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#25 Re: anstey's cove
June 15, 2012, 07:12:07 pm
You should be driving round in the rain desperately seeking the one piece of dry rock in the county

We all know where that is so there's no need to go and look - it's the gully wall at Chudleigh, always dry!  :P

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#26 Re: anstey's cove
June 15, 2012, 10:19:41 pm
As tempting as a wall at Chudleigh is I think we'll do Portland instead, bound to be something dry there.
Good luck if anyone does try Ansteys.

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#27 Re: anstey's cove
June 16, 2012, 04:59:44 pm
Anyone been down to the cove today?

What are the chances of finding dry rock :please: ? Specifically interested in Cider Soak and Boy George.

Thinking of heading down tomorrow but driving from Oxford so would be a long way to go to find it soaked...

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#28 Re: anstey's cove
June 16, 2012, 08:21:45 pm
Didn't risk it today but the missus went to Torquay today and said it rained quite a lot and was a bit misty. I'd get back to Malham if I was you  ;).

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#29 Re: anstey's cove
August 23, 2012, 03:42:22 pm
Anyone been recently? Is this likely to be dry at all? Or even Torbryan? Or has the British monsoon season pretty much written off bank holiday climbing down south?

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#30 Re: anstey's cove
August 24, 2012, 03:12:02 pm
Went for a look this morning. Piss wet at ansteys. A couple climbing the lower wall of avenged but top part wet. Ferocity wall gopping.

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#31 Re: anstey's cove
August 24, 2012, 05:11:45 pm
Went for a look this morning. Piss wet at ansteys. A couple climbing the lower wall of avenged but top part wet. Ferocity wall gopping.

Fucks sake, i'm going to a wedding in Devon next weekend and was hoping to get a bit in  :ras:

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#32 Re: anstey's cove
August 24, 2012, 05:52:58 pm
Ferocity could be mint in a week Doyle

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#33 Re: anstey's cove
August 24, 2012, 06:01:14 pm
Ferocity could be mint in a week Doyle

In this country?  :shrug:

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#34 Re: anstey's cove
August 30, 2012, 08:34:01 am
Any updates on ferocity wall?

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#35 Re: anstey's cove
August 30, 2012, 08:36:59 am
Went for a look this morning. Piss wet at ansteys. A couple climbing the lower wall of avenged but top part wet. Ferocity wall gopping.

Fucks sake, i'm going to a wedding in Devon next weekend and was hoping to get a bit in  :ras:
And what about the climbing?

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#36 Re: anstey's cove
September 04, 2012, 05:19:13 pm
Was down at Ansteys today, the lower half of Empire was still seeping and fairly gopping. Oozy was probably affected too. Everything else was dry, even the Lynch and Cider Soak. We ended up on Cocytus / more steam which was fine. If it stays sunny till the weekend then Empire should be dry as well.

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#37 Re: anstey's cove
September 27, 2012, 11:27:19 am
Anyone know how Anstey's/Torbryan are fairing? Down in Devon visiting the olds and torn between moor/limestone.

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#38 Re: anstey's cove
September 27, 2012, 01:03:33 pm
On Tuesday Torbryan was in pretty good nick except for Mayday and the bottom section of threadbare (LH start) and a seep down Little White Lie direct start. The deeper pockets were damp but Thread Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Boogie etc were all good. Weather's not been too bad since so it should be fine for the weekend.

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#39 Re: anstey's cove
September 28, 2012, 07:06:34 pm
Ansteys today - Empire Wall was dripping, looked like full winter seepage when we arrived. Just Revenge had damp patches, these were drying through the day. Also seepage patches round on How the Mighty Fall. On Ferocity Wall unsurprisingly Cider Soak was wet around the pocket and top break and more surprisingly the Lynch looked dry...

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#40 Re: anstey's cove
September 30, 2012, 10:30:50 pm
Ended up at Anstey's on Saturday. Empire wall still wet but drying out, The Lynch totally dry and hot in the sun. Doubt there was any rain there today.

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#41 Re: anstey's cove
October 15, 2012, 11:04:16 am
Conditions update anyone?  Got a bit of time off coming up and I fancy going down and getting on Empire or Lynch if they're dry...

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#42 Re: anstey's cove
October 18, 2012, 05:04:00 pm
Anyone been down recently? Keen for Cider Soak, Boy George and The Mightier.
Thanks

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#43 Re: anstey's cove
October 25, 2012, 02:55:32 pm
Repeat of above request? Any seepage info much appreciated. Also is Torbryan climbable at the moment?

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#44 Re: anstey's cove
November 16, 2012, 09:55:25 am
I live in hope.... anyone been down? Interested in The Lynch, Cider Soak, Cocytus.

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#45 Re: anstey's cove
February 15, 2013, 12:40:20 pm
Dropped by today for a look around, bad news unsurprisingly. Empire wall is blacker than I've ever seen it, it will probably take the best part of a month to dry out properly from now. Don't think there's any routes on the wall that aren't affected - there's probably two holds dry on Empire itself. Round the corner there's shiny wet dampness on the upper half of How the Mighty & the Waffle Supremacy. If you fancy the Mightier then that looks ok.

Ferocity Wall - if you fancy Devonshire Cream, or La creme you're in luck, otherwise Cider Soak and the Lynch are wet and there's a couple of seeps coming down from the top on what I think are the finishes of Poppy and Tuppence.

Cocytus area - American express looks good, the corner of Cocytus is quite gopping and there's a lot of seepage out of the roof on More Steam...

Also had a look at Torbryan which can be summed up as if there's a pocket on the route then it's seeping. Not encouraging...

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#46 Re: anstey's cove
April 18, 2013, 04:55:33 pm
Any been down recently? How's it looking?

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#47 Re: anstey's cove
April 19, 2013, 02:55:50 pm
Empire Wall was still fairly damp last Friday, but it is drying out.

Ferocity Wall isn't too bad, Tuppence and Cider Soak dry except maybe the very top, though the pocket on CS is still seeking.

Haven't been this week though I don't think it will have got much worse.

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#48 Re: anstey's cove
May 28, 2013, 11:27:13 pm
All dry today.

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#49 Re: anstey's cove
October 28, 2013, 04:43:52 pm
Any predictions on dryness of Ansteys/Torbryan for tomorrow? Thanks!
Ian

 

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