[bedrock]

Any suggestions where to Boulder within 3hrs of Edinburgh?? Northumberland forecast not great but limited knowledge of lakes bouldering/conditions. St bees any good this time of yr??! Need stuff high6's to mid 7's. Thanks in advance!!


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[nai]

Dumbarton?

[bedrock]

Doh. I didn't even consider the obvious.


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[Fiend]

If the weather is dry, Glen Nevis or Strathnairn near Inverness. Clashfarquar and Loch Katrine also great.

Or south of the Border, Carrock Fell by a long way.

[bedrock]

not a fan of dumabrton - for me the glass and rubbish just really spoils the venue.

keen on exploring other areas so now have the Scottish bouldering guide - but is there a more up to date online topo for these places?

[SA Chris]

keen on exploring other areas so now have the Scottish bouldering guide - but is there a more up to date online topo for these places?

Not really. There are bits and pieces spread about, Scottish Climbs used to hold a lot of updates, but due to lack of traffic and constant spam attack it got locked with the content there already a few years back. So some of the guides are newer than the Scottish Bouldering Guide, some are older, worth a wade through though.

https://www.scottishclimbs.com/wiki/Bouldering

and some bits available here if you click around enough;

https://sites.google.com/site/boulderscotland/

[bedrock]

Ok, thanks for that. This Scottish bouldering appears elusive cf to other parts of uk. Hopefully worth exploring though!


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[SA Chris]

Yeah, there's some good stuff, just don't expect the volume of problems at a single venue you get in England and / or Wales. Local facebook pages are a good place to garner info too.

[Fultonius]

Sheeez,  you should have seen dumby *before* it was cleaned up! It's really not that bad right now. I was down a week ago and had a great session.

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[bedrock]

Sheeez,  you should have seen dumby *before* it was cleaned up!

Its been cleaned up?! crikey. I must admit my main concern was my dog cutting his paw, so next time will leave the mutt behind.

Thanks for the FB tip too SA Chris

[Fultonius]

Regularly! (buy maybe not recently) I've seen it a lot,  lot worse than last week.

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[rodma]

I hadn't posted before cos I didn't want to put you off dumby.

There's plenty in the county with kyloe only being about 80 minutes drive away.

Almost every venue in the lakes is within 3 hours, with the exception of the long walk in places and possibly kentmere.

North Yorks is also in easy reach

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[SA Chris]

Are the Cunningar Loop boulders officially open yet?

[bedrock]

http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crag.php?id=22139

Grand opening Spring 2016. Scotland's 'almost font' venue!


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[SA Chris]

Looks cool.

[bedrock]

If anyone's interested - went to loch katrine boulders today. Great set of problems in a beautiful location.

[SA Chris]

Lovely spot, some great problems. Take a while to dry, but if conditions are right they are great.

[bedrock]

All rock dry as a bone (same cant be said for walk in - wellies next time!)
Great problems, a bit annoyed didn't leave enough skin to try Fight club on the way out! Gives us a reason to go back I guess!

[SA Chris]

We went in November time and in spite of no rain for 3-4 days, rocks stayed damp from dew / condensation in overcast conditions and no wind for pretty much the whole day. Walk in was fine though!

[bedrock]

There was a nice breeze on the Sunday which helped. Fight club poss was a bit damp, being lower and more sheltered from the breeze, but we didn't climb on it. I imagine with all that bracken it's not the best place in summer!

[SA Chris]

No, and I think can get pretty midgy too.