In reply to Pete Wimbush:
About a month ago most stared routes (up to e3 as thats all i looked at) looked clean and recently travelled. I think the tor has seen plenty of attention this year due to a sterling effort to clean the routes and replace tat early in the season (on the two visits ive had its been busy at least).
Not sure what affect the recent poor weather has has though.
I almost thought i might actually like peak limestone briefly before coming to my senses and having a stern word with myself