In reply to Kieran_John:
I didn't really consider the topic of this post when I made it, "tonight" is now a little misleading!
Anyway I'll be going over to LME this week (weather dependent) and I'm rubbish, so I'll put all your low grades to the test :p
Regarding Woodhouse Scar -and I should clarify this by saying I've only been the once- I found it to be pretty and peaceful. It was quiet, there was very little litter (no more so than other crags I've been to) and the few people I bumped in to when there were pleasant. My car went unscathed and I didn't see a single needle.
Good landings on the majority of problems, which is a bonus, easy to walk along to get to the next problem. All in all I was impressed.
I did meet some locals though, two lads, probably 12. I topped out on a problem and they spotted me and asked if "I was climbing". I said I was, and did they know the quickest way down because it wasn't immediately obvious. They showed me the way down and I got back to my stuff, then they asked if I wanted to see "the cave". Being new to the crag I didn't see any harm walking further up it so I said I would, they guided me quite a bit further up to this little 'cave' you could squeeze through and get to the top.
I pulled out my guide and looked to see where I was and to see if their "cave" was in the guide. They were "well impressed" that there was a book with pictures of this place nearby to their house, showing all the climbs, and one of them was happy to see his cave was in there when I pointed it out (a moderate, it seemed).
They asked a couple more questions and I said they were lucky living close by to here, it's a good venue. One of the lads said he'd like to get in to climbing and was curious about my mat, so I let him jump up and down on it! The other preferred football
Anyway, they then both said they had homework to do and left me to it saying it was nice to have met me.
All in all a pleasant experience. It might have been spoiled somewhat should I have encountered a pair of soiled boxers though.
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