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Title: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: tomtom on January 17, 2021, 12:16:56 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/jgb2nfk_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium)

From an insta story - not sure if right thread.
Title: Re: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: mrjonathanr on January 17, 2021, 12:21:42 pm
Is that real??
Title: Re: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: tomtom on January 17, 2021, 12:24:12 pm
Is that real??

Reputable source (the repost and comment) and some of the lines disappear over the pockets (which wouldn’t happen if you were editing a pic quickly).

Edit. Orig post. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKJBwYwhTM1/?igshid=x93sj48ay87o

Title: Re: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: mrjonathanr on January 17, 2021, 12:40:49 pm
Well that is interesting.

About 2 weeks ago I watched the episode ofThe Masked Singer on ITV with the ‘Viking’ with my daughter. They had video of the Viking amongst the Upper Tier boulders, including a shot, from the same position as this photo, of him walking to camera past the graffito ‘KINGS ROCK’ superimposed (?) at face level by the arête.

And now loads of graffiti at exactly the same spot.

Hmm...
Title: Re: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: cheque on January 17, 2021, 12:47:49 pm
Jesus.

not sure if right thread.

Here (https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,27314.msg530422.html#msg530422) or here (https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,28505.0.html) would be more appropriate.
Title: Re: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: tomtom on January 17, 2021, 01:17:09 pm
Jesus.

not sure if right thread.

Here (https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,27314.msg530422.html#msg530422) or here (https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,28505.0.html) would be more appropriate.

Soz. Was Juggling child’s lunch etc...
Title: Re: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: SamT on January 17, 2021, 03:24:34 pm
 >:( >:( >:(

https://www.facebook.com/peakclimbingschool/posts/746125172696925


Pity the police have been too busy fining coffee drinkers.

I've been noticing more and more graf on boulders around the place.  Higgar last year, Lawrencefield too.  It's only really a matter of time till something 'major' happens on one of the many blank canvass' around the peak.

Who remembers Froggatt slabs in the early 90s.
Title: Re: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: mrjonathanr on January 17, 2021, 03:56:08 pm
Mods:

merge these Roaches posts with Sam T's topic?
Title: Re: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: Fiend on January 17, 2021, 06:40:33 pm
Time for Staffordshire Police to stop farting around trying to outdo Derbyshire in the disproportionate bellend stakes and encourage climbers from all around - not just Danebridge Mr Olympia 2016, as good a singular deterrent as he might be - to climb there and patrol the rocks to dissuade this sort of moronitude.

Or maybe end the lockdown earlier so the chodes can go back to shoplifting from TKMaxx or whatever they do.
Title: Re: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: DAVETHOMAS90 on January 17, 2021, 07:04:22 pm
IIRC..

I think it was CAN who stepped forward to carry out the work at Froggatt to sandblast the graffiti.

Neil F. Can you confirm?

Has anyone suggested any steps for cleaning/removing this? It looks like the work of kids looking for ways of being delinquent while we're under lockdown.
Title: Re: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: Will Hunt on January 17, 2021, 07:07:05 pm
I've seen some photos on Facebook that indicate some climbers went up today and did a very thorough job of removing it. Good work, whoever it was!
Title: Re: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: nai on January 17, 2021, 07:37:44 pm
it's there in that conversation cleaned up again. Good work. Think the perp had bbeen traced on snapchat or something as well
Title: Re: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: SamT on January 17, 2021, 08:24:00 pm
Waddage to those guys for getting up there quick and cleaning it off.

Title: Re: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: shark on January 17, 2021, 09:47:13 pm
Mods:

merge these Roaches posts with Sam T's topic?

Ok
Title: Re: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: Neil F on January 17, 2021, 10:29:05 pm
IIRC..

I think it was CAN who stepped forward to carry out the work at Froggatt to sandblast the graffiti.

Neil F. Can you confirm?


Yeah, we sorted that one. Andy Bailey with a sandblaster, iirc.

Some years ago now...

Neil
Title: Re: Roaches Graffiti
Post by: mrjonathanr on January 17, 2021, 10:31:10 pm
Mods:

merge these Roaches posts with Sam T's topic?

Ok
Thank you Simon.
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