[Peanuts]

Was down at the Cornice last night (after the deluge) and can report that it has survived remarkably well considering the amount of water that came down. A bit streaky left of Cry of Despair and a bit damp right of RnP but most of the main section still fairly dry. The humidity on the other hand ......

[Gus]

would be keen for an update after the weekends rain.

gonna head down later so will report back anyhow!

[Stu Littlefair]

Hi Gus,

It was proper fooked yesterday. Run-off of some sort on every route.

I imagine that the RH routes (unleashing, butterflies etc) and possibly the RH roof will be OK today, but I can't see the LH roof (jug jockey etc) or nemesis area drying off until mid-week at the earliest.

Would be interested in updates if you check it out

[Gus]

Cheers Stu.

Might give it a miss tonight then. Although if you don't go you won't know.......

[Jules L]

Did anyone go down yesterday? Just wondering if it is worth an after work visit tonight or not.

Thanks!

[Bonjoy]

Got a text from Nige who has been there today "...totally soaked, absolutely nothing even remotely climbable."

Bugger.

[Jules L]

Damn!  How did that happen so quick? Thanks for the update Bonjoy.

[Gus]

Went for a look today, pretty gopping unfortunateley! Nowt dry at all!

combination of run off, condensation and seepage.

It's not irreversible and could be sorted by 3 or 4 days of good hot breezy weather, so fingers crossed!!

[lurcher]

Had a quick look when passing with the kids today,  couldn't really see anything climbable.   Absolutely soaked on left, some dry patches of rock right of Clarion, and on right end.   Wetter than I thought it would be.

[bendavison]

Anyone been down this week? Hoping to head down there this weekend or soon after if its not out for the count.

[ChrisC]

A friend looked in on Wed eve - it's soaked. 

[Mirf]

Had a walk down there today, the stuff right of r n p looked pretty dry though every route left of that seemed to have varying amounts of wetness, drying though.

[Gus]

Had a good look on Sunday and it was definitely getting alot better. I reckon the last few days of good breezy weather may sort it soon.

Would be keen to know an update if anyone's heading down, my prediction was that there would be climbable routes down there from today.

Fingers crossed!!!

[Gus]

Anyone got any knowledge from the last few days????

[205Chris]

Anyone got any knowledge from the last few days????

Hot off the press from today, think it needs a few more warm days yet:

Right hand end: Cordless / Cosmopolitan looked dry, might be the odd smeggy hold. Unleashing pre crux undercuts were wet.

Powerplant - R 'n' P - Patches of dryness but nothing that looked climbable.

Middle section - Again, various bits dry but nothing worth bothering with.

Left hand end - Cry / Roof Warrior / Jug Jockey had dry sections but definitely a few wet holds.

Nemesis etc - bottom still very wet.

[Gus]

Nice work yo.

Sheee eee eeee eeeeeeeeet!

[Somebody's Fool]

Does anyone know if Powerplant's dry yet?

[205Chris]

Does anyone know if Powerplant's dry yet?

It looked pretty dry this morning. Headwall looked fine, starting holds all dry. Not sure about the undercuts but again they looked dry. Bearing in mind I wasn't climbing 'looked' is the operative word here.

Rest of the crag:

LHS - F**ked
Martial music looked dry enough, odd damp patch on Clarion Call. Armistice / Whose line looking damp.
Top bulge of big zipper / ouijaboard looked damp, might be OK with a bit of scrubbing though.
RHS - Cosmopolitan and Cordless looked dry. Unleashing might have been OK, hard to tell if the undercuts were damp.

In summary there looked to be about 4 climbable routes: Powerplant, Martial Music, Cordless and Cosmopolitan.

Be worth taking a brush if you do go down.

[AlistairB]

Cheers for the regular updates Chris, keeping the faith! Would wad you if I could.

If anyone's keen for Powerplant drop me a PM, got some unfinished business with it! Thinking Monday could be good?

[Mirf]

Not looking too bad today though I think most routes left of unleashing will probably have the odd damp hold. Another week of good dry weather could sortb it out.

[Ethan]

Went down this afternoon for a look and found it virtually bone dry! Nemesis, Jug Jockey and Cry of Despair all definitely doable with a bit of a brush. Maybe few damp spots under the K3 bulge etc but everything else totally fine. Few dusty holds but apart from that its back in play.

[RichK]

Martial music rightwards all dry today...we just did the mileage stuff.

Powerplant had some attention from another team.

[Sidehaas]

Update from yesterday, everything right of marshal music looked dry to me bit smeggy in places at breaks etc).  Old man river had a bit of attention but there loomed to be some damp holds.  Cry of despair undercut was very wet and that whole break was seeping a lot across and under roof warrior too, although all the actual holds I could see on roof warrior looked dry...couldn't tell about the ones in the roof.
Further left most routes have wet patches but some are dry...might be lucky if you take a towel.

[Gus]

Went and had a look last night. Unfortunately despite the nice weather of late, the rain from last week has taken it's toll.

Left hand end totally scuppered. Middle section (bored of the lies, power plant, k3 etc) much damper than before. The right hand end from unleashing was still OK though.

All is definitely not lost as it was definitely getting there. Hopefully some warmer temps will give it that extra drying that it badly needs. I'll try and do some cleaning at some point.

[nai]

Dropped in for a quick look today, the only fully dry looking routes are Unleashing rightwards.
Leftward to around Martial Music is dry in places with streaks and seeps.
Left of that is pretty much blanket wetness.

Mostly dry forecast for a few weeks so maybe there's hope for the middle section