Quarry exploration...

I had the day off today, and a day of exploration was planned…
I met GCW and R-man at ten to check out a small quarry I’d never been to before, and we walked to the crag, in spite of the forbidding signs warning to Keep out. After getting mis-routed, we found the crag and on first sight it looked a mixed bag. There was the obvious off-width crack that is already documented, but more interesting than that was a low roof that could well yield four or five decent lines.
Unfortunately everything was wet…
Further right there was also a decent looking wall, probably another couple of lines, and also to the left, although this was clearly dirtier and could do with having a tree lopped.
Certainly something to come back to – typical esoterica, but with potential nonetheless.
Next, after some indecision, we headed off to Duxon, a recently discovered crag near Brindle that R-man visited last week. The main crag is unfortunately mostly covered by a lake, and needs a lot of cleaning for it to become inspiring. Picture lots of loose rock and brambles… Further round there was quite a nice short section of rock that could harbour a few problems and was reminiscent of a micro Brownstones. I climbed a small groove from standing, then sitting, and R-man then climbed the crimpy wall to the left, not sure of the grade or name, but given the state of the wall it has certainly not been climbed before.

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