In reply to smithaldo:
Ah, it’s that time of year on UKC…
Based on seeing UKC reaction to similar posts over many years, the reference to top ropes, the double use of “exceptionally busy”, in this context, for a crag like Lawrencefield, with the suggestion to avoid the crag if at all possible should go down well with some.
To the Op - I hope you all have a great day. It sound’s a darn sight better than the first and last Uni club meet I went on - to Snowdonia one freezing November weekend, where some bright spark suggested we climbed Soapgut on Milestone Buttress because it looked like Cenotaph Corner…