On Sat. Peri, Carmen and I made the trip to RockCity – Hull's indoor wall with a relaxed attitude to floor walkers etc, which luckily means they still have auto-belays. Ask Peri and she can give you details of every auto-belay route as she estimates she did 'em all – about 25! Meanwhile Carmen & I played guess the grade. The notion of a grade as a guideline is very much the case at RockCity but means you do have to use your own judgement – which I reckon is good. Post coffee and gear gawping we all swapped leads – about 5 hours' climbing in all which makes the £7.50 entrance seem good value.
A good place for a change or for training on the auto-belays, it's never busy and there are loads of top ropes. Take a warm coat (or 2) and your YAC card – as we have a club membership (saves you 10 quid p.a.)
Website http://www.rockcity.co.uk/ – it's about 35 miles from York, takes about 40 mins.
Take butties too – theres no cafe although there is a choccy machine and they serve nice cups of coffee over the main reception counter