another unaccountably neglected crag.
Tags: rain, sun, Wharncliffe
where was everyone? erm, in rain and wind lashed scotland, gawping in awe at storm waves crashing over the harbour wall but deciding that on the whole the planned scuba diving was not on the cards. Still, it was spectacular!
I was busy fitting mudguards to my daughter's bike as she will be riding to school some days.
You didn't exactly call around and let everyone know where you were going ?
We contacted everyone who'd expressed an interest in doing something, ie Rob, and he'd forgotten to turn his phone on 🙂