[tomrainbow]

I have put details of directions and woodland navigation for Bovey Woods on the Shaptor wiki site so you now have no excuses for getting lost. Despite all the rain we've had recently, quite a lot was dry enough to climb on Saturday.

http://shaptor.wikifoundry.com/page/Directions

[granticus]

Nice one Tom, particularly helpful parking beta.   

[EdGowSmith]

Awesome

[granticus]

Little bit of footage from Saddle Tor in January.

[macca7]

Just been for a walk to Upton and the start of Wet Bootie is now burried under a pile of large stones!

Could take a while to clear out alternatively another good tide and it may all disappear!

Could be a fair few problems affected down these parts only time will tell I guess!

Cheers

Macca

[highrepute]

Little bit of footage from Saddle Tor in January.

Thanks for posting.

Does it often get that busy up there?!

[granticus]

Little bit of footage from Saddle Tor in January.

Thanks for posting.

Does it often get that busy up there?!

Definitely not a typical day at Saddle Tor or any Tor for that matter.  A bit of a gathering was organized to bring in the New Year.  The rain thinned out the numbers in the afternoon but it was drying out pretty fast after the squalls and the hardcore of us kept going into dark. 

[granticus]

Just been for a walk to Upton and the start of Wet Bootie is now burried under a pile of large stones!
Could take a while to clear out alternatively another good tide and it may all disappear!

Thanks Macca..  There was a big block sat under it before the storms, I was hoping that all the activity would clear it out not make it worse!

In the unlikely event that anyone should decide to boulder down at Sillery Sands, Exmoor Coast.  The steps to access the beach have been washed away and it is dangerous/ impossible to climb down, a stake and a rope would help.

[EdGowSmith]

Bouldering in Godrevy from a couple weeks back.
Conditions weren't perfect, so didn't get to try some stuff I would've liked to.
Still, managed to get footage of a few things.
Thanks to Andy W for showing me around

[jstrongman]

Nice one Ed, did you tick all those problems in a session? Good to see you got a chance to do trigonometry, I love that problem, such a shame most of the time there is a massive rock pool under it.

[highrepute]

Nic Ed. Good vid, thanks for sharing. looks like you made the most of the conditions. I need to to get down there!

[granticus]

Nice vid Ed!

Some updates for some coastal bouldering venues in the SW.  The big storms and tides were bound to take their toll or create something new.

I hear on the grapevine that boulders at Tintagel have been reshuffled, they are big blocs but it appears the waves had no problem shifting stuff around.  Some old problems are now rendered un-doable and there are apparently lots of new lines to be had... go check it out!  Mother nature's been re-setting!

Lynmouth levels have changed considerably in places, the zawn with Chimpanzee Achne, Time and Tide etc.  has filled right up, highballs are now relatively lowball - a good time to get those top-outs wired!  Face off has block under it hampering the start again and the beach level is high on this bloc, you can claim the ticks if you want but you know you're only doing half a problem!

Northcott, Hartland and Dartmoor seem to be unaffected.

Mentioned before - Sillery Sands is not accessible safely via the zig-zag path with out rope tactics.

Anyone been anywhere else that has changed?

[highrepute]

I hear on the grapevine that boulders at Tintagel have been reshuffled, they are big blocs but it appears the waves had no problem shifting stuff around.  Some old problems are now rendered un-doable and there are apparently lots of new lines to be had... go check it out!  Mother nature's been re-setting!

wow! If that's true then that's some impressive re-shuffling.

[tomrainbow]

Unbelievably, considering the number of huge trees that have fallen over the Winter, it looks as though the boulders in Bovey Woods have escaped more or less unscathed.

[turnipturned]

Crazy Tintagel blocks has move, they are huge!

[EdGowSmith]

Went to Tintagel North today.
First time there so not sure on the extent of what's changed.
However, the start of Kids is now covered in boulders and so is undoable  :


And it looks like the boulders covering it have come from underneath the Purple Haze boulder, making the starts of the problems interesting:


Most of the other problems seem to have remained unchanged, though like I said I can't be totally sure.

On a separate note, is the topo for Pink Floyd in Boulder Britain correct? I followed the line shown in the guide but it felt more like 6B+ than 7A!

[Andy W]

The bottom of the purple haze boulder looks like it might be better after the storms, I've only been once but it looks like it might make lower starts etc?

The storms didn't cause that much damage down here, at least not at Clodgy and Godrevy, I haven't been elsewhere yet.

[Duma]

Wonderland - new 7C+/8A in West Penwith - looks ace!

Looks like some good new starts to be done to the Purple haze boulder 

[TN080]

Tintagel Update:

Some good and bad news I guess, but I would say that most the changes at Tintagel have been for the better.

Bad News:
- Kids is no longer
- Colorado Dreaming has changed angle, it is now lower to the ground and the feet maybe better, top out is easier. I would say probably easier than its previous state but at similar grade. On the up side it is more open in the cave as boulders to left have gone meaning it is likely to be drier more often.

Good news:
- Lots of new easier lines to go at dotted about the place.
- left of kids is a corridor of new rock opened up, makes a good warm up/eliminates wall.
- Best of all the purple haze bloc has finally been opened up, I have been dreaming of this since first finding the place. Now one of my favourite boulders on the coast! Topo with the main lines on can be found here... https://www.dropbox.com/s/ya15ch38nwupg2z/Topo.jpg (sorry dont know how to import images).

Green – Hurler SDS V8: start sitting on low shelf follow the rail to the ledge and a tricky rockover. Take a big bucket to empty the rock pool below.
White – Project: sitter into undercut…
Red – The AWOL Apprentice V9? Start matched on lowest rail follow holds in the seam. Amazing maybe the best V9 on the coast. A variation finishes up purple haze at a similar grade.
Purple – All along the Watchtower V8: Start up Purple haze traverse the lip using a rose move into and up The AWOL Apprentice.
Yellow – Purple Haze V6
Blue – V8: Traverse from Hurler into the start of Purple Haze, after the crux break out left along jugs. Climbs really well.

[Andy W]

Tintagel Update:

Some good and bad news I guess, but I would say that most the changes at Tintagel have been for the better.

Bad News:
- Kids is no longer
- Colorado Dreaming has changed angle, it is now lower to the ground and the feet maybe better, top out is easier. I would say probably easier than its previous state but at similar grade. On the up side it is more open in the cave as boulders to left have gone meaning it is likely to be drier more often.

Good news:
- Lots of new easier lines to go at dotted about the place.
- left of kids is a corridor of new rock opened up, makes a good warm up/eliminates wall.
- Best of all the purple haze bloc has finally been opened up, I have been dreaming of this since first finding the place. Now one of my favourite boulders on the coast! Topo with the main lines on can be found here... https://www.dropbox.com/s/ya15ch38nwupg2z/Topo.jpg (sorry dont know how to import images).

Green – Hurler SDS V8: start sitting on low shelf follow the rail to the ledge and a tricky rockover. Take a big bucket to empty the rock pool below.
White – Project: sitter into undercut…
Red – The AWOL Apprentice V9? Start matched on lowest rail follow holds in the seam. Amazing maybe the best V9 on the coast. A variation finishes up purple haze at a similar grade.
Purple – All along the Watchtower V8: Start up Purple haze traverse the lip using a rose move into and up The AWOL Apprentice.
Yellow – Purple Haze V6
Blue – V8: Traverse from Hurler into the start of Purple Haze, after the crux break out left along jugs. Climbs really well.

Looks good

[granticus]

Nice one Tom, good info. and problems on Purple haze block look awesome! 

Anyone want to do some babysitting so I can go and check it out?!

[Huffy]

Guess this is in the right place? Some new problems in Dorset...

[EdGowSmith]

Guess this is in the right place? Some new problems in Dorset...

Gotta love a bit of Zeds Dead.

[granticus]

New problem at Saddle Tor courtesy of Mikey C.

[granticus]

And a little film of me on Carnage at Hartland Quay.