Bovey Woods (Read 13973 times)

SA Chris · January 20, 2015, 02:41:08 pm

Quote from: tomrainbow on January 15, 2015, 08:06:27 pm

(V7)
(V8+)
(V7)
(V7)

etc
etc

Surely Devon is closer to France than the US!

andyd · January 20, 2015, 04:37:17 pm

these are local grades for local people,we'll have no trouble here

tomtom · January 20, 2015, 04:40:48 pm

Quote from: andyd on January 20, 2015, 04:37:17 pm

these are local grades for local people,we'll have no trouble here

Didnt Yarkshire have its own bouldering grade system once...?

Oldmanmatt · January 20, 2015, 05:43:03 pm

Quote from: andyd on January 20, 2015, 04:37:17 pm

these are local grades for local people,we'll have no trouble here

Odd though.

We use V grades at the Bunker, and then talk about the Blocs in Lingua Fontish.

Insist on grading outdoors in V's and talk about "that Bonehill 7A"...

'Tis a Devon thing, moy 'ansom...

SA Chris · January 20, 2015, 10:28:43 pm

Quote from: tomtom on January 20, 2015, 04:40:48 pm

Quote from: andyd on January 20, 2015, 04:37:17 pm
these are local grades for local people,we'll have no trouble here

Didnt Yarkshire have its own bouldering grade system once...?

Aye once. Befor' they saw t'liiiiight.

Steamboat Stello · January 25, 2015, 11:03:33 am

Braved the woods yesterday. Did four of the 3 star problems from your list Tom. Really excellent! Had one of my best days out for ages. Didn't get lost at all and also now have gps coordinates for a couple of boulders if anyone is interested.

granticus · January 25, 2015, 12:26:18 pm

Quote from: Steamboat Stello on January 25, 2015, 11:03:33 am

Braved the woods yesterday. Did four of the 3 star problems from your list Tom. Really excellent! Had one of my best days out for ages. Didn't get lost at all and also now have gps coordinates for a couple of boulders if anyone is interested.

Could coordinates be added to the wet paint site Tom?

tomrainbow · January 25, 2015, 11:36:30 pm

Quote from: Steamboat Stello on January 25, 2015, 11:03:33 am

Braved the woods yesterday. Did four of the 3 star problems from your list Tom. Really excellent! Had one of my best days out for ages. Didn't get lost at all and also now have gps coordinates for a couple of boulders if anyone is interested.

Cool...which ones? I was in a sports hall in Wolverhampton all weekend with the school's ultimate frisbee team...it's always good weather whenever the nationals are on!

Regarding coordinates, I am sure they could be added but I don't have the technology to do this. If you sign up to the wetpaint site (if you haven't done so already), I could make you a writer and then you can add them yourself (or email them to me).

Alternatively you could wait until the new Dartmoor Granite guide is published!

Steamboat Stello · January 26, 2015, 11:20:30 am

I didn't realise the woods would be in the new guide! Any idea when this is going to be released? I am planning another trip back to the woods asap so I will check out the coordinates and get a few more and can then put them on the wetpaint site if you want.

We were mainly doing easier stuff like Breadcrumb Trail, Mornington Crescent, Black Swansong (but just doing a cheating sit start at the bottom of the crack, the true sitter seemed nails!), Bend it Like Beckham etc.

Someone seemed to have put in a big effort cleaining the breadcrumb trail boulder. Only tried breadcrumb trail but this was the best problem I thought and I don't understand V grades but it felt quite tough to me! Maybe Font 6Cish but I was bleeding like from most tips by this point. Reminiscent, but better and harder, of Strawberries at Curbar, trackside boulder.

tomrainbow · January 26, 2015, 08:21:34 pm

Not sure about about release date of the new guide but it's been written I believe.

Thanks for the GPS stuff...

Regarding Breadcrumb Trail, do you realise it's now V4 since the lower blob? It's not quite as perfect as it once was but perhaps climbs even better. You're right, nothing else on the boulder compares, but there is much more of quality in Stonelands (which I have just started recleaning, again!). The Red Dot Boulder took two of us about 30mins to clean up, but it wasn't too dirty in the first place.

Steamboat Stello · January 26, 2015, 10:20:25 pm

V4 so could be 6B+/6C then. Seems about right, brilliant problem whatever the grade. Good work cleaning that boulder, I''ll bring my brushes next time and clean up something in Stonelands.

Three Nine · February 05, 2015, 07:43:07 pm

Any chance of a mini-tour of the bovey woods on sat from anyone? Like to go to the slotted wall bit

Three Nine · February 09, 2015, 10:05:02 am

Went this weekend. Its magic. Fuck the shitstone.

tomrainbow · February 09, 2015, 02:08:59 pm

Glad you enjoyed yourself Mark - sorry about the smoke! It's not normally like that but when you have marshmallows, what are you supposed to do?

tomrainbow · February 09, 2015, 02:13:33 pm

Really important this...apparently one of the local farmers was a bit peeved that someone was in their field this weekend.

Please make sure you stay within the boundary of the woods. The fence is intact throughout and, even though getting through the trees can be a bit of a pain in some places (especially with paddage on your back) you just need to struggle through...or we could have access problems!

Three Nine · February 09, 2015, 02:30:49 pm

Did Dave just tell you? Sorry, that was us. We were nice to him and scarpered quick, but he was one big fat ball of rage!

SA Chris · February 09, 2015, 03:00:20 pm

Way to go 39. First ever visit and you fuck it up for everyone

Three Nine · February 09, 2015, 03:14:16 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on February 09, 2015, 03:00:20 pm

Way to go 39. First ever visit and you fuck it up for everyone

If he's going to leave his fields just lying around...

granticus · February 09, 2015, 10:07:30 pm

Went on Sunday, beautiful day if a little warm... If anyone is at slotted wall and finds a classic casio digital watch! I would be grateful for it's return.

Herbert · March 21, 2015, 08:18:28 am

I fulfilled a long held ambition and went to the woods (Stonelands) yesterday. Loved it! Beautiful location and, I thought, great climbing. Thank you to those who've gone to the effort of putting the details online, I wouldn't have found a thing without them.