Went to citibloc last night and thought it was pretty good.
DIdnt get the chance to chat to the guys running the place when leaving as had to dash - so some general points/feedback...
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Like the grading structure - 20 odd problems in 5 grade bands.
Problems were great for me, blue were just at my 50/50 flashable limit, so I got loads of mileage instead of flapping on one or two things I couldnt really do for ages.
Really varied problems too - jug pulls to balancy things moving from jugs to crimps to slopers (alot of walls seem to have jugs or crimps etc..). Some problems were also really long - 6-7 or more moves often diagonal rising traverses
Cafe upstairs was good and reasonably priced
People running the place were great
Dead easy to get to 1 min of the M621 - loads of room for parking
-ves
Could be a wee bit small or not have enough problems (at the moment). If I were to go twice or more a week, I recon after three weeks or so I'd run out of things to do/could do. Though you could say that for every wall. If they change the routes regularly (every month or so) it'd work fine
Not enough beastly overhangs. e.g. skips at the works are a bit daft but great fun..
Toilets were grim. Think Trainspotting....
For a couple of people with us, there was not enough difficulty in the easy grades (if that makes sense). e.g. they could do all the pinks (piss easy) and all the reds (easy) but none of the blues. THey suggested more stretching of grades within the easy band. THats one thing the works and the stockport wall (in particular) does well - some of the easy problems are easy, but really make you think...
T.
