This saturday was a somewhat typical autumn yorkshire bouldering day for myself:
-Set off from leeds about 11 in the rain, but optimistically drove towards almscliff anyway, only for the rain to get heavier.
-Turned around and drove the 10 miles or so down to ilkley to find it dry and clear, but with the rock pretty damp. One side of the quarry is almost always dry, as is the front of the calf, which has some good eliminate problems. (Incidentally, someone was trying desperate dan (E7 arete) didn't see a make though.)
-As the weather started to come in at Ilkley around 2 i drove back down to Almscliff to find it had cleared nicely and dried quickly (as usual) and i had an enjoyable afternoon.
What i am trying to say is, a lot of the time it isn't raining everywhere at once, and travelling between a few crags can give you a good day, even if the majority of the problems are slimed over.