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Looking for somewhere in Central Scotland to get some sport done before heading to Kalymnos, in roughly 6a-6c range.

Heard Weem's supposed to be good? Heard of Rockdust, can't find much on the net about it, any good?
Abroath Sea Cliffs?
What are peoples favorite spots/good routes??

In reply to beegsyboy:
legaston has the best routes in the range 6a - 6b for north east scotland not tried any harder grades there.

Elephant rock also sounds good for the grades your after.

In reply to beegsyboy:

Try posting this on Scottishclimbs.com, and you stand a decent chance of getting some useful replies. Also available on ScottishClimbs are guides to Glen Lednock and Dunira, which you might find useful.

My main memories of Weem were the ticks and falling off rather more than I'd hoped. Never been to Rockdust, but heard good things about it.

If you find yourself in Aberfeldy, the walking shop Munros has a mini-guide to Sport climbing in Perthshire, which has topos of Weem, Rockdust, and the various Dunkeld crags.

In reply to beegsyboy:

Weem is good, but a lot of the routes are in the 7's, never heard of Rockdust....
Arbroath takes a bit of figuring out but is worth the effort.
Agree Legaston is good fun, some quality routes in your stated bracket. Flight of the Mad Magician and Between the Lines are two of the best I've done in this country, but then again, I ain't done much sport here!

In reply to tony:
I've been to Dunira and also lower lednock, which I thought were Ok but not all that...

In reply to beegsyboy:

Rockdust is good. More of a suntrap than you'd expect. Routes not desperate for grade.

Weem isn't bad though there's a bit of jungle bashing and seepage can sometimes be more of a problem.

Wasn't overwhelmed by Lednock.

In reply to Irton Pike:

Where is this Rockdust place and what is the grade spread?

In reply to 220bpm:

On the Pitlochry-Kirkmichael Rd.
6a-7a(ish) plus some proper routes VS-E3ish.

In reply to 220bpm:

Obviously not actually on the road.

In reply to Irton Pike:

What guide is it in?

In reply to beegsyboy:

Article in climber(?)

or

Topo by Isla Watson you can buy in the shop in Aberfeldy.

Maybe that's why it's nice and quiet.
If you find an HB hlemet lying around there it's mine.

In reply to Irton Pike:

Cheers

ps - lol

In reply to 220bpm:
I have a topo for that and aberfeldy. if you want it just email me....

In reply to beegsyboy: Ookay its more north-east than central scotland but Robs Reed near Forfar is seeing plenty of development in those grades as far as I am aware... and in this current weather it gets the sun all day!!

JK

http://www.freewebs.com/arbroathclimbing/index.htm

In reply to beegsyboy:

There are LOADS of sport crags in Angus.

Legaston quarry
Balmashaner quarry
Ley quarry
Kirriemuir quarry (Brand New!)
Robs Reed

All offer at least a few seriously hard routes, and the weather is great up here just now. Was out at Kirriemuir till 8pm on monday night

In reply to rusty_nails: Another 6 routes opened since then mate and more to come.