[cofe]

From UKC: http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=51399

Looks like High Peak Council are considering a planning app for business park etc in the quarry. BMC are aware. Damn shame if this happened. After Pleasley Vale, it's the only decent limestone in the Peaks.

[dave]

"All the natural rock faces will be closed to climbers if this application succeeds."

Lucky its a quarry then. 

You'd think a better place for industry shit would be in one of the recently quarried shitholes, not in a nice old quarry like this. The roads around that village are small enough as it is - i can't see local residents being happy with increased traffic, lorries etc.

[cofe]

I'd have thought Horseshoe had 'business park and water bottling bullshit' written all over it. it's not like there's any climbing there.

[slackline]

  I really like Staden, nice naturally protected lines on solid rock, would be a shame to loose them.

[BenF]

Yeah, there's some lovely routes there, especially the ones to the right.  Some have some nice little tufas if I remember rightly.  And in a nice setting too.  Surely we have enough damn bottled water in this country, whats wrong with tap water?  Its a luxury in many countries yet we spurn it to waste more resources on bottling the stuff...

[dave]

Surely we have enough damn bottled water in this country, whats wrong with tap water? 

yeah but tapwater doesn't have homeopathic properties.

[BenF]

 

Foiled by science yet again.  Must do better.

[Jaspersharpe]

Tap water is fine provided you've used your Accapi sleeve thing to energise it.

[BenF]

Ah right, thanks for that tip Jasper.  Reckon I may bash it three times on a bit of leather just to make sure though.

[john horscroft]

Good chance to discuss the issues here:

http://community.thebmc.co.uk/Event.aspx?id=139

 

[dave]

always on a bloody wednesday....

[ChrisC]

Just spotted this link on UKC:

http://keephighpeakgreen.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/the-real-plan-for-cowdale-quarry-asset-stripping-environmental-ruin/   

[SA Chris]

Ah right, thanks for that tip Jasper.  Reckon I may bash it three times on a bit of leather just to make sure though.

Don't. The water has memory, and will get you next time round.

[Sloper]

Well get writing to the relevent PPC's, the useless ^&*( Tom Levitt is standing down so get writing to the Tory candidate who's almost certain to win.