Home
Forum
Search
Login
Register
UKBouldering.com
places to visit
conditions reports (isitgreasy on twitter)
Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
« previous
next »
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
(Read 6087 times)
crimp
Guest
Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
February 19, 2013, 12:34:51 pm
It's never been particularly pleasant.
Sat at gollums now. Not visited for a while, and won't again for a longer spell. There are 2 tents parked here, complete with axe, bow saw, etc. No occupants.
Fires against back of cave, rock soot covered. Weeping wet in patches. Graffiti proliferating. Plenty of rubbish.
To top it all off, the stench of human shit and piss is overwhelming. Worse than spew alley at closing time out our way.
Not a pleasant venue at all at present.
You have been warned!
Logged
Wood FT
forum hero
Posts: 2957
Karma: +162/-8
#1 Re: Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
February 19, 2013, 02:27:19 pm
sounds like a great place to bring your expectations down a peg or two.
Logged
crimp
Guest
#2 Re: Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
February 19, 2013, 02:42:54 pm
I shant be returning again, unless i come across some dynamite.
Logged
SA Chris
forum hero
Posts: 29355
Karma: +638/-12
#3 Re: Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
February 19, 2013, 03:15:02 pm
TBH it's always been pretty shit.
Logged
crimp
Guest
#4 Re: Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
February 19, 2013, 03:25:37 pm
Quote from: SA Chris on February 19, 2013, 03:15:02 pm
TBH it's always been pretty shit.
well now it's taking shittiness to a whole new level of turdy depravity. God sake, overcoming the smell alone was about a 7C problem.
Logged
crimp
Guest
#5 Re: Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
February 19, 2013, 03:50:02 pm
I daresay it could be brought back in to some kind of condition. With the generous use of bleach, napalm, and that priest fella off the exorcist.
Logged
SA Chris
forum hero
Posts: 29355
Karma: +638/-12
#6 Re: Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
February 19, 2013, 05:02:33 pm
And some of your aforementioned dynamite.
Logged
crimp
Guest
#7 Re: Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
February 19, 2013, 05:44:22 pm
Avon guidebook says Gollums is a second home to the st werburghs crew.
I've not been to undercover rock for a while. I can only assume they must have fire and smoke damaged the walls, littered the floor, and opened the sewers then!
Logged
shurt
forum abuser
nincompoop
Posts: 724
Karma: +38/-1
#8 Re: Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
February 19, 2013, 06:59:03 pm
well at least i can strike that from my list of climbing options in bristol. i used to go a lot to traverse there as was cheaper than the wall but often thought it would attract residents as its better than a bus stop by a mile. it was a truly awful venue in the first place...
Logged
wintermute
menacing presence
Posts: 178
Karma: +14/-1
#9 Re: Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
April 06, 2013, 10:55:48 am
Anyone know if its dry?
Logged
crimp
Guest
#10 Re: Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
April 06, 2013, 12:30:42 pm
Quote from: wintermute on April 06, 2013, 10:55:48 am
Anyone know if its dry?
I've not been back since i posted dire report above.
If you are going, take some industrial soot removing tools, some bin bags, and some garden incense sticks for the smell (and holy water, garlic and a crucifix)
be aware may still have residents.
Please report back here if you go
Logged
crimp
Guest
#11 Re: Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
April 06, 2013, 12:54:49 pm
Hey wintermute.
If you ain't already gone to gollums and still going.
If you've got a motor, give me a shout, I'll come up with ya, with brush, bin bags, etc. See if we can straighten place out a bit. As long as residents have moved on of course.
Logged
crimp
Guest
#12 Re: Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
April 06, 2013, 01:16:47 pm
You can't polish a turd, but with a bit of elbow grease, we may be able to at least make it useable, take the fire soot off it, and drag it up from a sewer.
Logged
Print
Pages: [
1
]
« previous
next »
UKBouldering.com
places to visit
conditions reports (isitgreasy on twitter)
Gollums Cave, Avon Gorge - a warning
SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2024, SimplePortal