I went to
Balmashanner Quarry for the first time today, and it looks like a large amount of earth and rubble has been recently been dumped in the left end of the pit. There were also brand new tyre tracks tracks right to the edge of the pit, and large tree stumps lying at the bottom of some of the routes.
The earth looks very fresh - certainly dumped in the few weeks, and the routes around
The Niche (8a+) and
Merchant of Menace (8b) are looking like they might be lost completely - there really isn't much space between the rubble and the wall now. They are ok at the moment, but another big load of earth could mean they are buried.
I've never been here before, so I don't know if it's always been like this, but it might be worth a local who is in the know having a check to see what is going on even if it's to tell me I'm worrying about nothing?
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