Higgar Tor

Wed 22nd Jul, 2026

(No Reports)

Masson Lees

Wed 15th Jul, 2026

Members: Dan O'Brien, Gareth Williams

Guests: Frankie Jackson

A long drive but it was nice to be south of the pillar of smoke from the Chew Valley! It was Dan and Frankie's first visit to Masson but Gareth had been before in the dry tooling cave so was able to show us the way.

We started on the sunny side with Dan leading "Who sat on my satsuma", a two-star 6a, also led by Gareth and Frankie. The perfect warm up given how fried we all were by the time we got to the top. Gareth and Frankie followed up with the equally good but somehow only one-star "A life of grime" while Dan recce'd the shady side of the quarry having already had enough of European style sun rock!

The team moved into the shade of Black Wall where Dan made an ascent of the immaculately named F*ck Your Gods in less than immaculate style. Frankie and Gareth followed with working goes on top rope. A good climb with sharp fingery moves that will certainly warrant another visit.

Sadly the team were too late for last orders at any local establishment which is a small price to pay for long sunny evenings and great routes. 

Cow's Mouth Quarry, Littleborough

Wed 8th Jul, 2026

(No Reports)

Castleberg Crag, Settle

Wed 1st Jul, 2026

Members: Dan O'Brien

Guests: Tom Hart, Frankie Jackson

Three of us took the long ride up to Settle to a deserted crag, partly due to the marginal forecast and partly due to the England men's football team being in action that night.  We heard the cheers for the equaliser as we arrived at the crag.  Castleberg is a bit of an oddity, situated pretty much in the middle of Settle, it's generously bolted routes are all named after local companies who sponsored the equipping efforts.

Tom started with a swift ascent of Cave and Crag, a three-star 7a with steep moves on good holds and a generous rest at half height.  Dan and Frankie managed four bolts between them on their first attempts, a particlarly solid effort from Frankie whom had never attempted an outdoor 7 before.

Tom moved on to Spot-on, Health and Safety a two-star 7a+ with a hard start and a finish that gave him pause before figuring it out.  As Tom lowered off the first of two expected showers hit, the second folloing closely behind and looked to put an end to proceedings.  Tom volunteered to clean the gear from Cave and Crag as the angle had protected it from the bulk of the downpour.  This worked well until the final move when, forgetting about the rain, he grabbed for the top and took a lengthy swing.

The team decamped to a local establishment until it was time to drive home, wherein we got stuck in the traffic for the Take That reunion gig.  Pretty impressed overall with Castleberg and I can certainly say, I'll be back (for good).

Den Lane (VENUE CHANGE!)

Wed 24th Jun, 2026

(No Reports)

Witches Quarry

Wed 17th Jun, 2026

Attendance: Helen Boothman, Max Hulse (Prospective Member), Jared Kitchen, Andy Lome, Gareth Wililams

After the recent wet weather and several rained off Wednesday evenings, it turned out to be a beautiful afternoon and evening this week.

I was delayed in getting to the crag thanks to work, but the other four had managed to climb several routes between them before I arrived. Max and I followed Jared up Witch Bane, and Helen and Andy tackled Spellbound and Cracklap.

The midges came out and forced a retreat from the crag, a beautiful place to climb on an evening like tonight's.

Roaches Upper Tier

Wed 10th Jun, 2026

(No Reports)

Wilton 3 (Cancelled)

Thu 4th Jun, 2026

(No Reports)

Running Hill Pits, Saddleworth

Wed 27th May, 2026

(No Reports)

Bamford Edge (Cancelled)

Wed 20th May, 2026

(No Reports)

Dovestones Edge, Chew Valley

Wed 13th May, 2026

Meet cancelled on the day due to poor weather

Troy Quarry

Wed 6th May, 2026

(No Reports)

Castle Naze

Wed 29th Apr, 2026

A good turnout at Castle Naze on Wednesday evening, with plenty of routes ticked across the crag in pleasant late-April conditions.

Kosta and Jake

Kosta and Jake worked their way through a solid nine routes together: Ledgeway (HVS 5a), The Nose (HS 4b), Atropine (VS 4b), Nozag (VS 4c), Pilgrim's Progress (HS 4b), Scoop Face (HVS 5a), Scoop Direct (HVS 5a), Studio (HS 4b), and The Nithin (S 4a). Jake led the lot — an impressive haul for one evening. He also climbed Scoop Face barefoot, and rounded the night off on another giant slab, but made of cake this time.

Andy and Stevie (and a guest appearance on Ledgeway)

Andy joined Jake and Kosta to second Ledgeway (HVS 5a) before pairing up with Stevie for the rest of the evening. Stevie led Pilgrim's Progress, The Crack, and Little Pillar. Andy led V Corner and then AP Chimney — the latter being a memorable one, with nearly every piece of gear either rubbish or falling out, salvaged only by the chockstone thread at the top. Andy reports it required a variety of techniques, all perfectly suited to ruining clothing.

Robert, Mich (briefly), and Gareth

Robert and Mich kicked off with Niche Arete (VS 4c) and The Niche (S). Gareth then joined them as a three for Scoop Direct (HVS 5a) and The Fly Walk (VS 4b). Robert and Gareth carried on as a pair for Nursery Arete (HVS 5b) and Combs Climb (S), before having a look at Piano Stool (E1 5b) — which they sensibly left for another day.

Harry and Mich

Mich and I teamed up after she'd finished with Robert. I led Pilgrim's Progress (HS 4b) and Combs Climb (S 4a) on-sight, and seconded Bloody Crack (S 4a) with Mich leading. I had a bit of a nightmare with Mich's rack — despite an embarrassment of cams (Andy's verdict: "you could place a cam every 30cm and still have plenty left for the anchor"), I somehow could never find the size I actually wanted. Operator error, clearly.

Andy Lewtas and Yvonne King

Andy and Yvonne had a productive evening too. Andy led Central Tower (VD) and The Flywalk (S 4a) on-sight, seconded Long Climb (VD) as a repeat with Yvonne, and finished off with Right-hand Crack (VD) on-sight.

A really enjoyable evening all round — good routes, good company, and cake.

Hobson Moor Quarry

Wed 22nd Apr, 2026

Attendance: Jess Bailey, Will Fitzmaurice, Steve Graham, Claire Hawkins, Jared Kitchen, Colin Maddison, Andy Lewtas, Phil Mitchell, Dan O'Brien, Harry Potts, Mirek Steadman, Andy Stratford, Jim Symon, Gareth Williams, Lucie Williams + Henry the dog

Hobson Moor is an old favuorite of the Club, and it was certainly a busy crag this evening. As well as the club members there was a number of other climbers at the quarry making for a busy but friendly atmostphere. The sun was shining when most of us arrived, making the quarry floor lovely and warm, but the wind blowing over the top of the crag made belaying a chilly event.

All the old favourites got climbed - Parker's Eliminate, Crew's Route, The Harp, Epitaph Corner, Foghorn Groove. Jared made a special effort on Dragon Route and several others had a go on top rope afterwards.

As the sun went down the evening got decidedly chilly and we decamped to the Waggon and Horses. We found Dan there, he hadn't been at Hobby but had been bouldering on the shiny white stuff at Water-cum-Jolly, but called in at the pub on his way home. Lucie timed Henry's evening walk to pop in at the crag, and later at the pub where Henry enjoyed hoovering up all the crumbs he could find on the floor.

Harpur Hill Quarry (rain check)

Wed 15th Apr, 2026

(No Reports)