[205Chris]

Anyone been Blackwell dale? Any knowledge on conditions much appreciated.

Didn't go as far as Paint it Black but yesterday afternooon:

Left end of Black and Deckout buttress dry
Ovine etc. wet
Beginners wall area looked very damp but I didn't venture up

[Moo]

Cress brook dry last night apart from the left hand side. From 'The thing' rightwards was all dry or climbable.

[205Chris]

Tiny bit of damp on the LH starting hold of Paint it Black, otherwise dry.

What would Jerry do etc - dry.

Ovine and Black and Deckout Buttress all dry.

Beginners Wall area still seeping in places, it didn't look like any problems were fully dry.

[205Chris]

Surprisingly good today

PiB wet (more run off than seepage by the looks of it)

Other side of the road all dry

Ovine Buttress mostly dry, odd damp hold on the low starts

Freda's buttress all dry

[El Mocho]

Popped by Griff's buttress yesterday, little worse than last week. Ovine etc climbable - only the first left hand hold a little wet. Low left start, Ru's trav damp in places. 1st RH hold on Mint sauce is damp but dryable with some tissues (and the problem is brilliant, maybe the best here).

Didn't look and Paint it Black.

Beginner's wall - didn't go up. Wet streaks but sure some is dry.

Went to Badger cove - hard stuff looks dry. stuff in the back pretty goping. Badger... dry apart from 1st jug and 1 foothold which are only very slightly damp.

[dave]

We were at badger last night, all the footholds were dry I think by then (bar a couple we weren't using), as was the start jug if you didn't get too greedy.

The 7b long problem out of the back was filthy though, that could do with a full clean once dry as its great.

[El Mocho]

The only wet one was some vertical slot thing I egyptian on at the start and sounds pretty similar on the jug. How'd you get on on it? Setting off there now - fell off the last move 4 times yesterday - but feeling a little worked so not sure how it'll go...

[dave]

The vertical egyptian thing was dry but with a trickle of water on the left of it, but we weren't using it.

I was failing to hang the first big pocket move due to not keeping foot on, T_B was failing to hang to second big pocket move.

Looking at the original facebook description it says the problem "finish at the hole above the cave" and the topo line veers left to finish in a hole above the finishing cave on Thread Nicole, so getting the big pocket, then heading up left. I.e. alarmingly high, and away from your pads. Bit of a worry now I've read that.

[BAndy]

Paint it Black was seeping when I was there yesterday. Starting left handhold, right handhold in the top break and the undercut in the roof are all wet. A lot of damp along the bottom of the problems to the left.

Everything on the other side of the road is dry apart from a small streak left of Free Range Abbatoir that won't affect anything. A Lack of Colour is clean and dry.

Bovine on Griff's Buttress all dry yesterday apart from the slots being slightly damp but not enough to be a problem.

[dobbin]

Dave are you on about Badger badger? that does a hard move to an egg shaped pocket (iirc - its been years), then does continue i always thought rather higher than necessary. Sort of on the vert slightly overhanging bit to the right?

[tomtom]

Do any of you know if the road to Wormhill from the bridge at the bottom of the valley is still closed?

[cofe]

Do any of you know if the road to Wormhill from the bridge at the bottom of the valley is still closed?

Sign said closed when I drove past just now.

Also: Griff's buttress in decent nick except for tiny bit of damp in bottom of starting slot on Ovine. Bovine slots wet. Otherwise fine.

Beginner's Wall had bits of splooge which would affect Swing Time and Man of Steel. Neil's Wall looked dry.

[tomtom]

Cheers ears.

[haydn jones]

road was open tonight, i drove through it.

[dave]

Dave are you on about Badger badger? that does a hard move to an egg shaped pocket (iirc - its been years), then does continue i always thought rather higher than necessary. Sort of on the vert slightly overhanging bit to the right?

Aye.

[dave]

Last night the stuff on the west side of the road in blackwell dale (abattoir wall, jerrys trav etc) was all totally drenched with condensation.

[205Chris]

Last night the stuff on the west side of the road in blackwell dale (abattoir wall, jerrys trav etc) was all totally drenched with condensation.

All dry today.

Left hand starting hold of PiB is wet and the break's a bit damp.

[cofe]

Griff's etc all generally fine last night. A few random holds a bit mingy.

[Eddies]

All completely bone dry tonight  [emoji106]

[tomtom]

Taa Eddies. Most useful for tomorrow.

[Three Nine]

Anyone able to hazard a guess as to how Griff's will be tomorrow? Long drive you see.

[tomtom]

Anyone able to hazard a guess as to how Griff's will be tomorrow? Long drive you see.

I'd bet its bone dry right now. But it looks like its about to piss down for a while... One of those it could remain dry, or could get soaked situations...

I realise thats no help.. sorry

[cofe]

It's been breezy and not too warm. Probs dry, but might be muggy i.e. bad connies in the trees. Hard to say.

[Eddies]

Was good last night down there... fair bit cooler and not humid despite no breeze.
Might all change this afternoon tho as rain forecast.

[Three Nine]

Well if anyone happens to be there this eve....