Good weather and good times had been promised for Hobson Moor, and the crag didn't disappoint. Almost 20 KMC members (full/associate/prospective/canine) plus a few friends from the Rucksack Club (an unofficial splinter group from their Club's Wednesday evening meet) came along for an evening of sunshine, good company, good climbing and a pleasant pint in the Wagon and Horses afterwards.

A wide range of routes were climbed, I am sure to have missed some but there were teams on Pocket Wall VDiff, Epitaph Corner HS, Foghorn Groove VS, Crew's Route VS, Parker's Eliminate HVS, Bring me Sunshine E1, Gideon HVS, Evening Ridge S, The Harp HS, plus some top-rope efforts on Gable End (E5).

Cake was provided by Lucie, not quite enough to go around everyone although I'm not sure if that's because the turnout was so high or because Jim came back for seconds so many times? 

Thanks to everyone for coming and thanks to some of the Hobby old-timers for pointing people at appropriate routes and bringing up multiple seconds. Apologies to anyone I've missed from the list and to those whose surnames I didn't catch.

Attendance:

Daniel Arrowsmith
Jess Bailey 
Rob Clarke
Ellen
Paul Evans
Will Fitzmaurice
Rebecca Gardner
Michelle Harrison
Tommy Harrison
Claire Hawkins
Stuart Hurworth
Jake
Josh
Steve Lopaki
Olly
Jim Symon
Matt Wasilewski
Gareth Williams (meet leader)
Lucie Williams and Henry the Dog
Dave Wylie

Hobson Moor is a local favourite for the KMC with loads of great climbing whether you like bouldering or trad. Single pitch quarried gritstone with a choice of slabs, cracks, corners and the steep back wall with its ever-popular traverse which stays dry even in (light) rain - but it's always sunny at Hobby! Bring your trad rack and ropes, or bouldering pads, whichever takes your fancy. The only thing you won't find here is sport climbing. Lots of routes have stakes in place at the top which make it easy to set up top ropes if that's your thing. Access is a walk of mere seconds from the roadside.

I will aim to arrive at the crag before 4pm but others may arrive earlier.

If you can bear to tear yourself away from the climbing at the end of the evening pop into the Waggon and Horses for a pint.

More details of the routes, access and parking can be found on UKC.

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