Anglezarke Quarry

Wed 12th Aug, 2026

(No Reports)

Stanage North

Wed 5th Aug, 2026

(No Reports)

Froggatt Edge

Wed 29th Jul, 2026

(No Reports)

Higgar Tor

Wed 22nd Jul, 2026

(No Reports)

Masson Lees

Wed 15th Jul, 2026

Members: Dan O'Brien, Gareth Williams

Guests: Frankie Jackson

A long drive but it was nice to be south of the pillar of smoke from the Chew Valley! It was Dan and Frankie's first visit to Masson but Gareth had been before in the dry tooling cave so was able to show us the way.

We started on the sunny side with Dan leading "Who sat on my satsuma", a two-star 6a, also led by Gareth and Frankie. The perfect warm up given how fried we all were by the time we got to the top. Gareth and Frankie followed up with the equally good but somehow only one-star "A life of grime" while Dan recce'd the shady side of the quarry having already had enough of European style sun rock!

The team moved into the shade of Black Wall where Dan made an ascent of the immaculately named F*ck Your Gods in less than immaculate style. Frankie and Gareth followed with working goes on top rope. A good climb with sharp fingery moves that will certainly warrant another visit.

Sadly the team were too late for last orders at any local establishment which is a small price to pay for long sunny evenings and great routes. 

Cow's Mouth Quarry, Littleborough

Wed 8th Jul, 2026

(No Reports)

Castleberg Crag, Settle

Wed 1st Jul, 2026

Members: Dan O'Brien

Guests: Tom Hart, Frankie Jackson

Three of us took the long ride up to Settle to a deserted crag, partly due to the marginal forecast and partly due to the England men's football team being in action that night.  We heard the cheers for the equaliser as we arrived at the crag.  Castleberg is a bit of an oddity, situated pretty much in the middle of Settle, it's generously bolted routes are all named after local companies who sponsored the equipping efforts.

Tom started with a swift ascent of Cave and Crag, a three-star 7a with steep moves on good holds and a generous rest at half height.  Dan and Frankie managed four bolts between them on their first attempts, a particlarly solid effort from Frankie whom had never attempted an outdoor 7 before.

Tom moved on to Spot-on, Health and Safety a two-star 7a+ with a hard start and a finish that gave him pause before figuring it out.  As Tom lowered off the first of two expected showers hit, the second folloing closely behind and looked to put an end to proceedings.  Tom volunteered to clean the gear from Cave and Crag as the angle had protected it from the bulk of the downpour.  This worked well until the final move when, forgetting about the rain, he grabbed for the top and took a lengthy swing.

The team decamped to a local establishment until it was time to drive home, wherein we got stuck in the traffic for the Take That reunion gig.  Pretty impressed overall with Castleberg and I can certainly say, I'll be back (for good).

Den Lane (VENUE CHANGE!)

Wed 24th Jun, 2026

(No Reports)

Witches Quarry

Wed 17th Jun, 2026

Attendance: Helen Boothman, Max Hulse (Prospective Member), Jared Kitchen, Andy Lome, Gareth Wililams

After the recent wet weather and several rained off Wednesday evenings, it turned out to be a beautiful afternoon and evening this week.

I was delayed in getting to the crag thanks to work, but the other four had managed to climb several routes between them before I arrived. Max and I followed Jared up Witch Bane, and Helen and Andy tackled Spellbound and Cracklap.

The midges came out and forced a retreat from the crag, a beautiful place to climb on an evening like tonight's.

Roaches Upper Tier

Wed 10th Jun, 2026

(No Reports)

Wilton 3 (Cancelled)

Thu 4th Jun, 2026

(No Reports)

Running Hill Pits, Saddleworth

Wed 27th May, 2026

(No Reports)

Bamford Edge (Cancelled)

Wed 20th May, 2026

(No Reports)

Dovestones Edge, Chew Valley

Wed 13th May, 2026

Meet cancelled on the day due to poor weather

Troy Quarry

Wed 6th May, 2026

(No Reports)