Given it had been wet on Tuesday evening – a few of us (Russ, Mike, Paul, Jamie, myself and Dave W) headed out on Thursday instead for a climb. Paul suggested Wainstones – so that became the destination. The forecast did suggest it was going to get cloudier the further North you went…and it was correct. But we didn't expect the cloud base to be so low- below crag level. Having left glorious sunny conditions behind in York we parked up at the top of Hasty Bank in the grey and wind. Undeterred we walked in to find Mike soloing various routes. We had the place to ourselves (having met a retreating boulderer on the way in). Fortunately we were sheltered from the wind – so being within the cloud wasn't too bad and only got slightly damp towards the end of the evening. Various classics were climbed including multiple ascents Sphinx nose traverse and Christopher. Mike also made swift progress on concave wall – no photos though as I was belaying around the corner at the time.
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