Churnet conditions (Read 4089 times)

BenF · March 02, 2007, 02:17:29 pm

Anyone been down there in the past day or so?

And if so, how dry were things, particularly the bits with new additions outlined in the recent thread?

dunnyg · October 06, 2020, 06:28:12 pm

resurection....

Im no local and i've not been before. Will anything be dry at all after the recent deluge, has anyone been out in the last week? I will be tripping from Leeds so dont want to turn up and have to go to alton towers instead... Thinking of wrights rock area, but haven't climbed anything there so anywhere else would be good too!

spidermonkey09 · October 06, 2020, 06:38:40 pm

I would be surprised if wright's was wet, its pretty reliable in my experience. Haven't been out though. Really good crag.

dunnyg · October 06, 2020, 07:04:07 pm

It is between the churnet and stony, I think (or almscliff again). Cheers!

andy_e · October 06, 2020, 07:08:39 pm

Amlscliff again, obviously

dunnyg · October 06, 2020, 07:10:17 pm

Save the planet

spidermonkey09 · October 06, 2020, 07:45:56 pm

I also went to Stoney recently and enjoyed it. Some great trad and the bitter fingers and wee Doris bays stay quite dry in the rain.

dunnyg · October 06, 2020, 08:04:13 pm

Im on my own so just bouldering, ill see what the weather says when I wake up. Might save the churnet for a nice day

Fiend · October 06, 2020, 08:05:57 pm

Alton Towers is great, you pleb. Will be mint connies there too with all the students full of covid and isolating in halls of residence.

dunnyg · October 06, 2020, 08:36:05 pm

Being strapped next to some disease bag as they eject a fountain covid fumes whilst screaming sounds worse than the catwalk.

Fiend · October 07, 2020, 09:30:23 am

Lol! I meant that they'll all be locked down and the place should be empty. I wouldn't be recommending an experience half as awful as the Catwalk on Shark Day, don't worry.

mrjonathanr · October 07, 2020, 06:15:52 pm

Quote from: dunnyg on October 06, 2020, 08:36:05 pm

Being strapped next to some disease bag as they eject a fountain covid fumes whilst screaming sounds worse than the catwalk.

Are you talking about Stockport Wall? $:-\$

Fiend · October 07, 2020, 07:14:42 pm

Oi, stop stalking me MrJR!

tomtom · October 07, 2020, 07:35:44 pm

Have they banned you again Fiend? :D

mrjonathanr · October 07, 2020, 08:01:20 pm

To the OP: I went to Mirf's roof/Spellbound area recently - I suspect that'll be dry (bar top of Mirf's) and the climbing is amazing. Plus it's only 10 mins from the pub (if you don't get lost, that is.)

dunnyg · October 07, 2020, 08:56:55 pm

Thanks, I ended up at stoney middleton then stanage in the evening. I will check out mirfs/spellbound next time though, good knowledge!

Reprobate_Rob · October 08, 2020, 11:06:06 am

Quote from: mrjonathanr on October 07, 2020, 08:01:20 pm

To the OP: I went to Mirf's roof/Spellbound area recently - I suspect that'll be dry (bar top of Mirf's) and the climbing is amazing. Plus it's only 10 mins from the pub (if you don't get lost, that is.)

You're right, the top of Mirf's doesn't dry out very quickly at all since the rhododendrons have started growing back. Every time i've been recently it's been caked in chalk from plebs trying (and failing) to dry it out and there are new 'holds' appearing all the time from small breakages and overbrushing. Best to give it a miss in all but the driest conditions if you ask me. Wrights or Discreet are a better bet, but even so, I don't get why Churnet has this reputation for being a good wet weather venue. It's soft, pebbly sandstone FFS.

Fiend · October 08, 2020, 11:22:58 am

Quote from: Reprobate_Rob on October 08, 2020, 11:06:06 am

I don't get why Churnet has this reputation for being a good wet weather venue. It's soft, pebbly sandstone that often overhangs massively, has shelter from roofs above, and has a considerably drier climate than the main Peaks massif.

Obviously it should be treated with great care tho.

Reprobate_Rob · October 08, 2020, 02:26:19 pm

https://www.weather-gb.com/en/united-kingdom/stoke-on-trent-climate#rainfall
vs
https://www.weather-gb.com/en/united-kingdom/sheffield-climate#rainfall

It's hardly the Sahara by comparison.
It's also set in a deep wooded valley - basically a rainforest. Yeah, there's a fair few overhung crags, but they still suffer their share of seepage, condensation etc.

Anyway, i'm neither a meteorologist nor a geologist. It just pisses me off that (like everywhere else in recent months),

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..it isn't being.

Fiend · October 08, 2020, 02:56:27 pm

Sheffield is in the rainshadow of the Peak. I'm pretty sure the stats for Hathersage would be more enlightening.

Buxton is closer and maybe useful for Western Grit:

https://www.weather-gb.com/en/united-kingdom/buxton-climate#rainfall

That's the best I could find on the climate page. No Hathersage, Hope, Castleton, Edale, Tideswell not Stanage Plantation

Put a pint glass outside the Plantation toilets and another outside the Rambler's Retreat and see what happens.

The lack of care is a different matter and I agree it is a concern.